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Undressed: How I Fell for My One-Night Stand
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Iris
Living my passion as a dressmaker in a small town doesn't always make ends meet, so I've decided to take on a renter just in time for the town's annual Dogwood Festival. Oliver. Wow. When the magnetic stranger rents out my carriage house for its first week, I'm not prepared. The man is so good looking I can barely look at him. I try to maintain my composure, but my blushing is a dead giveaway. And he's not helping matters by being a huge flirt. When we both lose ourselves in one night of passion, I assume I've gotten that out of my system. After all, Oliver is just a tourist. I can't go getting attached. But the more he inserts himself into my life, the harder it is to resist picturing a future together.
Oliver
I came to tiny Songbird Ridge to explore the art scene and find a gallery that will show my work. Imagine my luck when I secure the last place available to rent in the entire town. The quaint carriage house may be exactly what I need, but the beautiful owner, Iris, is everything I want. She's kind, smart, charming and makes biscuits so good I could cry. The attraction is instant, and eventually leads to the hottest, wildest night of my life. After our night together, she has turned my whole world upside down. Just one she has another renter coming in a week. The thought of leaving Iris behind is inconceivable. And yet, a long-distance relationship sounds like torture. I'll have to do everything in my power to make Iris understand that I'm not just a one-night stand. I'm in it for the long haul, because it's what she deserves, and it's what I want.
Iris
Living my passion as a dressmaker in a small town doesn't always make ends meet, so I've decided to take on a renter just in time for the town's annual Dogwood Festival. Oliver. Wow. When the magnetic stranger rents out my carriage house for its first week, I'm not prepared. The man is so good looking I can barely look at him. I try to maintain my composure, but my blushing is a dead giveaway. And he's not helping matters by being a huge flirt. When we both lose ourselves in one night of passion, I assume I've gotten that out of my system. After all, Oliver is just a tourist. I can't go getting attached. But the more he inserts himself into my life, the harder it is to resist picturing a future together.
Oliver
I came to tiny Songbird Ridge to explore the art scene and find a gallery that will show my work. Imagine my luck when I secure the last place available to rent in the entire town. The quaint carriage house may be exactly what I need, but the beautiful owner, Iris, is everything I want. She's kind, smart, charming and makes biscuits so good I could cry. The attraction is instant, and eventually leads to the hottest, wildest night of my life. After our night together, she has turned my whole world upside down. Just one she has another renter coming in a week. The thought of leaving Iris behind is inconceivable. And yet, a long-distance relationship sounds like torture. I'll have to do everything in my power to make Iris understand that I'm not just a one-night stand. I'm in it for the long haul, because it's what she deserves, and it's what I want.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2026
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Review of advance copy
I am loving this series. Oliver has rented the carriage house from Iris to take his pottery to the Annual Dogwood Festival. One look at Iris and that’s it for Oliver. Iris isn’t too far behind when she sees Oliver. Oliver and Iris are perfect together but will the rumor mill in Songbird Ridge keep them apart. This is a fast paced steamy hot read that once I started it I couldn’t put it down. Excellent story loved it.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 13, 2026
She gives him a room. He steps into her life like he means to stay.
Iris builds a careful life out of talent, routine, and damage control. She makes beautiful things, keeps her head down, and tries not to want too much from men anymore. Then Oliver rents her carriage house for festival week, and from the second he looks at her, the balance she fights to keep starts slipping. What begins as sharp attraction turns into one reckless night that feels much harder to contain than either of them expects.
Oliver doesn’t come to Songbird Ridge looking for forever, but the town gets under his skin almost as fast as Iris does. She’s warm, guarded, and far too used to disappointment, and he meets that guardedness with a certainty that feels dangerous in its own way. The more he folds himself into her days, her kitchen, and her work, the harder it gets for Iris to write him off as a passing mistake.
As the line between renter and something much more intimate starts to blur, their connection shifts from raw heat into something steadier and deeper. Iris begins guarded and quick to assume desire won’t turn into real care, while Oliver moves from restless and searching to fully certain of what he wants. Their dynamic starts in instant attraction and high heat, then deepens into trust, reassurance, and a partnership that feels earned instead of fleeting.
An ultra-steamy small town romance where instant attraction turns into something far more intimate and real. It’s about being fully seen, learning to trust love after disappointment, and letting devotion feel safer than self-protection. What starts in reckless chemistry deepens into emotional certainty, mutual care, and the kind of connection that slowly becomes home.
The Elevator Pitch: A guarded dressmaker opens her carriage house to a stranger and finds herself caught in the kind of desire that feels reckless almost as soon as it begins. He arrives looking for a place to stay and quickly becomes something far more dangerous to her peace, because his certainty cuts straight through every defense she has. As one charged week in a small mountain town pulls them closer, the real question stops being whether they want each other and becomes whether she can believe a man like this means to stay.
Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥 Ultra-Steamy / Erotic Romance
Iris builds a careful life out of talent, routine, and damage control. She makes beautiful things, keeps her head down, and tries not to want too much from men anymore. Then Oliver rents her carriage house for festival week, and from the second he looks at her, the balance she fights to keep starts slipping. What begins as sharp attraction turns into one reckless night that feels much harder to contain than either of them expects.
Oliver doesn’t come to Songbird Ridge looking for forever, but the town gets under his skin almost as fast as Iris does. She’s warm, guarded, and far too used to disappointment, and he meets that guardedness with a certainty that feels dangerous in its own way. The more he folds himself into her days, her kitchen, and her work, the harder it gets for Iris to write him off as a passing mistake.
As the line between renter and something much more intimate starts to blur, their connection shifts from raw heat into something steadier and deeper. Iris begins guarded and quick to assume desire won’t turn into real care, while Oliver moves from restless and searching to fully certain of what he wants. Their dynamic starts in instant attraction and high heat, then deepens into trust, reassurance, and a partnership that feels earned instead of fleeting.
An ultra-steamy small town romance where instant attraction turns into something far more intimate and real. It’s about being fully seen, learning to trust love after disappointment, and letting devotion feel safer than self-protection. What starts in reckless chemistry deepens into emotional certainty, mutual care, and the kind of connection that slowly becomes home.
The Elevator Pitch: A guarded dressmaker opens her carriage house to a stranger and finds herself caught in the kind of desire that feels reckless almost as soon as it begins. He arrives looking for a place to stay and quickly becomes something far more dangerous to her peace, because his certainty cuts straight through every defense she has. As one charged week in a small mountain town pulls them closer, the real question stops being whether they want each other and becomes whether she can believe a man like this means to stay.
Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥 Ultra-Steamy / Erotic Romance
April 18, 2026
Biscuit and Ridiculous make a delicious treat
Undressed: How I Fell for My One-Night Stand is the fourth book in the Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life series by Abby Knox. I love this series so much and how the characters are interconnected, with each story flowing in it's own way. This time it is Iris, the next door neighbor and friend of Maddie. She is a very talented seamstress and designer who makes a lot of dresses for weddings. She was a wild child who was the fourth sibling who was raised by their MiMi in Songbird Ridge. When MiMi died it was Iris who inherited the house and contents, because MiMi said she needed something solid to help her grow up. She has worked hard to restore the house and also built her work studio and converted a shed into a rental unit in the backyard. Oliver works for a moving company in Charlotte, NC. But his passion is pottery, with his unique designs. He decides to take some of his work to the Dogwood Festival in Songbird Ridge to talk to someone about displaying his work in a gallery in town. But when he finally finds someone in the pottery tent to talk to he gets more than that, he is offered to have his pieces put added to Leonard's display. Oliver is the first paying guest of Iris's new rental and when he shows up early things get off to an interesting start. These two are sparking from the start but will then mean it will only be for the week or will it develop into something a lot more solid?
I loved this sweet, romantic, and smexy hot romance that has a story-line with some drama, chosen family, family drama, love, quirky characters and a lot more all swirled together into the tastiest treat you want to lick.
Undressed: How I Fell for My One-Night Stand is the fourth book in the Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life series by Abby Knox. I love this series so much and how the characters are interconnected, with each story flowing in it's own way. This time it is Iris, the next door neighbor and friend of Maddie. She is a very talented seamstress and designer who makes a lot of dresses for weddings. She was a wild child who was the fourth sibling who was raised by their MiMi in Songbird Ridge. When MiMi died it was Iris who inherited the house and contents, because MiMi said she needed something solid to help her grow up. She has worked hard to restore the house and also built her work studio and converted a shed into a rental unit in the backyard. Oliver works for a moving company in Charlotte, NC. But his passion is pottery, with his unique designs. He decides to take some of his work to the Dogwood Festival in Songbird Ridge to talk to someone about displaying his work in a gallery in town. But when he finally finds someone in the pottery tent to talk to he gets more than that, he is offered to have his pieces put added to Leonard's display. Oliver is the first paying guest of Iris's new rental and when he shows up early things get off to an interesting start. These two are sparking from the start but will then mean it will only be for the week or will it develop into something a lot more solid?
I loved this sweet, romantic, and smexy hot romance that has a story-line with some drama, chosen family, family drama, love, quirky characters and a lot more all swirled together into the tastiest treat you want to lick.
April 13, 2026
Book 4 of the Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life series. Can be read as a standalone.
'And yet, a long-distance relationship sounds like torture. I'll have to do everything in my power to make Iris understand that I'm not just a one-night stand. I'm in it for the long haul, because it's what she deserves, and it's what I want.'
The characters were very appealing and likeable and complicated and perfectly steamy together. Plot was intriguing and well paced. World building was solidly drawn and impressive. All in all a great addition to the series. Enjoyed immensely and highly recommend.
Grab a copy, kick back and enjoy!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
'And yet, a long-distance relationship sounds like torture. I'll have to do everything in my power to make Iris understand that I'm not just a one-night stand. I'm in it for the long haul, because it's what she deserves, and it's what I want.'
The characters were very appealing and likeable and complicated and perfectly steamy together. Plot was intriguing and well paced. World building was solidly drawn and impressive. All in all a great addition to the series. Enjoyed immensely and highly recommend.
Grab a copy, kick back and enjoy!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 3, 2026
This is book 4 in Songbird Ridge A Year in the Life series. An instalove novella with a dressmaker/ bed & breakfast owner and a ceramic artist. Songbird Ridge is an artist's dream with all the galleries and festivals. Oliver is looking to start a gallery and after meeting the owner of the cottage he's renting he believes he found his place. Iris is new to renting her cottage with Oliver being her first official renter. I enjoyed the main characters. Love the small town feel with gossip and busybodies but a whole lot of community. Sweet read.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 17, 2026
This is the fourth book in the *Songbird Ridge* series, and every story so far has been excellent, featuring intriguing plots and engaging characters. Iris has her dream job, but sometimes that isn't enough to cover her expenses. She decides to rent out her carriage house, never expecting that her guest—Oliver—would turn out to be the man for her. A powerful attraction sparked between them the very moment they met, and when they gave in to their passion, she assumed it would be nothing more than a one-night stand. This is a book you will enjoy from start to finish, and the happy ending is truly satisfying.
April 11, 2026
Abby Knox has been a favorite author of mine for some time now. She knows how to grab onto her readers from the 1st page to the last. The story of Oliver and Iris is one of renting out your carriage house to a artist that will only be in town for a short time. After getting to know one another you discover that you don't want to let them go. This is the 4th book in the Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life series and you don't want to miss this one!.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 16, 2026
This is a fun, light, spicy romance. Oliver is going to Songbird Ridge for some rest and to possibly sell some of his pottery. Iris owns the house he is renting, and she falls for him the moment she meets him. The feeling is mutual for Oliver, too. This is a low-drama book with two people who have been alone for a while. Now they see the possibility of a different future for both of them. Excellent short read with the best happy ending.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 20, 2026
Iris and Oliver have one steamy night together that leads to forever. I love how the author brought Iris and Oliver together and how they connected from the start. This is a well written novella with believable characters who had me cheering them on to get their happily ever after. Undressed is book four in the Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life series. I recommend this book, this series, and this author to everyone who loves sweet, small town romance. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
May 4, 2026
Iris is a dressmaker trying to keep her life and finances stitched together. She rents out her newly renovated carriage house, never expecting her first guest to be Oliver, a gorgeous, soft‑spoken potter who knocks her completely off balance. Their attraction sparks immediately and culminates in a one‑night stand that was not meant to be anything but one night. Oliver keeps showing up in her life, in her kitchen, in her thoughts, and in all the quiet spaces she didn’t realize were lonely. Will they find that they have much more than one night together?
Review of advance copy received from Author
The fourth book in the "Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life" series. This well-written story features a strong plot and great characters, specifically Iris, a local dressmaker, and Oliver, a visiting artist. I enjoyed the portrayal of their relationship as they navigate the transition from a festival fling to a committed future despite the challenge of long-distance. I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Review of advance copy
Book 4 of Songbird Ridge: A Year in the Life story of Iris and Oliver. This one had me smiling at how these two ended this story, all the little things that make this couple the perfect couple was romantic and sweet. The small town feel and the way everyone looks after each other was beautiful. I couldn't stop reading this story.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 2, 2026
Before I get into the review, make sure you read the dedication, it was hilarious. Anyway, Owen is in this artsy town hoping to display his pottery, and he happens to be the first guest to stay at Iris’s. Ya’ll know the drill, they have instant chemistry, and can’t keep their hands off each other.
Safe read, with a cute and charming couple that brings the heat. We get to see some of our favorites from the series. Sweet epilogue and hea.
Safe read, with a cute and charming couple that brings the heat. We get to see some of our favorites from the series. Sweet epilogue and hea.
April 5, 2026
This was another sweet and steamy instalove from Songbird Ridge. Oliver and Iris are both a little love-wary, but can’t resist the magnetic pull between them. There’s some small town talk and a spinster aunt that cause a pinch of angst, brilliant and supportive friends and a festival that draws people to the sweet, mountain town.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 11, 2026
It was a nice short story with two creative, interesting protagonists. Their falling for each other was adorable, starting a bit before meeting and accelerating when they actually met, liking everything as they were, becoming the town's gossip as well.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 12, 2026
3.75 - 4 stars.
This quick read had likeable characters, family drama, good friends, chemistry, connection, attraction and pasts. Things happened quickly between them but it worked for me as I thought they went well together and I liked them as a couple.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This quick read had likeable characters, family drama, good friends, chemistry, connection, attraction and pasts. Things happened quickly between them but it worked for me as I thought they went well together and I liked them as a couple.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 13, 2026
All around sweet read. Wonderful characters.. the story takes you into the life of Oliver and Iris. The story is Well written the characters are interesting and relatable and you're hoping for a happily ever after.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 16, 2026
A cute short story!
Oliver is heading to Songbird Ridge for the Dogwood Festival and has rented the last room in town. He has a good feeling about this trip and when he enters town he realises this might just be about to change his life.
If you love small towns and love at first sight then you will love this story!
I read this book voluntarily for an honest review.
Oliver is heading to Songbird Ridge for the Dogwood Festival and has rented the last room in town. He has a good feeling about this trip and when he enters town he realises this might just be about to change his life.
If you love small towns and love at first sight then you will love this story!
I read this book voluntarily for an honest review.
April 24, 2026
I loved the story of Oliver and Iris and their one night that leads to more. This story is full of a fun and likeable town, lovable and relatable characters, sweet and witty banter, a little steam, a whole lot of love, and a HEA making it a must read short story by a talented author.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 12, 2026
The author has given us a fast-paced story that pulls us into the lives of Iris and Oliver. The heartwarming story keeps us turning the pages with instant connection,insecurities and steam.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 14, 2026
This was a super sweet and HOT quick contemporary romance with a free spirited dressmaker and a hunky potter. Instalove, instalust, quirky and cute!.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 15, 2026
I'm loving this series, Book four and is Oliver and Iris's story, I was engaged in their story from the start. They have a strong attraction, It's a fast paced read, Loved it,.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 3, 2026
Her renter..
Iris decides to rent out her carriage house to Oliver. Oliver is a hit artist, looking to show his art in this quirky little enclave. They are very into each other. Steamy.
Recommend.
Iris decides to rent out her carriage house to Oliver. Oliver is a hit artist, looking to show his art in this quirky little enclave. They are very into each other. Steamy.
Recommend.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Book 4 in the fictional town of Songbird Ridge doesn't disappoint. In fact, it was wonderfully well written, full of the steaminess you'd expect from Abby and makes me want to move to this artist community tucked into the mountains. The idea of moving from a renter/rentee, to one-night stand, to vacation fling and finally into a lifelong love seems like it wouldn't work but it's believable in this story. I guess once you recognize your soulmate in another person there are no obstacles to stop the relationship from happening. Can't wait for more stories from this cute little town and all their quirky residents.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my review.
April 10, 2026
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I liked Iris and Oliver as a couple and I'm glad they didn't let others affect their love.
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