Cover Reveal~ Do It Yourself by Nikky Kaye




Sarah began her DIY education by ditching the biggest tool in her garageā€”her husband. Now sheā€™s realizing that not just her marriage was boring, beige and transitional, and sheā€™s in over her head.

Luckily, Chris the hot young handyman is teaching her how to screw, drill, and hammerā€”and also how to use her power tools.

Together theyā€™re updating her wiring and unclogging her pipes. But when Sarah worries that sheā€™s treating Chris like her own personal power tool, what will she do? Will she pull the plug?

This sexy 25,000-word novella features adults in adult situations and using adult language.





ā€œYou, uh, got a little paint right there.ā€ I pointed, trying not to laugh at the swash of white highlighting his cheekbone.
He looked down at his paint-flecked arms and laughed. ā€œWeā€™re a mess, arenā€™t we? At least itā€™s latex-based. Itā€™ll wash off; itā€™ll just have to be later tonight. I have some dressier clothes in my truck so I can change, at least.ā€
ā€œYou could take a quick shower here, if you want,ā€ I offered before my brain connected with my mouth.
ā€œReally? You wouldnā€™t mind?ā€
I waved a hand. ā€œNot at all.ā€ Please, go upstairs and get naked.
He beamed with gratitude, and a few minutes later, he was carrying a gym bag from his truck upstairs.
Suppressing another giggle at hearing his muffled off-key singing, I went into my bedroom and started stripping off my own paint-speckled clothes. I had just stepped out of my tan shorts and peeled off my tank top when I heard the shower turn on.
I froze in shock.
For some reason, Chris had decided to use my bedroomā€™s en suite bathroom, not the guest bathroom down the hall. I had no idea why, but it meant that he was naked a few feet away from me. My heart pounded in my chest as I padded silently toward the door that wasnā€™t even fully closed. God only knew what kind of embarrassing things he was seeing in my private sanctuary.
If I were a better person, I would grab my clothes lickety-split and go downstairs to change. But since my epic Pinterest fail, Iā€™d realized I had other priorities.
Such as wanting Hot Handyman Chris to lickety my split.
So I couldnā€™t resist trying to sneak a peek of him in the shower. The sound of the water hitting the tile drowned out my footsteps and the hitch in my breathing as I peered through the crack of the open door. When I saw that he wasnā€™t in the shower yet, despite the steam starting to fill the room, I slapped my hand over my open mouth and darted back. Did he see me?

Nikky Kaye is almost my real name. Iā€™m a former Film professor who likes more than her movies to be black and white. Sadly, the world doesnā€™t work that way. I have worked with movie stars, Ivy League brainiacs, and the United Nationsā€”all of which means that Iā€™m familiar with ass-kissing, power struggles, greed and faking it. In my spare time I parent 5 year-old twin boys, serve on the board of an independent cinema, and run a medical consulting company.




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