Kate

A Steamy Single Mom Romance

By: Sadie King

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A curvy single mom and a billionaire in a steamy instalove romance

Kate
I’m a single mom, and I’ll do anything for my son. When he gets an offer to attend the Crossley Music School for Gifted Children, I’ll do whatever it takes to get him there.
Then I meet Lance. He’s a client, and I’m the hired help. But it’s been so long since I’ve even looked at a man that I’m powerless to resist him.
But will one night of passion ruin everything I’ve worked so hard for?

Lance
I didn’t know anything was missing from my life until Kate turned up at my door. She’s curvy, strong-minded, and passionate.
I’m determined to keep her and her son in my life, if only she’ll let me help her.

Kate is part of the Curvy Girls Can series. Short, sweet and steamy instalove stories about women with big curves, big attitudes, and big dreams and the OTT obsessive men who are man enough to love them. Each story comes with a guaranteed happily-ever-after, no cliffhangers, and all the feel-good vibes you love.

Curvy Girls Can is part of the Maple Springs world. A fictional small town where you’ll find short and steamy romance stories.

Maple Springs series:
Small Town Sisters
Candy’s Café
All the Single Dads
Men of Maple Mountain
The Carter Family
Curvy Girls Can
Biker Brother’s Curvy Christmas

Authors note: Kate is a short instalove story that can be read in about an hour. If you love a quickie, then dive on in!

No just no

🤢 Book Review: Kate by Sadie King

Okay, so I tried to be open‑minded about Kate — a steamy, insta‑love romance about a single mom who meets a client and suddenly BAM chaos and lust explode — but wow. Just… wow. This book read like a fever dream I regretted waking up to. 

First of all — instant chemistry between a house cleaner and a random dude who opens his door? Sure, fine. But the way they stare into each other’s eyes like magnets made me involuntarily roll my eyeballs so hard I almost sprained something. 🔄 

And the plot? “Kate needs money for her son’s music school.” Okay, totally real life struggle — until Lance shows up and suddenly everything revolves around sexy glances instead of actual life stuff. It felt like getting slapped with a marshmallow: soft. Sticky. And oddly sweet in a very egregious way. 

Let’s talk about momentum. Or the lack thereof. For a story that’s only a short read, somehow everything happens at the speed of light and none of it actually feels grounded. Characters go from “barely know you” to “let’s fix all your problems with my dad‑level emotional baggage” in, like, two scenes. 🌀 

I kept craving actual conflict… but instead got smoldering gazes, sexy little misunderstandings, and the romance equivalent of being bumped into in the grocery aisle. Handsome man meets hardworking woman, and suddenly platonically clean floors become emotionally complicated — classic. 

The gross‑out moment?

Imagine reading about someone’s child’s important musical future — and then the next sentence is about how much Lance loves how Kate’s hair falls over her shoulders when she bends over to dust the mantel. 🤦‍♀️ 

I ended up feeling like:

🤮 “I came for a heartfelt single‑parent story…”

🤤 “…but ended up knee‑deep in eyebrow‑licking eye contact.”

📚 “Why does every sentence feel like a sultry perfume ad?”

Final grade:
💥 2 out of 5 stars — if you’re into insta‑romance that reads like a trashy perfume commercial with very little payoff. It’s quick and steamy, sure — but at points it made me squirm in a way no good romance novel should.