He doesn’t quit.
And chemistry was never supposed to be part of the deal.
Harper Merrick has spent her life fighting for respect in the boys’ club of stock car racing. Now she’s risking everything to launch the sport’s first all-female team with her aunt and her fearless driver best friend. It’s bold. It’s groundbreaking. And it’s about to fall apart thanks to a brutal funding crisis.
Enter Cal McBane—billionaire investor, silver-tongued charmer, and the last man Harper wants anywhere near her dream.
Cal is bored with his predictable life, and Harper’s fire is impossible to resist. Investing in her team is thrilling. Falling for her? Dangerous. But when he starts offering ideas, making connections, and getting hands-on, Harper sees only one thing: a man trying to take control.
Their attraction is instant.
Their clashes are explosive.
Their timing couldn’t be worse.
With the media circling, her ex stirring trouble, and misunderstandings piling up, Harper and Cal must decide if falling for each other is worth risking everything they’ve built.
Boss Lady is a slow-burn, high-heat contemporary sports romance filled with banter, ambition, found family, and irresistible workplace tension.
Laralyn Doran is a multi-award-winning author of fun, contemporary romance, and dark, urban fantasy. Her sports romance series "Driven Women" centers around bold women navigating their way through non-traditional careers, and the men brave enough to chase them.
The first book, A FAST WOMAN, received five stars and was nominated for the RONE award by Ind'Tale magazine, calling it, "...perfectly paced, magnificently mouth-watering, and incredibly enticing novel takes you on a wild race full of chaos, chemistry, charm, and typical Southern charisma."
Laralyn lives in Maryland with her family and is a special needs mom and an advocate for autism, dyslexia awareness, and early intervention. She loves audiobooks, her dogs, Diet Coke, and smart, snarky banter--not necessarily in that order.