Taylor's Father EXCERPT
Title: Taylor's Father Author: Penelope Ward Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Tropes: Age Gap (17 Years), Best Guy Friend's Father Single Dad, Forbidden, Second Chance Protective Hero, Sassy Heroine Release Date: February 22, 2026 BLURB From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE contemporary romance… When my best friend Taylor gifted me a vacation at a resort owned by his grandparents, the last thing I expected was to bond with a man seventeen years older. Tate was also vacationing alone. He’d come to Midnight Key to clear his head and reevaluate his life. I’d come to get over my high school sweetheart who’d dumped me. I’d spotted the brawny, tattooed Adonis in the lobby on the first day and thought he had to be someone’s hot dad. But then we matched on an app that paired single men and women by proximity. The problem was? At nineteen—almost twenty—I’d lied and said I was twenty-nine. Tate outed me on our first date, and I fes...