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Zero Forks: A Spicy Rom Com (Small Town Secrets) Kindle Edition

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

Sparks fly between the youngest Morgan brother, the always optimistic Boone, and his boss, the older workaholic, down-on-love woman who hired him as her male nanny.

BOONE
I know a BS excuse when I hear one. And my new boss has thrown half a dozen at me about why we can't be together. I only have one thing to say to all of that. The number of fu—uh—forks I give about what other people think about us is zero. A big fat goose egg.
See! I've even learned to watch my language around her and the kid. I'm that serious about proving to this woman she needs to give me—give us—a chance. That it doesn't matter if she is a little older than me, or that I work for her, or that the Mudville gossip mill will definitely choose us as the topic du jour.
All that matters is that I can prove to her that life, especially life in a small town, is so much better when you don't give a fu—um, I mean—fork.
Darn it, that swear jar is going to bankrupt me.

SARAH
I’ve sworn off men. It took me thirty-nine years and two huge mistakes in the romance department to come to my senses but I finally did. Work is my life now and that’s exactly the way I like it.
That’s what makes it extra uncomfortable that the adorable three-year old I inherited for six months while my sister is deployed has chosen a hot, ripped twenty-something farmer as our new live-in nanny.
Boone’s too nice, too sunshiny and too good with the boy for me to fire him, but dammit he needs to start wearing more clothes around the house because I’m one hard ab away from breaking my vow of celibacy with a man who’s ridiculously wrong for me in so many ways.

A standalone, opposites attract, older woman younger man, steamy, grumpy boss romance set in Mudville, the crazy small town you’ve come to know and love.

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Steamy Smalltown Romance
Opposites Attract
Grumpy/Sunshine
Hot Farmer Brothers
Mystery thread
Protector Romance
Stuck in the friend zone Small town vs Big City Older Woman/Younger Man (and he's her nanny!) Christmas Wedding/Secret Identity The deputy & the crook The farmer & the city girl (also in audio)

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Cat Johnson Book List

The Long Road Home
HOME FRONT
HOME FIRES
HOME COMING

Wilder Brothers (Bitter End)
CITY GIRL SEEKS COWBOY
HER PLAYBOY COWBOY LOVER
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD COWBOY
THE THIEF & THE AGENT

Smalltown Secrets (Mudville)
KISSING BOOKS
RED HOT
HONEY BUNS
ZERO FORKS
UNDERCOVER SANTA
MISTER NAUGHTY
DOG DAYS
BAD DECISIONS
MUDVILLE COLLECTION Volume 1
MUDVILLE COLLECTION Volume 2

Hot SEALs
NIGHT WITH A SEAL
SAVED BY A SEAL
SEALED AT MIDNIGHT
KISSED BY A SEAL
PROTECTED BY A SEAL
LOVED BY A SEAL
TEMPTED BY A SEAL
WED TO A SEAL
ROMANCED BY A SEAL
RESCUED BY A HOT SEAL
BETTING ON A HOT SEAL
ESCAPE WITH A HOT SEAL
MATCHED WITH A HOT SEAL
SEAL THE DEAL
HOT SEAL IN HOLLYWOOD
DESIRE IN DC

Red Hot & Blue (Kindle Unlimited)
RED BLOODED
SMALLTOWN HEAT
A FEW GOOD MEN
BB DALTON
MODEL SOLDIER
A PRINCE AMONG MEN
TRUE BLUE
RED HOT & BLUE COLLECTION (Complete Series)

SEALs in Paradise
HOT SEAL, DIRTY MARTINI
HOT SEAL, TIJUANA NIGHTS
HOT SEAL, RUNAWAY BRIDE
HOT SEAL, HEARTBREAKER
HOT SEAL, COLD WATER
HOT SEAL, UNDER PRESSURE
SEALs in Paradise Collection (Comple Series)

Silver SEALs
SEAL STRONG

Shadow SEALs
SHADOW PAWN
SHADOW LIES

Hot For Hire
HOT BILLIONAIRE FOR HIRE
HOT CHICK FOR HIRE
HOT SPY FOR HIRE
HOT HERO FOR HIRE

USMC Out of Uniform
CROSSING THE LINE
CINDERELLA LIBERTY

Studs in Spurs
UNRIDDEN
BUCKED
RIDE
HOOKED
FLANKED
THROWN
CHAMPION
SPURRED
WRECKED
STUDS IN SPURS Volume 1
STUDS IN SPURS Volume 2

Oklahoma Nights
ONE NIGHT WITH A COWBOY
TWO TIMES AS HOT
THREE WEEKS WITH A BULL RIDER

Midnight Cowboys
MIDNIGHT RIDE
MIDNIGHT WRANGLER
MIDNIGHT HEAT

Sex, Lies & Wedding Cake
GILLIAN'S ISLAND
PRIVATE LIES
NEW ORLEANS

The Trilogy Collection
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
NICE & NAUGHTY
JUST DESSERTS
BLACK CAT
THE TRILOGY COLLECTION (Compilation)

Cathouse Cinderella
CAT HAUS
BEFORE CATE

Red Hot Reads (Menage)
EDUCATING ANSLEY
ROUGH STOCK
TEXAS TWO STEP

Maverick Ranch
COWBOY BLUE
COWBOY HEARTS

Cocky Collection
COCKY IMMORTALS
COCKY COUNTRY BOYS
COCKY JOES

Cocky Hero World
MOTHER CLUCKER (Kindle Unlimited)

Standalone
LONGHORN LINEBACKER
BENEATH THE SURFACE
THE BILLIONAIRE'S FAKE FIANCEE
THE EX FILES

Multi-author Anthologies featuring Cat Johnson:
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE
THAT MISTLETOE MOMENT
HE'S THE ONE
IN A COWBOY'S BED

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087NFP6T6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 28, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1617 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08DC84JZF
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

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Cat Johnson writes light-hearted, feel-good, steamy contemporary romance featuring hot heroes (who sometimes wear combat or cowboy boots) and the sassy heroines brave enough to love them.

Known for her unique and creative marketing and research practices, Cat has sponsored bull riding cowboys, promoted romance using bologna and owns a collection of cowboy boots and camouflage for book signings.

A top 10 New York Times bestseller and #15 Kindle bestseller, Cat Johnson has been the recipient of a starred Publishers Weekly review and is a nine-time USA Today bestseller.

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Customers enjoyed the book and found it a great read. They appreciated the charming, sweet, and entertaining storyline with wonderful happenings. Readers also appreciated the well-developed characters and the chemistry between them.

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11 customers mention "Readability"11 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book. They find it engaging and say it's a great addition to the series. The characters are enjoyable and the introduction is satisfying. Readers also mention that the book can be enjoyed as a standalone.

"...Although this is part of a series, it can definitely be enjoyed as a stand-alone...." Read more

"...I don't know why. The characters were great and I enjoyed the introduction but it just took a little longer to get into...." Read more

"Each book of the series gets better and better. Love Sarah and Boone’s story of older woman/ younger man. Gives women hope...." Read more

"These stories keep getting better and better! The tale of Boone and Sarah had even more than the others...." Read more

9 customers mention "Story quality"8 positive1 negative

Customers enjoy the story's quality. They find it engaging with a younger man/older woman relationship and wonderful events that make for a fun read. Readers appreciate the older-younger trope and how it plays out.

"...Just a great story with may laughs and a unique title! Love it!" Read more

"...I love how this plays out." Read more

"...Love Sarah and Boone’s story of older woman/ younger man. Gives women hope. Cat Johnson is an amazing story teller and character writer." Read more

"...This book was sweet, sexy and oh so fun to read! Check out this series today!" Read more

7 customers mention "Charm"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book charming, sweet, and fun to read. They describe the characters as kind, hard-working, handsome, and down-to-earth.

"...Kind, hard-working, handsome, charming … a bit of a ladies’ man, but not in a sleazy way at all...." Read more

"...He was the perfect gentleman with a naughty side. He just oozed charm. I loved that he knew when to push and also when to pull back." Read more

"...This book was sweet, sexy and oh so fun to read! Check out this series today!" Read more

"...I do enjoy the older woman getting the not going stud. Nicely done." Read more

7 customers mention "Humor"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the humor in the book entertaining. They describe Boone as fun and bright.

"...Just a great story with may laughs and a unique title! Love it!" Read more

"...never happen but when they did it was explosive, hot, tender and hilarious. I never thought Boone had it in him, what a man." Read more

"What a great idea. Boone is so fun and bright. Sarah was too workaholic...." Read more

"Loved it. Great characters, lots of chemistry and of course some good laughs. I adore Mudville and want to move there myself...." Read more

3 customers mention "Character development"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the characters and their development. Reviewers mention the book has great characters with chemistry.

"...I don't know why. The characters were great and I enjoyed the introduction but it just took a little longer to get into...." Read more

"...Gives women hope. Cat Johnson is an amazing story teller and character writer." Read more

"Loved it. Great characters, lots of chemistry and of course some good laughs. I adore Mudville and want to move there myself...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2020
    We return to Mudville and Boone gets his story! Although this is part of a series, it can definitely be enjoyed as a stand-alone. If you have read the other books that take place in Mudville, you’ll be able to enjoy seeing those characters reappear. And if this is your first visit to that small town, I think it’s safe to say that you’ll want to check out the other books and learn more about it and Boone’s older brothers.

    Boone, our hero in this book, is sincerely one of the good guys. Kind, hard-working, handsome, charming … a bit of a ladies’ man, but not in a sleazy way at all. Sarah, our heroine, is the “older woman” by a little more than a decade. She is a hard-working career woman who has had her heart broken, and has pretty much given up on love.
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    I don’t like giving spoilers because I think it’s best to let the story unfold in the way the author wants it to when you read the book. I will say though, that the way Boone gallantly effortlessly sweeps her off her feet is absolutely perfect. Logical realist Sarah finds herself torn between the shadows of her past, her preconceptions about age, and the reality of the man from Mudville who has come into her life. Sarah’s young nephew Stewie is critical to the plot and is a fun character in his own right. As Boone provides babysitting for Stewie, he also works on showing Sarah that their hearts matter more than their ages.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2021
    I was excited for Boone's story, but this was more than I imagined! And for as much as this story takes place in Mudville, there was more focus on Boone and his interest AND the Morgan Family Farm! But, still many of the characters we've come to love were present too! Just a great story with may laughs and a unique title! Love it!
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
    I will admit that this book started out a little slower for me. I don't know why. The characters were great and I enjoyed the introduction but it just took a little longer to get into. I'm glad I stuck with it though, I really grew to like it. I think the reason was Sarah. While I understood her and her concerns, it just didn't pop for me.

    I loved Boone. I have enjoyed his character throughout this whole series and I'm glad we got his book. He was the perfect gentleman with a naughty side. He just oozed charm. I loved that he knew when to push and also when to pull back.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024
    Sarah is suddenly responsible for her three year old nephew while her sister is deployed. She is on her was back to the city after lick my him up when she stops in Mudville to get him something to eat. No-one helps her unlock the car with Stewie inside sleeping. Then he convinced her to rent the Van Due Berg house and he would be the nanny so she can commute with to work. when sparks fly she tries to convince Boone that he is too young for her. But he thinks age is jyst A number and it doesn't matter that she is older than him. Can he convince her to see things his way or will she continue to fight her feelings for him? I love how this plays out.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2021
    Each book of the series gets better and better. Love Sarah and Boone’s story of older woman/ younger man. Gives women hope. Cat Johnson is an amazing story teller and character writer.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021
    These stories keep getting better and better! The tale of Boone and Sarah had even more than the others. These two were so opposite I was afraid it would never happen but when they did it was explosive, hot, tender and hilarious. I never thought Boone had it in him, what a man.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2020
    Top book so far in this series for me! Sarah is a marketing executive who takes on her three yr old nephew when her sister Liza gets deployed. What the hell is she going to do now? A stop at the diner in Mudville may just change everything! Boone is a man of many talents. In a matter of a few hours, he manages to become the live in manny for Stewie. There may be ulterior motives behind it, like an attraction to the lovely older woman! Now all he has to do is make her see just how good it could be! This book was sweet, sexy and oh so fun to read! Check out this series today!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
    Bodacious Boone met cautious Sarah and it was on! Rhythms nation began with their chance meeting and the beat got stronger as each day passed. I loved the older-younger trope. Glad her resistance didn't last long. Good story.

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  • Chuckles
    5.0 out of 5 stars Forkin' great read
    Reviewed in Australia on September 20, 2020
    I am loving the mudville series. Another great book from my go to author. I love all of Cat Johnson's books. Boone is such a sweet genuine guy. You will love his story. He deserves his H.E.A.

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