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Under Construction

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When Paige Brennan moves into her new apartment - she doesn't expect it to come with the neighbor from hell.

His late night antics keep her up all hours, with every knock and bang made worse by their shared bedroom wall. When Paige finally bumps into the noisy night owl, she's determined to give him a piece of her mind, even if his broad shoulders and rogue grin leave her hot under the collar.

Stone Garrett is obsessed by the beauty next door, her smart mouth and dangerous curves driving him to distraction. She's way out of his league but he's hell-bent on proving he can be everything she needs and more. Passions boil over after another late night exchange ends with Stone's hand down his pretty new neighbor's impossibly short sleep shorts. But does love exist beyond their shared bedroom wall? Or are they destined to only be an unforgettable one-night stand?

Warning: Heavy duty pickup trucks, chiseled, sun-kissed abs, and dusty jeans that hang just perfectly off the hips... "Under Construction" is a panty-melting ride through a sexy construction zone. 100% SAFE, sugary-sweet double epilogues, and a chuckle or two along the way... You'll never look at a man in a hard hat the same again! Enjoy! xo

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2016

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Aria Cole

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Aria Cole is the pen name of a USA Today bestselling author who published her first book in 2012 and began writing contemporary romance long before that.

Her books always feature possessive alpha men and the sassy, curvy, nerdy heroines who love them, along with a healthy dose of irresistible insta-love and happily-ever-afters sweet enough to make your teeth ache.

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Profile Image for Chantal ❤️.
1,361 reviews913 followers
February 10, 2017
5 CONSTRUCTED STARS

“Say it.”
"You own my pussy. You own my pussy, Stone.”
"That’s my little bird.”


I absolutely ADORED this new short little novella by Aria Cole.


YES, it was short but it was complete with two epilogue.
This a sweet HOT read about a vet and a construction worker.
They are so different but somehow they work together. The hero is hard living and basic and the heroine is sweet and sassy.
The hero, Stone or "Fucking Stone" as she called him, was constantly making noise on his side of their shared connecting wall of their separate appartements.
She gets mad one day and to get even with all his noise making she takes out her vibrator and goes to town.
What's a guy to do?

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Especially when he has been fantasizing about his saucy neighbor during his "solo noise making."
Being such a good neighbor, Stone goes over and offers to help her out of course.

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He tells her,
"I want all of you. There will never be anything between us, Paige, got that? I take what’s mine, and I’m going to bury myself so far inside you and spill my seed, everyone will know you’re mine.”


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Paige is feeling a little overwhelmed, but she wants to finally make a human connection.
She thinks
My own life was under construction before him, and now he filled all the missing parts. I looked forward to waking up in the morning, and looked forward to going home at night so I could see him.
She had finally found herself a lover who would allow her the freedom to express herself in the bedroom.
But would this be enough?
And what will happen when someone finally has to move?
READ
The book and find out.

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I don't think you will be disappointed. It's on KU or it's only 1 dollar to download off of Amazon.
Completely worth it and I am keeping this one.
I will definitely be rereading it. It's the perfect little short read between books.

Safety is perfect hero is not a man whore and the heroine is a virgin. No drama or condoms but they exchanged health information.
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763 reviews468 followers
January 10, 2017
I had a plan for her and me tonight, and it started with for and ended with ever.


Ovary explosion here!

Normally, I’m not a fan of cocky heroes, but for some unknown reason, I have to say Stone Garrett just simply pushed all my right buttons. It’s hard to say no to a man as hot as him. Once he set his mind on getting into Paige’s pants Paige, there was no stopping him. And that was sweet! *Loves*

I was so engrossed in the story and couldn’t stop turning the pages until I finished. It was a very short read that before I could finish blinking my eyes, it was over, and damn, it left me wanting more! I can’t get enough of Stone!

All in all, this was a deliciously hot, sexy, lovely, and sweet read. If you are looking for a quick, smutty romance that will make your panties melt and your ovaries explode, then Under Construction is for you.

**Please be warned: Almost everything about this novella was quite OTT. Enjoy!


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My own life was under construction before him, and now he filled all the missing parts. I looked forward to waking up in the morning, and looked forward to going home at night so I could see him.


Everything about this moment was beautiful, everything about being with Stone was a dream I hadn’t even dared to wish for. Never did I think I would meet someone like him, someone who could drive me insane and make me fall so hard and so fast all at the same time.

Profile Image for Sophia Triad.
2,241 reviews3,765 followers
January 7, 2017
It took me about 30 minutes to read the book, reread some sentences to make sure I read them correctly and giggle like stupid while I was rolling my eyes.

Stone Garrett is a construction worker who gets so excited and happy when he watches porn that he knocks and bangs the wall of his bedroom.
Paige Brennan is a vet who just wants to sleep and her neighbor from hell and his girlfriend are too noisy to let this happen.
Paige will soon realize that her neighbor lives alone and he really wants to bang the wall together with her.

Ok, I could not believe that actually Paige was relieved that Stone was a porn addict and not an one-night-stand addict, but anyway I let it pass.
It was also a bit annoying that he keeps calling her "little bird". It could have been worse only if he called her "pet" which I hate maybe a little bit more.

Anyway, Stone is really cutely chasing Paige. He will have his stalking phase and he will receive no resistance by the eager doctor. Awesome smutty moments there.

There is a HEA with a big house with four bedrooms, three baths, a fully finished basement and a large balcony complete with jacuzzi. I could marry him, too…
Profile Image for Deborah.
3,841 reviews496 followers
January 11, 2017

3.5 to 4*

Firstly WOW this has to be one of the best book covers I've seen, I mean seriously.
The book itself is the same it's insta-love or should that be insta-lust, everything here is fast and furious. It's only 55 pages long and they're all put to good use.
Paige is a vet and she lives in a nice quiet apartment or she did before her new neighbour moved in now she's being kept awake with sounds of him having sex. The problem is they share a bedroom wall and while Paige wants to read and study Stone is obviously busy getting laid.
She's determined to give him a piece of her mind but she didn't expect him to look quite so hot, tall, muscled and sexy. Now what exactly was she going to say to him?
Stone can't believe this sexy little firecracker is his neighbour, things are really looking up and like he says:
"I’m a dirty man with an even dirtier mind.”
Okay so you get the idea and it's exactly what I was expecting yet somehow more. I loved both the characters, well everything about this book really and I wasn't ready for it to end. Even though I knew it was a short hot read I was enjoying it so much I was sad to see it end.
It's incredibly rare that I would give a book of this length more than 3* I've struggled with ratings in the past and I always try to be fair and I generally don't feel that such a short novella deserves the same rating as a much longer book but I enjoyed this so much and the cover is just fantastic so I'm giving this 4* and trust me I don't give this lightly in fact let's make it 3.5 to 4* that way I don't feel like I'm going completely crazy.
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1,551 reviews2,236 followers
February 12, 2017
Genre: Erotic Romance
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
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Paige Brennan's peace was shattered after her new neighbor moved in. After being woken up by his loud bedroom activity every night, she made a revenge plot. But her plan backfired when Stone Garrett turned out to be someone she wanted to bang headboard with.

“Close your mouth, little bird. I’m a dirty man with an even dirtier mind.”


I'm sure at some point in their life, many women dream of being drilled by a sexy, sweaty construction worker right? Lol! Stone sure fit the bill. He was also fun and flirty.

Hitting her to the end, jerking my hips as I filled her, my head thrust back as my balls emptied everything that had built up since I’d last had her.


Paige was pretty sassy. I like how she tried to stand up to him - well that's until he started doing thing that made her knees weak :p

Oh yes, I had big plans for the sexy neighbor next door. She just didn’t know it yet.


Under Construction is a cute, but not overly sweet story of neighbors who share more than just uh, eggs :p This story is packed with a good amount of sexiness for a quickie.


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638 reviews99 followers
January 5, 2017
This took me 5 seconds to read and was OTT, insta-unbelievable in a ridiculously cheesy kinda way. And I ate it all up like a hoe-bag!
Profile Image for ★ Larissa ~ book crusher ~.
241 reviews79 followers
December 28, 2016
4 stars

This one was a super quick read. It's more on par with Alexa Riley than anything else, except not as dirty and kinky. So definitely more romantic and less edgy/risqué. It's not a masterpiece but given the low word count, I was surprised at how well the hero worked for me. Then again I'm a sucker for blue collar men and I'm absolutely not opposed to virgin heroines getting them all hot and bothered. I love the gritty, traditional, down to earth aspect to a man that works with their hands. It was fast, naughty but still emotionally satisfying as a straightforward romance. Even though the relationship moved at lightning speed I can't deny Stone made me quiver more than once. I'd recommend this to anyone in need of a quick fix. You'll literally read it in 30 minutes.

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.





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1,683 reviews187 followers
January 1, 2017
Damn GR I got on here to add this to my read books list and bam a dozen more books on my TBR pile and an Avengers movie later and I am only just getting to this.

As for this it was short and sweet. The perfect balance of lust and love. Just perfect for an early morning quickie and a great way to kick off a new year.

Check out my reviews here


DAMN 2017 hasn't made the GR calendar yet. lol
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1,366 reviews62 followers
January 14, 2017
It's 5 stars because it is what it is. Short book. Insta lust,sex,love with a super mega alpha hero. And zero drama and stupid thoughts. Just to the point. Great in between reads, or DNF reads.. what was my case.
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1,390 reviews125 followers
May 11, 2017
I stumbled on this one while reading Stepbrother Anonymous there was a chapter of it in the end and it intrigued me so I instantly bought it and started it.

Who wouldn't be intrigued when the story starts with :
Paige has recently a new neighbor their shared walls are so thin she hears the sex noise coming from his side, always around the same time, the same routine. So when she finally meets her new neigbor she picks up all the courage to speak to him about it. And so the fun begins she thinks that helped but he just likes to annoy her and she thinks she needs to put on a show of her own to let him hear how annoying it is.

This is a short, fast, hot story with an alpha who instantly knows what he wants.
This isn't really insta love, but more insta lust, but from there on it goes fast.

Also fun fact : there are two epilogues so you get closure!
Profile Image for *CJ*.
5,097 reviews624 followers
January 3, 2017
A sexy vet.
A hot construction worker.
Insta love
Loads of smoking wall banging Sex
HEA
Short story between Paige and stone. Enjoyed it and the epilogue.
Safe read
3.75/5
Profile Image for ♥ WishfulMiss ♥ .
1,434 reviews115 followers
March 19, 2017
First off Aria Cole has some of the yummiest covers for her books. I love the cover model on this one :) Another thing I like about this series is that it is about regular, average, every day people. There are so many millionaire billionaire MMCs out there that it's nice to read about us normal, working class people.

This story is about construction worker, Jackson and veternarian, Paige. It's instant attraction, instant giving into their mutual lust and pretty instant love, like the forever kind with marriage and babies. It was quick and sweet and I really fell for Jackson - he was that smart ass alpha caveman you sort of love to hate. He was determined and when it came to Paige, he had a one track mind but he was also considerate and affectionate.

I liked Paige for the most part. It took her a little longer to come around to liking and then loving Jackson than I would have liked but by the end she was all in and the epilogue was the cutest!

Long story short, I liked this one way more than Under Her Hood and I would highly recommend if you want a sexy quickie in-between some of those heavy reads.

100% Safe
Profile Image for Myla.
640 reviews128 followers
January 1, 2017
Ending my 2016 read with this sweet, sexy, enjoyable book! You're going to love Stone and his dirty talking way and he'll win you over, I have no doubt about it. If you're looking for a story that will heat up the night, look no further this is it. Can't wait to read more from this author in 2017!
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2,555 reviews274 followers
February 3, 2017
Three lovely, smutty quickie stars. I liked it. Not much to the story. Super insta-love, and completely unrealistic. But hot with likable characters. Happy reading!
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1,832 reviews140 followers
September 9, 2017
5 Stars Insta Perfection

This was short, it was HOT, it was all gooey insta everything done right:) These are great when I am short on time and I loved it:)
Profile Image for Laura.
2,588 reviews113 followers
December 27, 2016
***ARC Provided by the Author and Ardent Prose PR***

2.5 Not Quite There Stars

I wanted to like this one. I liked the premise. I thought Stone was perfect...the hot, sexy, dirty talking alpha that romance fantasies are built around. Paige was spunky, fun, and willing to give as good as she got from Stone, so they were well matched.

Unfortunately, and without giving anything away this is hard, this book just didn't work for me. I am ok with insta-love, I was expecting it as the book was short. But what frustrated me as I felt that absolutely everything was tossed into this. Everything. If there was a situation to explore, a possible eventuality, and a possible resolution, it was all in this. And, because of that, I felt that the book glosssed over things even more than I was expecting because of the length of the book.

It was a decent premise with strong characters, but I thought the book tried to do too much and tell too many facets of the story and ended up with a "cliffs notes" version of a much longer book.

I am not able to recommend this book. It was close, and in some areas it wasn't bad...but I was disappointed overall.

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626 reviews71 followers
April 10, 2018
2.75 Scorching Hot Stars !!!
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1,266 reviews
January 12, 2021
A Vet and a construction worker insta lust/love sexy read , this was steamy, funny and cute , plus 2 sweet epilogues ❤
Profile Image for trestitia ⵊⵊⵊ deamorski.
1,539 reviews449 followers
September 26, 2018
I tried to read this book once.
I lost it for a sleep I guess.
After a while, I asked Kübo and she said "don't expect and try it" so I started.
But I didn't even bother myself to add as reading (I usually don't any other shorties it's not its fault)
Then again, I tried to read is for days.
Then when I open up my reader, I realized I didn't finish it.
Fifty five page.
Fifty five.
55.
LV.

So, I just did.
Took almost over a month.
LOL and congrats to fucking me.

I don't even remember much about it.
Classical a wall-banger next door neighbor turns into self-masturbator calls our innocent wild at bed virgin as little bird and right after meeting insta-lustlove happens and the Oscar babies goes to hea.

Sound safe and sweet.
But I'm done with this simplicity.
If I could read this in an hour, just to skip my another lonely and about-to-have-a-nervous-breakdown nights and ENJOY it, I would give 3. Or three years before that I didn't read every God damn cliche books.

Wat is about construction thing?
xoxoxo
iko
Profile Image for Darlene I read WAY to many books.
3,676 reviews2,430 followers
June 6, 2019
3.5 stars

Oh stone stoneee "fucking stone" i love him he wasnt a manwhore he was a huge pornwhore lol thats how paige heard many many dirty things through those paper walls 🤣🤣🤣

A misunderstanding has paige annoyed with all the grunting and moans she meets Stone and she has some words for him but he's cocky smitten when he looks at her..so she takes things into her own hands ;) and does alittle moaning of her own. Stone want his teasing sassy neighbor and when he gets his hands on her things go from 0 to 100!! Glad he informed her there was no other just him and his hand 🤣🤣

I wish this was much longerrr it was super fun, sweet and dirty..

No ow/om drama, no cheating, sexy times, not a manwhore and a virgin gal

Recommend- Yes
Cover- ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Instalove/lust
Safe
No condom
Tiny tiny hint of anal play
Hea
Epilogue
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Rachael*Caribbean*girl*bibliophile.
2,255 reviews517 followers
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September 25, 2019
Ok so this wasn't my cuppa but that's a personal preference and no reflection on the authors' abilities so no rating. Fans of Alexa Riley will probably enjoy this. For me she went from 1)thinking he was having sex with someone else to letting him give her an orgasm and 2) being irritated with him to being in a relationship with him, just not my type of read. It is however 100% safe and smutty
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4,304 reviews639 followers
December 30, 2016
too short + no plot + insta lust + sex + happy ending
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