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Dad Bod Getaway: Dad Bod 2.0: Large And In Charge
Charlotte
I’ve been celibate for so long even nuns would feel sorry for me, but I made a promise to my niece. From the first hour she was put in my care, I swore no one would upset our safe little corner of the universe. For nine years, it was an easy sacrifice… until I met Nathaniel Hunt while dropping our girls off at camp.
A bear of a man with a dominant streak a mile wide, he effortlessly drew me into his orbit with those devilish grins and hungry eyes. I know I have to walk away when the summer ends, and every second we spend together makes it harder to face. But until we are forced to face the end, I plan to soak up every last drop of him I can.
Nathan
From the first moment I laid eyes on Charlotte, I wanted her. I knew I’d do anything to make her mine. Something deep inside me needs her. It feeds on her soft touches and smart-ass mouth. It revels in her kind heart and wicked sense of humor.
She’s calling this a fling. A two-week vacation from 'real life'. But it's more than that, and I fully intend to show her that this thing between us is real and worth fighting for. I have fourteen days to show her how a woman deserves to be treated and fourteen nights to show her how a real man takes care of his girl.
This April, The Dad Bods are back, and they’re bigger, bolder, and burlier than ever!
I’ve been celibate for so long even nuns would feel sorry for me, but I made a promise to my niece. From the first hour she was put in my care, I swore no one would upset our safe little corner of the universe. For nine years, it was an easy sacrifice… until I met Nathaniel Hunt while dropping our girls off at camp.
A bear of a man with a dominant streak a mile wide, he effortlessly drew me into his orbit with those devilish grins and hungry eyes. I know I have to walk away when the summer ends, and every second we spend together makes it harder to face. But until we are forced to face the end, I plan to soak up every last drop of him I can.
Nathan
From the first moment I laid eyes on Charlotte, I wanted her. I knew I’d do anything to make her mine. Something deep inside me needs her. It feeds on her soft touches and smart-ass mouth. It revels in her kind heart and wicked sense of humor.
She’s calling this a fling. A two-week vacation from 'real life'. But it's more than that, and I fully intend to show her that this thing between us is real and worth fighting for. I have fourteen days to show her how a woman deserves to be treated and fourteen nights to show her how a real man takes care of his girl.
This April, The Dad Bods are back, and they’re bigger, bolder, and burlier than ever!
87 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 10, 2023
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Mae Harden
29 books427 followersHi! I'm Mae Harden and I have an addiction to happy endings.
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I write the kinds of books I love to read. Low angst and good communication make me happy. I love a little drama, a metric shit-ton of sexual tension, a good meet-cute, and dirty talk. So, so much dirty talk. Hot with a plot is my personal motto and I take it seriously!
I have a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Baking and Pastry. Before staying home to raise my kids, I was a pastry chef for seven years and specialized in wedding cakes. (See, always a sucker for a happy ending!)
In real life, I’m a wife, and a mother to two adorable hellions. We have two puppies, a chonky cat, and more houseplants than I know what to do with.
Join my newsletter to keep in touch!
I write the kinds of books I love to read. Low angst and good communication make me happy. I love a little drama, a metric shit-ton of sexual tension, a good meet-cute, and dirty talk. So, so much dirty talk. Hot with a plot is my personal motto and I take it seriously!
I have a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Baking and Pastry. Before staying home to raise my kids, I was a pastry chef for seven years and specialized in wedding cakes. (See, always a sucker for a happy ending!)
In real life, I’m a wife, and a mother to two adorable hellions. We have two puppies, a chonky cat, and more houseplants than I know what to do with.
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May 10, 2023
cute story
Honestly loved the story, great characters. Just hated the ending. I really love a HEA and this just abruptly ended.
Honestly loved the story, great characters. Just hated the ending. I really love a HEA and this just abruptly ended.
May 10, 2023
Fun and flirty
I love Nathaniel and Charlotte, they are awkward and a mess, they stumble over their words, they get flustered and embarrass themselves.....they are just so relatable!
The flirty and naughty banter coupled with the dirty talk and suggestive teasing makes this steamy and fun.
I read this on Kindle Unlimited.
I love Nathaniel and Charlotte, they are awkward and a mess, they stumble over their words, they get flustered and embarrass themselves.....they are just so relatable!
The flirty and naughty banter coupled with the dirty talk and suggestive teasing makes this steamy and fun.
I read this on Kindle Unlimited.
June 15, 2023
That ending was WAY too abrupt, but this was a great short story otherwise. (They do get a HEA if anyone is wondering)
May 11, 2023
Sigh
I'm glad I got this through KU and didn't order it, because I'd he really angry if I'd paid for a whole book and got part of a day with no conclusion, which is all this is. I feel like the author just went "meh, good enough". The characters were great, it was building up great, then it just stopped. No conclusion, no happy ending, we didn't even get the end of their date. Why? just...the author put all that work into building a great story then just abandoned it. The four stars are for the potential but the ending wasn't an ending. Bummer.
I'm glad I got this through KU and didn't order it, because I'd he really angry if I'd paid for a whole book and got part of a day with no conclusion, which is all this is. I feel like the author just went "meh, good enough". The characters were great, it was building up great, then it just stopped. No conclusion, no happy ending, we didn't even get the end of their date. Why? just...the author put all that work into building a great story then just abandoned it. The four stars are for the potential but the ending wasn't an ending. Bummer.
May 10, 2023
Odd ending
Very short quick read but it ends just as the H and h are getting together for the first time. It feels like it is lacking several chapters. You have no idea if this is just a summer fling or if they get together permanently. It just feels like it is incomplete. The characters draw you in but I want the rest of the story.
Very short quick read but it ends just as the H and h are getting together for the first time. It feels like it is lacking several chapters. You have no idea if this is just a summer fling or if they get together permanently. It just feels like it is incomplete. The characters draw you in but I want the rest of the story.
June 22, 2025
WOW!! Fab*u*lous Absolutely love this one!! I couldn't put this one down. This was a nice quick, short read.
Nathaniel and Charlotte met when she drops her daughter off for summer camp. Charlotte's daughter and Nathaniel's daughter are best friends and going to summer camp together. Charlotte can't believe that Nathaniel is a famous author she's into. After getting their daughter set up at camp Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to have lunch with him. Charlotte's been a single parent to her niece for nine years and has never dated not wanting to bring someone else into their world. Charlotte tells Nathaniel she needs to get some work done. As they leave Nathaniel waves to Charlotte she notices he heads in the same direction she'll be going. Charlotte soon catches up to Nathaniel because he got behind a slow moving car, then he turns the same way she's turning. Soon Nathaniel turns into the same bed and breakfast Charlotte is staying. Charlotte questions Nathaniel and soon they find out they are both staying in cabins next to one another. Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to have lunch and she takes him up on his offer. They walk to a restaurant close to the cottages, and sit at the bar. They sit throughout lunch and dinner talking to one another getting to know each other. When it starts getting dark Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to take a walk along the beach. While they are walking along the beach the sheriff comes and questions them. Charlotte and Nathaniel decide it's time to go back to the cottages. Nathaniel pulls her to him and kisses her, Charlotte suggests they go back to the cottages to finish what he started. Nathaniel pleasures Charlotte then they make love. For two weeks Nathaniel and Charlotte stay in the cottage getting work done when they can otherwise making love. Charlotte gets a phone call from camp that her niece snuck out late last night twisted her ankle and is now being punished with kitchen duties. When Nathaniel receives the same phone call he offers to drive Charlotte. When they arrive at camp Charlotte goes to talk to her niece while Nathaniel talks to his daughter. When Nathaniel and Charlotte go to leave they figure out the girls set them up on vacation at the same bed and breakfast next door to one another. When Nathaniel tells Charlotte he loves her and Charlotte tells Nathaniel she loves him they hear the girls scream. Nathaniel and Charlotte go rushing back inside to find the girls dancing. Nathaniel tells Charlotte they can talk about their living arrangements later.
Nathaniel and Charlotte met when she drops her daughter off for summer camp. Charlotte's daughter and Nathaniel's daughter are best friends and going to summer camp together. Charlotte can't believe that Nathaniel is a famous author she's into. After getting their daughter set up at camp Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to have lunch with him. Charlotte's been a single parent to her niece for nine years and has never dated not wanting to bring someone else into their world. Charlotte tells Nathaniel she needs to get some work done. As they leave Nathaniel waves to Charlotte she notices he heads in the same direction she'll be going. Charlotte soon catches up to Nathaniel because he got behind a slow moving car, then he turns the same way she's turning. Soon Nathaniel turns into the same bed and breakfast Charlotte is staying. Charlotte questions Nathaniel and soon they find out they are both staying in cabins next to one another. Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to have lunch and she takes him up on his offer. They walk to a restaurant close to the cottages, and sit at the bar. They sit throughout lunch and dinner talking to one another getting to know each other. When it starts getting dark Nathaniel asks Charlotte if she'd like to take a walk along the beach. While they are walking along the beach the sheriff comes and questions them. Charlotte and Nathaniel decide it's time to go back to the cottages. Nathaniel pulls her to him and kisses her, Charlotte suggests they go back to the cottages to finish what he started. Nathaniel pleasures Charlotte then they make love. For two weeks Nathaniel and Charlotte stay in the cottage getting work done when they can otherwise making love. Charlotte gets a phone call from camp that her niece snuck out late last night twisted her ankle and is now being punished with kitchen duties. When Nathaniel receives the same phone call he offers to drive Charlotte. When they arrive at camp Charlotte goes to talk to her niece while Nathaniel talks to his daughter. When Nathaniel and Charlotte go to leave they figure out the girls set them up on vacation at the same bed and breakfast next door to one another. When Nathaniel tells Charlotte he loves her and Charlotte tells Nathaniel she loves him they hear the girls scream. Nathaniel and Charlotte go rushing back inside to find the girls dancing. Nathaniel tells Charlotte they can talk about their living arrangements later.
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May 15, 2023
Dad Bod Getaway [Dad Bod 2.0: Large and in Charge series]
These are short romance novella books wrote by different authors about strong Hero's who find their sassy women..
This book Follows Nathaniel and Charlotte. You will find Age Gap, Graphic Novel Artist/Writer Romance, Single Mum/Single Dad and more
Charlotte is a Guardian to her Niece called Becca and its just been they both for years with no one else in their life's until Charlotte meets Nathaniel.. She has been single for years because she wanted to put her Niece first..
Nathaniel is a single dad and a writer.. He is a daughter called Carly who wants to see him happy because they have a sad past when her mum left.. So its just been him and his daughter ever since because they always look out for each other..
This book is packed full of:
⦁ Writer/Graphic Novel Artist
⦁ Single Dad/Single Mum-Aunt
⦁ Guardian to her Niece-Single Mum
⦁ Neighbors while on Vacation
⦁ Age Gap
⦁ Some steam near the end
⦁ Vacation Fling turned into Love
⦁ Forced Proximity
⦁ Praise kink [Good girl]
⦁ Heroine Niece calls her Mum
⦁ Their kids have set them up while they are away camping
⦁ Dirty talking hero
⦁ Love at first sight
⦁ Hero always looks out for the people that he cares about
⦁ Possessive hero
⦁ Sweet hero/Sassy Women
I enjoyed this book and the relationship between Nathaniel and Charlotte.. I am glad that everything worked out and they got a happy ending
These are short romance novella books wrote by different authors about strong Hero's who find their sassy women..
This book Follows Nathaniel and Charlotte. You will find Age Gap, Graphic Novel Artist/Writer Romance, Single Mum/Single Dad and more
Charlotte is a Guardian to her Niece called Becca and its just been they both for years with no one else in their life's until Charlotte meets Nathaniel.. She has been single for years because she wanted to put her Niece first..
Nathaniel is a single dad and a writer.. He is a daughter called Carly who wants to see him happy because they have a sad past when her mum left.. So its just been him and his daughter ever since because they always look out for each other..
This book is packed full of:
⦁ Writer/Graphic Novel Artist
⦁ Single Dad/Single Mum-Aunt
⦁ Guardian to her Niece-Single Mum
⦁ Neighbors while on Vacation
⦁ Age Gap
⦁ Some steam near the end
⦁ Vacation Fling turned into Love
⦁ Forced Proximity
⦁ Praise kink [Good girl]
⦁ Heroine Niece calls her Mum
⦁ Their kids have set them up while they are away camping
⦁ Dirty talking hero
⦁ Love at first sight
⦁ Hero always looks out for the people that he cares about
⦁ Possessive hero
⦁ Sweet hero/Sassy Women
I enjoyed this book and the relationship between Nathaniel and Charlotte.. I am glad that everything worked out and they got a happy ending
June 11, 2023
Charlotte and Nathaniel
I really enjoyed the interesting characters, their chemistry was explosive I’d say. An illustrator and a writer she adores from afar, probably his biggest fan, having read all his books. Their kids, long distance friends, are going to summer camp, and that’s the meet cute for Charlotte and Nathaniel. I was hoping for an epilogue or two, so good. Too short, lol.
I really enjoyed the interesting characters, their chemistry was explosive I’d say. An illustrator and a writer she adores from afar, probably his biggest fan, having read all his books. Their kids, long distance friends, are going to summer camp, and that’s the meet cute for Charlotte and Nathaniel. I was hoping for an epilogue or two, so good. Too short, lol.
May 10, 2023
I absolutely love the Dad Bod 2.0 series. Every author gives us such incredible stories, and I totally love all of Mae's books and characters. Nathaniel and Charlotte meet when they are dropping their daughters off for summer camp. I love the insta chemistry and perfect ending. I'm so excited y'all decided to do a 2.0 to this awesome series.
July 8, 2023
Love the cover
Definitely love a twist to the ‘parent trap’ and the kids were cute. The romance between these two was super hot. But I wish it would have had an epilogue and the big declaration
Definitely love a twist to the ‘parent trap’ and the kids were cute. The romance between these two was super hot. But I wish it would have had an epilogue and the big declaration
March 26, 2024
awesome
I will be honest I owned this story for awhile but kept thinking it would be slow. Boy was I ever wrong. This story even had a perfect ending and that doesn’t happen every time.
I will be honest I owned this story for awhile but kept thinking it would be slow. Boy was I ever wrong. This story even had a perfect ending and that doesn’t happen every time.
May 11, 2023
Update. Per author’s instagram the story didn’t publish with all the pages. I’ve tried checking it out from KU again but that hasn’t caught up yet. I’ll update my rating when I can read whole thing.
It felt like the last 20 pages were missing.
It felt like the last 20 pages were missing.
May 12, 2023
I loved it! A sweet and beautiful love story!❤️
May 13, 2023
It just ends.....
They story line is great. Hot chemistry. But it just ends. Feels like part of a book instead of a whole story.
They story line is great. Hot chemistry. But it just ends. Feels like part of a book instead of a whole story.
May 25, 2023
This one was just an ok read for me. It had the usual Mae Harden elements, but they didn't get me so much into the story. I feel bad because the author is one of my faves.
May 26, 2023
Great book terrible ending
Great book but leaves you majorly hanging. Seems like it should’ve had at least a few more chapters or an epilogue to tie up all the loose ends
Great book but leaves you majorly hanging. Seems like it should’ve had at least a few more chapters or an epilogue to tie up all the loose ends
May 27, 2023
We love a sweet, sarcastic teddy bear
October 29, 2023
Dad Bod Getaway
Omg this book was absolutely swoon worthy!!!! The fact those girls played them that way makes this even better!!!! Probably my favorite book of the day!!!!
Omg this book was absolutely swoon worthy!!!! The fact those girls played them that way makes this even better!!!! Probably my favorite book of the day!!!!
June 22, 2024
Enjoyed reading
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