If you're looking for small-town secret baby romance with a hero you're not supposed to want, read the Off-Limits Daddies series by Anita Shaw. It's four steamy small-town romances, best read in order from 1 to 4, with a baby daddy who comes home, a brother's best friend, a best friend's brother, and a dad's best friend. Every book has a single mom, a secret, and a man who's off-limits for a reason. Read FREE with Kindle Unlimited.
In a small town, nobody keeps a secret for long. Everybody knows your truck, your bar tab, and who you left the party with in high school. That's what makes a secret baby in a small town so tense. The whole town is one rumor away from finding out, and so is the one man you can't have.
Why forbidden small-town romance works
The forbidden part is the trope. Your brother's best friend. Your dad's best friend. Your best friend's brother. Somebody you love would be hurt, or furious, if they knew.
The fantasy is what happens when that man stops caring about the rule and chooses you anyway, kid and all. In most of these books the danger is real, too, so his protective streak gets put to work. He's the one standing between your family and whatever just walked through the door.
And the small beats keep you turning pages. A bar she runs alone after he left. A secret she's hiding from her own brother. A line like the one that opens Book 3. Five years after one night together, he's back in town, and her daughter has his eyes.
Off-Limits Daddies reading order
These four are written to be read in order. Each one follows a new couple, and you can see all of them together on the Off-Limits Daddies series page.
- Baby Daddy's Second Chance
- Brother's Friend's Secret Baby
- Billionaire Grump Secret Baby
- Off-Limits Baby Daddy
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Book 1: Baby Daddy's Second Chance
Amy Campbell runs The Silver Oak, the bar her parents left her in a small Nevada town. Three years ago, Mason Carter walked out and left her holding a baby and a bar to keep afloat. Now the former Special Forces soldier is back, dragging danger right through her doors, and his touch still sets her on fire.
This one is enemies to lovers, second chance, and single mom romance, and it leans hardest into action and suspense, with its love scenes saved for late in the book.
Book 2: Brother's Friend's Secret Baby
Lily Monroe is raising her little girl and running Monroe's Bar in Gardnerville, Nevada. Luca Vitale is her brother's grumpy best friend, older, brooding, and trying to escape his father's criminal empire. She's trying to keep their secret from her brother. Neither of them is doing a very good job.
Expect age gap, brother's best friend, and romantic suspense with a man who will do anything to keep her family safe.
Book 3: Billionaire Grump Secret Baby
Charlotte Kent is a single mom and a prosecutor who takes down corporate criminals for a living. Then she wakes up in a hospital bed, and the man at her bedside is Tyler Lang. He's her best friend's brother and her arch-nemesis. Five years after their one-night stand, he's back in their small town, and her daughter has his eyes.
It's enemies to lovers with a best friend's brother, a grumpy billionaire, and a secret that can't stay buried.
Book 4: Off-Limits Baby Daddy
Getting pregnant by her dad's best friend was the biggest secret of Aria Sinclair's life. Now she's back in Willowbrook, working as Stan Greyson's Director of Marketing. He's older, gruff, and he once stole her pitch. If he finds out about their daughter, everything falls apart. If her dad finds out, all hell breaks loose.
This is the one for age gap and dad's best friend readers, with enemies to lovers and a whole small town watching.
Who will love this series
- Small-town romance where everybody knows your business
- Secret baby and single mom stories
- Brother's best friend and best friend's brother
- Dad's best friend with a real age gap
- Grumpy, protective heroes with a dangerous edge
- Romantic suspense with trouble at the door
- Steamy scenes and a lot of tension
What readers are saying
"The tension between loyalty to family and consuming desire kept me on the edge of my seat."
"It was a steamy page turner and the suspense was intense."
Frequently asked questions
What is the brother's best friend trope?
It's a romance where the heroine falls for her brother's best friend, the one man who should be off-limits. The tension comes from loyalty. Crossing that line could cost her family, his friendship, or both.
What is a dad's best friend romance?
In a dad's best friend romance, the hero is the heroine's father's closest friend, so there's usually an age gap and a very good reason to keep it secret. Off-Limits Baby Daddy is my dad's best friend story, set in a small town where news travels fast.
Are these dad's best friend and single mom romance books on Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. All four Off-Limits Daddies books are in Kindle Unlimited. Read them in order, 1 to 4, and read FREE with Kindle Unlimited.
Are the Off-Limits Daddies books steamy?
Yes, all four have love scenes on the page. Off-Limits Baby Daddy has the most, starting early, while Billionaire Grump Secret Baby waits until about halfway for one long, detailed scene, and Brother's Friend's Secret Baby has two, one early and one near the end. Baby Daddy's Second Chance keeps its scenes short and saves them for the last part of the book.
Keep reading
If the protective hero is your favorite part, my guide to billionaire protector romance books has four standalone romantic suspense novels to try next.
Start with Baby Daddy's Second Chance, or see all four on the Off-Limits Daddies series page.
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Anita Shaw writes steamy contemporary romance and romantic suspense with grumpy, protective heroes and the smart, stubborn women who refuse to back down.
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