Sugar Shack Books, the Romance imprint of Pownal Street Press, is thrilled to announce the October 2026 release of Afternoon Delight by USA Today Bestselling author Dani Collins.
Afternoon Delight is a stand-alone, slow-burn to steamy, neighbors-to-lovers, older woman/younger man romance. No cliffhangers, no cheating, just laughs, chemistry, and heart.
Afternoon Delight
ISBN: 9781997918103
$24.95 CAD | Paperback
Release Date: October 20 2026
Freshly divorced and nearing forty, Meg regrets making all the safe choices. When her best friend needs surgery, Meg puts her accounting career on hold to run her friend’s racy adult toy shop—but her vanilla life never prepared her for this!
At thirty-two, Zak leaves the tech world for his dad’s antique store, wanting time with him before dementia erases his father’s memories. He’s Meg’s landlord, but she becomes his confidante, distracting him from his troubles with her suggestive puns and amusing misadventures.
Flirty banter leads to test-driving toys together, but Meg knows this fling won’t last. Their age-gap puts them in different life-stages and she lives in Toronto. A few afternoons of delight can’t change her life. Can they?
Blending humor, heart, and heat, the novel explores themes of second chances, age-gap romance, caregiving, and rediscovering desire after divorce, offering an empowering story about choosing joy at any stage of life.
“I had the privilege of meeting Dani Collins at the Romance, Eh? event in Edmonton, Alberta. Little did I know how much I would love Afternoon Delight. It’s a steamy, heated age gap that I couldn’t stop reading.”
—Genevieve Loughlin, Publisher, Sugar Shack Books
Designed by Erin Craig, the bold red cover leaves little doubt that this latest title by Dani Collins will set hearts ablaze.
About the Author
Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author Dani Collins thrives on giving readers emotional, compelling, heart-soaring romance with some laughter and heat thrown in, just like real life. Dani writes contemporary romance for Harlequin and Tule Publishing and recently branched into Historical Western Romcom. When she’s not writing—just kidding, she’s always writing. She lives in Canada where she shares an empty nest with her high school sweetheart. Find out more about Dani and her work at https://danicollins.com/
Pownal Street Press is PEI’s newest publishing house. Women-owned and women-led, friendly, warm and professional: We exist to give rise to brave stories, and to be a light for community and connection. With distribution through Raincoast Books (Canada) and Orca Books (US), Pownal Street Press’ titles have national reach but local heart. For more information about the Press and its books, please visit: www.pownalstreetpress.com.