Proving he has a thousand times more restraint than me, St. Clare pulls back and hands me the necklace. “Put this on me.”

I’m only too excited to. I clasp it around his neck, and it shines brightly on the brightest man I’ve ever met.

His hand cups my face, eyes still watery, and these days he doesn’t try to hold back from showing me how much he loves me.

“Come on,” he says. “You need to check everyone working knows how to make our drink.”

In honor of my pookie, I did complete my certificate in business management, and I did train in how to make cocktails. The whole drinks menu at our new nightclub was thought up by me.

And for our opening night, the Love at First Shot is five dollars until closing.

I loved being a barista because of the customers, and working a bar is like that but better. People don’t just tell me about their day; I get their entire life story.

This, right here, is what perfection looks like.

Family, friends, his mom and dad, who are my mom and dad. Our head of security and bestie fur-ever, Lars. And the baddie bunch, who set me up on this path and pushed me to get to where I was supposed to be and where I finally belong.

With St. Clare.

With my pookie.

A complete matching set.

Thank you for reading Himbo Hitman!

If you’re not ready to say goodbye to Perry and St. Clare, you can read a bonus story about them here:

Happy Charm.

Want to know about my next series? Welcome to Wilde’s End. Population: Zero.

Preorder it here.

For anyone who doesn’t want to wait, get first access to the chapters for my next releases, see character art, and indulge in all the bonus content here.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

As with any book, this one took a hell of a lot of people to make happen.

The cover was created by the talented Rebecca at Story Styling Cover Designs with a gorgeous image by Wander Aguiar, and edits were done by Sandra Dee at One Love Editing, with Lori Parks proofreading the bejeebus out of it.

Thanks to Tal Lewin @caravaggia13 on IG for creating the amazing artwork for my website editions.

Charity VanHuss you’re the most amazing PA I could have ever dreamed up. Without you I’d be even more of a chaotic disaster and there isn’t enough space to list the many hats you wear for me. Paige and Lara Janz, you round out my team in the most incredible way and I’m always excited to see what fun ideas you both have next.

Eden Finley, thank you for being there for all the doubt spirals and hand-holding. Whether you wanted to be or not.

My incredible author friends who beta read this book: you’ve made this so much better than I could have on my own.