When calming magic meets single-mom mayhem storytime turns sizzling. ASPEN: When my deadbeat ex disappoints my four-year-old again I lose my mind at library storytime. Apparently yelling ""are you f*cking kidding me?"" when daddies don’t show up isn’t considered appropriate language. Now my son is banned from his favorite place and I’m desperate enough to fake-date the shy snake-haired librarian with the gentle smile and the massive forearms. Sebastian’s hands turn me into liquid heat. His snakes flirt better than most men I’ve dated but it’s the way he touches me—like I’m already his—that really undoes me. The more time we spend together the harder it is to remember this is pretend… especially when his healing magic might offer a cure I never dared hope for. Maybe pretending isn’t enough anymore. SEBASTIAN: She crashes into my quiet world and suddenly safe feels overrated. Aspen’s chaos rewrites every ru