Willa Rourke Spicy contemporary romance
After Action — A Spicy Second Chance Romance
Series
The Dry Line, Book 5
Length
37,849 words · 20 chapters
Reading time
about 151 minutes
Audiobook
3h 54m
Extent
144 pages
Ending
Happy for now
Trim
5.5 × 8.5 in / 140 × 216 mm
Binding
Perfect-bound paperback, matte laminate
Paper
60# uncoated cream, black ink

The Dry Line  /  Book 5

After Action

A Spicy Second Chance Romance

I keep the name Dace. I file the burn.

Rian Holt left after Mule Creek without a note I could use.

He wants a sentence. I want a door that matches a time. I put the leaving on his kitchen table so he cannot use smoke as a bench. I will not remarry the story. I am still angry when I zip the bag. There is no ring.

Happily-for-now. Coming back is not a hyphen.

Paperback
$14.00 · not on sale yet
EPUB · comes with it
free ($2.99 on its own)
Audiobook · 3h 54m · comes with it
free ($3.99 on its own)
ISBN · paperback
not yet issued
ISBN · EPUB
979-8-90623-977-8
ISBN · audiobook
979-8-90623-978-5

Not on sale yet

The books are finished and so are the ebooks and the audiobooks. The paperback edition is not, so nothing here can be ordered today: the order button is a rehearsal, nothing is charged and nothing is sent.

Everything else on the site is real — every price, page count, runtime and delivery window. Chapter one of all twenty-eight is free to read in the meantime.

Read chapter one How spicy is it?

Buy three and every copy drops to $12.75. All seven of The Dry Line is $79.00.

About this one

Answered from its own numbers.

Can I read After Action on its own?

Yes. It is a standalone: one couple, one ending, no cliffhanger. It is Book 5 of The Dry Line, and reading the series in order gets you the office gossip and the building everyone is fighting over — nothing you need.

How does After Action end?

Happy for now, not happy ever after. That is deliberate, and it is said here rather than discovered on the last page.

How long is After Action?

37,849 words across 20 chapters, about 151 minutes to read, and 144 pages in the printed edition. The audiobook runs 3h 54m.

What tropes does After Action have?

Second chance, Firefighter romance. Open door and explicit, adults 18+.

Is After Action spicy?

Open door and explicit. 1 scene across 20 chapters, the first at chapter 6. Happy for now, and it says so here rather than making you find out on the last page. Adults 18+.

Is there an audiobook of After Action?

Yes, 3h 54m, ISBN 979-8-90623-978-5 — and it comes free with the paperback, along with the ebook. Both links are on the receipt.

What do I get if I order After Action?

The paperback, the ebook and the full audiobook. The digital editions are worth $6.98 bought separately and they are not charged for here.

Does the paperback of After Action have an ISBN?

Not yet issued, which is why it is not on sale yet. The ebook edition is ISBN 979-8-90623-977-8 and the audiobook is ISBN 979-8-90623-978-5.

Can I read some of After Action first?

The whole of chapter one is free on this site, 2,867 words of it, with no email address asked for.