Rough Submission - Melissa Schroeder

Rough Submission

Book 1 in the Rough 'n Ready

Part of the Harmless World

Reissuing Mar 1, 2024

Previously Released as
A Little Harmless Submission

A Little Harmless Submission
This is the 20th Anniversary Edition with a new epilogue, series-hopping characters, and new Harmless details. Originally titled A Little Harmless Submission.

For a tough as nails Dom hunting a sadistic serial killer is nothing compared to losing his heart.

Rome Carino isn’t the kind of man anyone would call soft-hearted, but that’s okay. It’s one of the things that make him good at my job as a detective with Honolulu Police Department. He will need all his skills as sharp as possible while I hunt a killer targeting the popular club Rough ‘n Ready. Keeping his mind on his work is usually not a problem, but then that was before the FBI Agent Maria Callahan was assigned to the case.

Maria has always lived in her Legendary father’s shadow. She’s spent her entire life trying to live up to his high standards.  She’s never been able to keep her mind on her work until she met Rome. The sexy detective scrambles her pulse and her brain, but she’s never been the kind of woman to throw herself at a man. Besides, she and Rome have a job to do. The only problem is Rome refuses.

Rome knows it’s a good plan, but an irrational protectiveness has  taken hold of him. The only way he will agree to the scheme is to act as her boyfriend, which puts her up close and personal with Maria. From the start, the line between real and fake blur, and soon both of them start to fall.   it is irrational.

But before they can deal with their feelings, the killer they’re hunting turns his sights on Rome, and the one person he cares about: Maria.

» WARNING: The following book contains: A man who thinks he can do no wrong, a woman who is about to teach him he can, palm trees, a trip or two to Rough ‘n Ready, a flirty Aussie with questionable motives, old friends, and a new enemy. Yeah, it might be a Harmless World book, but Addicts know it’s anything but.


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Rough Submission

Rough Submission

Book 1 in the Rough 'n Ready
Part of the Harmless World

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Rough Submission

by Melissa Schroeder

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Rough Submission
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original release date: Jul 17, 2023

Harmless Publishing

ISBN-13: 978-1-956633-44-3

This is the 20th Anniversary Edition with a new epilogue, series-hopping characters, and new Harmless details. Originally titled A Little Harmless Submission.
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Whoa! I LOVED this book. I will take one Rome....delivered to my house with restraints in hand. Talk about an amazing alpha hero...Melissa wrote a really good one here!!! And he has met his match with FBI agent, Maria, who is pretty much an alpha herself in her everyday life, but when this Dom gets her in the bedroom, well, then she is the perfect sub. Theirs is a great romance and I loved that I got to read it!

Christi Snow

A Little Harmless Submission is another winner in the A Little Harmless Series. I have enjoyed everyone of the ALH series, even the short stories that can be found on MS's website. A Little Harmless Submission one is one of my favorites and can be read as a stand alone. I can't wait to see what MS has in store for us addicts next!

Didi