Bad Excuses

One mistaken identity destroyed their love. Five years later, another lie forces them under the same roof.Naima Porter desperately needs a fresh start after someone steals her identity, ruins her career, and leaves her nearly homeless. Accepting a live-in nanny position seems like the answer-until the front door opens and she finds herself face-to-face with Dorian Keene, the stubborn ex who broke her heart without giving her a chance to explain.Dorian still remembers the photograph that appeared to prove Naima betrayed him. Now she is living in his estate, caring for his troubled seven-year-old niece, Laila, and awakening feelings he spent years trying to bury.Their temporary arrangement quickly becomes a battle of sharp words, heated attraction, and painful memories. But when Naima discovers the woman in that photograph was never her, a dangerous scheme involving her reckless cousin, Dorian's manipulative ex-fiancée, and his missing brother begins to unravel.Everyone has a reason for what they did.Naima is finished accepting excuses.To earn a second chance, Dorian must prove he can choose trust over fear. And Naima must decide whether the man who shattered her heart deserves the opportunity to help rebuild it.Bad Excuses is an emotional contemporary romance novella featuring second chances, forced proximity, mistaken identity, a protective nanny, family betrayal, hate-to-love tension, and hard-earned forgiveness.