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I’m in big trouble. Broke down on the side of the road in the middle of the Arizona desert, I’ve got my father’s political campaign hounding me, a nasty rumor on my heels, and if that weren’t enough, the mob is after me too. But that’s when I run smack into Rowan O’Neil. He’s everything I’m not, and everything I’ve been kept from in my manicured, upper-crust life—inked, rough, foul-mouthed, and insanely hot. Grungy mechanic, meet spoiled brat. He’s rough and hardened, I’m soft and pampered. He’s blue collar, I’m white gloves. But pretty soon, my unlikely hero turns out to be the most unlikely but undeniable attraction I’ve ever felt. He throws everything I know into disarray, and puts thoughts into my head I’ve never had. He makes me want to give in and give him everything. He makes me want to scream for more. Cooped up in the hot desert heat all alone with the roughest, most captivating, gorgeous, and demanding man I’ve ever met? What could possibly go wrong? Like I I’m in big trouble… Her Rough Mechanic is a novella length standalone contemporary romance. For fans of insta-love and obsessed heroes. No cliffhanger and a perfect happy ever after.

106 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 3, 2020

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Jagger Cole

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A reader first and foremost, Jagger Cole cut his romance writing teeth penning various fan-fiction stories years ago. After deciding to hang up his writing boots, Jagger worked in advertising pretending to be Don Draper. It worked enough to convince a woman way out of his league to marry him, though, which is a total win.

Now, Dad to two little princesses and King to a Queen, Jagger is thrilled to be back at the keyboard.

When not writing or reading romance books, he can be found woodworking, enjoying good whiskey, and grilling outside—rain or shine.

You can find all of his books at www.jaggercolewrites.com

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Profile Image for *˚Remnant Light ‧͙⁺˚*・༓☾ .
348 reviews466 followers
December 21, 2021
**3.3/5 stars**

ALERT! This hero needs a cough drop ASAP!
This is the ''he growls, she scowls'' saga…

I’m very familiar with Jagger Cole’s writing. He likes to write his heroes growly and groany and I usually am on board with it but this time, I kind of found it redundant. I’ve counted 53 growls, 30 groans and 29 grunts (some were from the heroine but 90% of it was all the hero). I normally don’t mind it, but this time I really noticed it. At one point, I wondered if he was part-wolf 🐺 lmao.

I thought that the beginning was really engaging. I liked the banter between Rowan and Annabelle because they were so different, coming from two completely different worlds, her being the young and rich daughter of a high-profile governor and him being an ex-Marine, now working as a mechanic in the middle of the desert. If the story had been longer, giving more room for banter and showcase the character’s differences, I think I would’ve enjoyed it more. Instead, their relationship changed way too quickly for my liking.

Normally, I would’ve liked Annabelle, but I found her to be too spoiled and too bratty. I can stand a rich city girl with an attitude but she was plain rude from the get-go. She does somewhat change her behavior later on and even apologizes but I don’t know, she was not a really charming heroine.

''Kissing Rowan was like kissing a force of nature, or a wild beast. Kissing him felt like letting go or jumping off a cliff.''-Annabelle


Rowan, my growly half-wolf man, seemed to be really promising at first. He didn’t take any sh*t from bratty little miss Annabelle and I liked the way he handled her. The part that confused me was the lust that he felt for her early on. With her bratty attitude, I could never classify her as desirable at that point in the story. Yet, he wanted her. Which, made me question his desires towards her in a way? They seemed a little bit superficial because of it. He liked her appearance but I didn’t feel like he liked her. Rowan has been celibate for years and was never a manwh*re.

“You’ve been reading too much Cosmo shit about the way to a man’s heart being through his stomach.”
She smiles another crooked smile, and I look her right in the eye.
“But see, you already found the way to my heart,” I growl.


Their relationship evolved too quickly for my liking. I’m a pacing fanatic (if that’s a thing), so when things develop too unnaturally, I can’t help myself but become fault-finding about it. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the story. I just think it is unfortunate that the characters didn’t get to know each other more, develop their relationship; go from disliking each other, to friendship, to end up lovers…Instead it started with disliking each other to straight up lovers, and it was unnatural and felt rushed. They did have a nice chemistry in bed but that’s about it.

But you know, overall, and even with the negatives, I kind of enjoyed this novella. It made me smile and snort, and to me, that’s a win.

✔️HFN
✔️Novella
✔️Dual POV
✔️Age gap
✔️Protective H
✔️Virgin h
✔️No cheating
✔️No OW/OM
🔥Steam level: 3/5
Content warning
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3,924 reviews71 followers
April 16, 2020
HOT DAMN! THIS WAS HOT. WILD FUCKING, ANIMAL ATTRACTION, TOTALLY ZERO BIRTH CONTROL. I THINK I JUST FOUND MY NEW SMUT AUTHOR. Oh, and did I mention...OLDER GUY, YOUNGER GIRL TROUPE!

This story wasn't lengthy, and even if it was a little superficial, it hit all the rights buttons, it's compact with all the right stuff to make it a wonderful GUILTY PLEASURE READ.

ANNABELLE is having the shittiest day of her life. First her father sends her off to 'rehab' no thanks to the media taking a shot of her in a party with cocaine lined up on the table. NOT that she took drugs or even messed with any of it. But, the media can spin whatever story they want to sell and now she has to lay low in a small, nobody town. When her Aston Martin breaks down, she's thankful the local Chief Officer rolled by and gave her a lift to the mechanic's. And Hoo-Haa, she's going to meet the damn fucking sexy, raw and unpolished ROWAN who makes her girly parts tingle. Not gonna lie. Annabelle is an annoying brat in the beginning, and yes she's having a bad day but at least she makes up for it later with Chicken and Waffles, and also turns into a very likeable person later. Well, maybe more like she's been fucked silly by Rowan most of the time to attempt conversation. The story only inserts a random cartel scene where due to Annabelle's father running for Senate, there's some bad people out there who want to hurt her.

OVERALL this story absolutely makes no sense apart from the romance and smut. It's not intense, it doesn't even have a back story, the characters are not emotionally defined or even 75% 3-D but I can't help but enjoy every moment of it. The animal attraction between Rowan and Annabelle just won HANDS DOWN, and I think it's because I'm BIASED for Troupes like this. Ex-Veteran meets Spoiled Bratty Female? Hell yea!
229 reviews7 followers
March 25, 2020
Quick and dirty read! This was a great first book fast and hot. Rowan is an ex-marine (HOT!), tattooed (HOTTER), is a mechanic, and a quiet, protective man (HOTTEST). Annabelle is a PYT and her car happens to breakdown in his town (of all the mechanic shops, Annabelle steps into his). This story is electric and steamy. Read it.
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164 reviews
December 9, 2025
I didn't enjoy it... it was stupid, annoying, and honestly embarrassing.
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148 reviews26 followers
December 12, 2020
A miss for me. It started off so well. I liked the whole 'bratty rich girl meets rough mechanic' trope that played out at the beginning but as soon as they got together (which didn't take long), it was like something switched and the book lost it's touch. I felt their chemistry simmering at the start when they had the pull and push between them but then suddenly it went from zero to one hundred and it just seemed like I missed a whole chunk of the book. It didn't flow well. Suddenly they were completely different people and a normal boring couple that I had no interest in. She seemed to lose the rich bitchy attitude, which is what made her have a fiery streak to her and made her stand out to me in the first place, and he just seemed so ... boring after he got her. No longer the sarcastic mechanic that was frustrated by the rich brat. Basically, the one thing that made them have chemistry; they lost it and as a reader? that's no fun. I pretty much had to skim the sex scenes because it didn't interest me at all. Also, the way he kept talking about how big his dick was. Oh my god. I never realised I had a hard limit but I guess I found I do. It's one thing when the heroine talks about it but when the hero keeps mentioning his big dick in every sex scene every few lines, it starts to get old and eye-roll worthy. So yeah, not a fan.
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1,881 reviews41 followers
March 6, 2020
This was quick & dirty & fun, with a dash of danger thrown in. You’ve got a beautiful, and bratty, young woman who’s car breaks down in the desert. And you’ve got a hot, muscled tattooed mechanic (and Marine) who will help her, but also put her in her place. And when danger arrives, he puts himself in the line of fire to protect her. And soon, lust turns into so much more. This was my first read by this author, but I don’t think it’ll be the last
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3,181 reviews26 followers
March 31, 2020
Quick insta love story!
I did enjoy this one, but all the other stories by this author are much better. Not sure why this one wasn’t as good as the others. I did like that this one features an older man and younger woman.
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1,135 reviews8 followers
September 6, 2021
Novella featuring a spoiled political princess meets an ex-marine mechanic

Contains subject matter that may be a trigger or offensive to some including adult language, steamy intimate scenes and violence such as kidnapping/abduction, assault, etc.

There are a few grammatical issues including misspellings, missing words, and incorrect tenses. I was able to easily interpret what it should have been, but it does disrupt my reading.

She is the daughter of a politician. Based upon a picture taken while she is at a college party, she now is supposed to go to rehab. It doesn’t matter that she wasn’t doing drugs, has never done drugs, it is just the optics that matter. Unfortunately before she can get there, her car decides to quit. The sheriff is kind enough to give her a ride to the local garage.

There she meets the sexiest man she has ever seen in her life. He comes out from underneath a vehicle, and whew, is he built. There is some flirting back and forth, but he tows her car back to his garage. After letting her dad know about her vehicle, he lets her know that they paid off the photographer and she doesn’t need to go to rehab anymore … just stay hidden for a couple of weeks.

He is immediately attracted to her, even though he knows she is too young for him and trouble with a capital T. Then he sees her getting something out of her car … suddenly is seems his desire has returned … Maybe he could have resisted if those three hadn’t shown up, but now she needs his protection.
792 reviews3 followers
November 19, 2024
Good with more than just his hands! By MeemsAngel82

Got to love a man in uniform. A mechanics uniform. Um, was he wearing anything?! Hold on, I enjoyed this one a little too much, lol. I'm trying to update my books which is super hard for me because well, I read. A lot. This is an earlier book by Jagger Cole that I just adored. His newest works are far more tangled and complex and dangerous. But there is no loss of steam, rest assured! This one is quicker and just as sexy for the shorter time we have with them. The two have a full story and are both fleshed out as characters. They have such chemistry!

She is getting away from her father's political life and finds herself stuck out in the middle of nowhere, USA according to her. She needs a mechanic and wasn't necessarily the nicest about it when she found one...

But she does have serious sparks with this man! Right away these two are at one another with attitude and heat and it is a delicious back and forth. I loved how there is an actual build-up and a real connection to their relationship. There are events that occur and he is instantly protective despite their situation. They are both good people and fall in love with some sexy and dangerous circumstances. There is a danger aspect and a VERY hot HEA that still has me wanting to fan myself! This is a fun and naughty read that hits the spot every time! I loved this one and I have actually reread this several times. Old stories or new, I find that Jagger delivers each and every time!
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1,276 reviews23 followers
February 9, 2023
Hot as Sin Marine/Mechanic Alpha

Be prepared for pantie soaking good times while reading this hot as sin age gap romance. Rowan is a Marine who now runs his own mechanic shop and when Annabelle’s car breaks down he is gone for her the moment he lays eyes on her. Annabelle has a powerful political father which has her every move being monitored by everyone good and bad. She won’t let her father define her but she can’t walk away from Rowan either. He has awakened something within her and she won’t give that up for anything. This is an action packed romance and you will fall in love with Rowan and all his faithful friends who will do anything to keep Anna safe! Enjoy this sexy and beautiful story of finding love in the most unsuspecting places. Happy Reading!!!
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78 reviews
December 10, 2025
I just finished the book a little while ago, and honestly… even though the story is light, I felt that their relationship started mostly with physical chemistry between them. But despite that, their relationship was really cute and sweet.
And he’s extra hot, so I can’t blame her for falling for him—especially since he was completely different from any man she had ever met. Most of the men she’d encountered before were polished, from wealthy families, and always treated her in a way that felt fake or materialistic.

As for him, she was very different too. He had lived through war, loss, and chaos, and she came into his life like the light he’d been waiting for all along.
422 reviews2 followers
June 9, 2021
Something yummy to read

Annabelle spoiled brat sent off to rehab but does not have a problem. Someone in her circle posted her with using drugs and her father is running for the Senate. On her way to rehab the car breaks down in a middle of no where. Enter yummy😋😍 Rowen who does not that well with her attitude and gladly puts her in her place. Annabelle did not know that the mob is also after her regarding her father promise against platform. Well older man with younger gal. Need I say more.💘🍹🔥
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424 reviews1 follower
June 24, 2021
⭐️=barely finished it, not likely to read author again-don’t read.

⭐️⭐️=meh, wasn’t great, also didn’t hate it. Will afford author grace (maybe).

⭐️⭐️⭐️=I liked it, it entertained me, I’ll continue to support this author and would recommend their work.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=loved it, everyone should read it, I’ll likely reread this book again. I can’t wait to inhale every book this author has gifted us with!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=I have an obsession with this story, and reread it often. I have hero worship for this author and read all their stories.
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541 reviews24 followers
January 26, 2022
well.. this is a surprise.. and I think it is a good introduction to Jagger Cole writing style and my 1st read of his work and I really liked it!. It's a novella with HEA coz I am looking a quick read and this one delivered!

I am all for opposite attracts and all that entails with the story and this one works, despite the sudden chemistry and attraction and instalove, but somehow it works and Jagger Cole made it believable for me that I read the bonus scene and it was great!

Wow! need to read more from him!
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1,183 reviews4 followers
September 20, 2022
Hot little story

I enjoyed this short story about mechanic Rowan and Anna. She is an entitled brat who has broken down in the middle of nowhere, in her Astin Martin. Rowan offers to help fix her car but he would need to have the parts shipped in. She isn't dreadful in the least and Rowan gives her some home-truths. She apologises and they give in to the sexual tension which has been brewing around them, even through all the name-calling. What the don't expect though is part of the Mob to show up and try to kidnap Anna for ransom.
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1,770 reviews15 followers
April 14, 2023
First time reading from this author and I wasn't disappointed. I'll definitely be reading more. Rowan is a mechanic/owner of a garage where Annabelle is dropped off after her Aston Martin breaks down in the desert. Sparks fly at first, even though they are attracted to one another, and I really liked how snarky she was and how blunt he was in confronting her about it. It was nice to have a little build-up before the sex starts. I also really really hope he writes books about the mob characters that appear in this story.
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415 reviews
December 17, 2023
I have a soft spot for novellas, particularly those that blend spice with compelling characters and stories. In this particular book, the heroine initially comes off as annoying and bratty, fueled by her frustration with her circumstances. However, she quickly overcomes these initial traits.

Instant love and lust, are elements that I typically don't mind in novellas. I enjoy very much with this book.
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1,983 reviews91 followers
October 13, 2020
I immediately fell in love with Rowan in HER ROUGH MECHANIC. He was a feisty fella and had a good time putting Annabelle in her place a time or two until she saw reason. I am a fan of insta-love if done right, and Cole always gets them spot on.

My guilty pleasure? A Jagger Cole book. I know I am going to get a delicious, over the top, make your toes curl romance and a fun, quick, well written story. If my calculations are correct, he just started publishing this year and it blows me away how quickly he is spitting out the reads. I AM A FOREVER FAN!! 5 Stars!
Profile Image for Jill K. Davis.
1,457 reviews12 followers
December 27, 2020
More action than expected...

With only 106 pages, I did not expect a lot of story development... boy was I wrong. I wanted to drop a car on Annabelle at the start of the story, and was glad that she "grew up" pretty quickly. I didn't expect much or any drama or action, and while there wasn't drama, there was definitely action... and I'm not just talking about in the sack!
3,963 reviews6 followers
April 3, 2023
Her Protector

Annabelle get stranded in a small desert town when her car breaks down never expecting to fall.for hot and rough mechanic Rowan. Rowan knows this politicians daughter should be off limits but he is falling fast and hard. When Annabelle finds herself attacked by mob henchmen Rowan saves the day and they fall faster in this sexy tale.
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269 reviews16 followers
October 10, 2024
Urmmm how can i find a man like this?…. Asking for a friend 👀

If these tropes dont convince you enough… then i dont know WHAT will 🤭

OH andddd this book was 111 pages long, so if youre in a slump THANK ME LATERRRR

𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀:
⚙️𝖠𝗀𝖾 𝖦𝖺𝗉 (𝟣𝟫-𝟥𝟢)
🤍𝖤𝗑-𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾
⚙️𝖭𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖺
🤍𝖲𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖳𝗈𝗐𝗇
⚙️𝖨𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖥𝖬𝖢


Lots of love,
Lillie Xo
Profile Image for Tina Wallace.
335 reviews
March 15, 2020
Hot

Yes, it is a novella and it’s quick to get them naked, in bed and in love with each other but seriously within the first 10 pages he already knew she was it. It’s a good read if that’s what you like. But for me I need more.
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688 reviews8 followers
April 8, 2020
Her Rough Mechanic - 5 Stars!

Rowan and Annabelle’s story was my first Jagger Cole book but will definitely not be my last. It was a quick, fun and sexy read with a little suspense thrown in. Cannot wait to read more of his work!
Profile Image for Kim Gauger.
3,295 reviews6 followers
May 1, 2021
Super cute

I loved this. Little suspense added in there for thrills. A good older man younger woman with no daddy talk thank god. I loved their instant chemistry and her bratty behavior in the start. Good read.
Profile Image for Latoya Sterns.
549 reviews
September 26, 2021
cute

Reminds me of old school harlequin romance novels. Cute back story. I’ve spent about 11 years on the west coast and with all the ish that goes on there this story seems very plausible. I’m a sucker for Marines and Sailors anyway.
Profile Image for Áine Foley.
279 reviews4 followers
August 4, 2023
I'm a big fan of Jagger's books and this is one of his earlier efforts - I did enjoy it though I don't feel it's at the same standard as his more recent books. Still worth reading if you enjoy his work though, and there's a bonus chapter on his website as well.
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