02546cam a2200337 i 4500 1131270396 TxAuBib 20240127120000.0 230801s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024002796 9780063215917 PAP 18.99 0063215918 PAP 18.99 TxAuBib rda Dade, Olivia. At first spite : a Harlot's Bay novel / Olivia Dade. First edition. New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] 386 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier When Athena Greydon’s fiancé ends their engagement, she has no choice but to move into the Spite House she recklessly bought him as a wedding gift. Which is a problem, for several reasons: The house, originally built as a brick middle finger to the neighbors, is only ten feet wide. Her ex’s home is literally attached to hers. And Dr. Matthew Vine the Freaking Third—AKA the uptight, judgy jerk who convinced his younger brother to leave her—is living on her other side, only a four-foot alley away. If she has to see Matthew every time she looks out her windows, she might as well have some fun with the situation. By, say, playing erotic audiobooks at top volume with those windows open. A woman living in a Spite House is basically obligated to get petty payback however she can, right? Unfortunately, loathing Matthew proves more difficult than anticipated. He helps her move. He listens. And he’s kind of…hot? Dammit. Matthew may not regret ending his brother's engagement, but he does regret what the breakup has done to Athena. He'll help her however he can. If that means finding her work, fine. If that means enduring nightly steamy story hours, so be it. And if that means watching Athena through their windows a bit too often and caring about her a bit too much…well, nothing can come of it. She’ll never forgive him. Even if she did, how could he ever tell his beloved younger brother the truth—that Matthew wants the very same woman he encouraged Johnny to leave? 20240129. jz. Brothers Fiction. Depression, Mental Fiction. Neighbors Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Maryland Fiction. Romance fiction.