Serving Up Innocence


Serving Up Innocence - Book One

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Falling in love wasn’t on the menu.

Shayne is a straight and narrow twenty-year-old. After acquiring debt from a relationship gone sideways and forced to put her college plans on hold, she begrudgingly accepts a position at Westside. She hopes the tips will solve her financial problems and put her back on the path she’d planned.

It’s there she meets Jasper—her trainer—a smooth-talking bohemian who has his eyes on her. His free-spirited personality is a far cry from her reserved one, and no matter how hard she tries to resist him, he gets under her skin and into her heart. His training goes beyond the four walls of the restaurant, and he teaches her to toss aside her innocence and free herself from the rigid lifestyle that ties her down.

But her best friend is self-destructing, and she’s so tight with her family she can’t possibly be away from them for long. Being connected to them is part of who she is, and Jasper can’t understand that.

Do opposites truly attract? Or is that just an expression? Because Shayne isn’t sure if Jasper is too much for her, or everything she didn’t know she needed.


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More in the Series: 
Serving Up Devotion - Book Two - November 21st
Serving Up Secrecy - Book Three - January 2nd
Serving Up Hope - Book Four - February 13th

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