After getting dumped, the last thing I needed was to move next door to someone who reminded me of my ex-boyfriend, Elec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Damien was a hotter version of my ex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The neighbor I\u2019d dubbed \u201cAngry Artist\u201d also had two massive dogs that kept me up with their barking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wanted nothing to do with me. Or so I thought until one night I heard laughter coming through an apparent hole in my bedroom wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Damien had been listening to all of my phone sessions with my therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sexy artist next door now knew all of my deepest secrets and insecurities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We got to talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He set me straight with tips to get over my breakup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He became a good friend, but Damien made it clear that he couldn\u2019t be anything more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Problem was, I was falling hard for him anyway. And as much as he pushed me away, I knew he felt the same\u2026because his heartbeat didn\u2019t lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought my heart had been broken by Elec, but it was alive and beating harder than ever for Damien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just hoped he wouldn\u2019t shatter it for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":742,"template":"","format":[21,19,20],"meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"series":[72],"trope":[66],"writtenby":[16],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"series":[{"value":72,"label":"Interconnected Standalone Series \u2013 Stepbrother Dearest"}],"trope":[{"value":66,"label":"Close Proximity"}],"format":[{"value":21,"label":"Ebook"},{"value":19,"label":"Audiobook"},{"value":20,"label":"Paperback"}],"writtenby":[{"value":16,"label":"Penelope Ward"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NEIGHBOR-679x1024.jpg",679,1024,true],"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"trope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trope?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"writtenby","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penelopewardauthor.com\/clds-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writtenby?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}