Alyssa Kress "Good Neighbors" PDF

Physical trainer Erica Carmichael would never have come back home if her father hadn't been on his deathbed. Her plans to bid a brief farewell to the parent who'd made her childhood a nightmare with his drunken rages are complicated when she finds out she's first in line to act as guardian to her teenage brother. To make matters worse, she can tell the handsome next-door neighbor doesn't think she's up to the task.

Sporting goods store owner Brennan Swift wants to make sure the son of his best friend and neighbor will be adequately cared for by the boy's estranged sister, Erica. Unfortunately, this means he'll have to deal with the prickly woman. If only he were not so unfortunately attracted to her. He can tell Erica does not believe in the possibility a man might change for the better. She would never believe Brennan had truly overcome his own dark past.