rec with a hot LI?

looking for a book with a really hot love interest (or mc) to get me out of a slump…. i’m really into characters that are super cocky and protective. any recommendations?? (preferably something on KU!)

some of my fav love interests:

• Joey from bloomtown
• jagvi in feast while you can
• maria welles in pirates of aletharia
• sage in outdrawn
• gemma in the finance farce
• elle in how you get the girl
• cora in an island princess starts a scandal
• charlotte in those who wait