Dead Stock

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. One night was supposed to be enough. On Monday morning, he became the boss. Misty is the "Factory Flirt," a title she uses to hide the fact that she feels like "Dead Stock"—unwanted, overlooked, and stuck in a cycle of bad decisions. After witnessing her two exes brawl on the warehouse floor, she flees to a dive bar, desperate to be anyone but herself for one night. Then she meets Grant Caldwell. He’s not like the blue-collar men she knows. He’s cold, controlled, and dangerous in a way that makes her blood hum. For a few hours in a dark hotel room, there are no names and no jobs—only the kind of "wrecking" Misty has been craving. But the "Bubble" pops at 7:00 AM. When Misty clocks in for her shift at Sterling Manufacturing, she’s introduced to the new Director of Logistics brought in from Chicago to clean up the plant’s mess: Mr. Grant Caldwell. Now, Grant is the man who holds her paycheck in his hands. He’s built a "Watchtower" over the shipping dock and established a strict non-fraternization policy. He treats her with public disdain while privately demanding her surrender in soundproof server rooms and dark basement cages. As jealous ex-lovers watch from the shadows and HR begins to circle, Misty and Grant are playing a game that could cost them everything. In a factory where every move is monitored, their biggest safety hazard is each other.