It was just a small lie. Okay, more than one and not small, but I was desperate for something - anything! - to do that wasn't working for seventy hours a week at the firm I'd spent ten years building. So, here I am, helping Sarah under a false name and in a profession that isn't mine.
But Sarah is being threatened by her late husband's drug dealer and she needs help. If I tell her the truth now, she'll kick me out, and I don't want to have to sleep in my car outside her flat to make sure she and her young son aren't harmed.
If only I didn't want to kiss her so badly, maybe I could find a way of telling her the truth and still protect them both.
Book 1 in the Past, Present, Love series
[[84.000 words]]
42 Kapitel Abgeschlossene Geschichte Erwachseneninhalt
42 Kapitel
Abgeschlossene Geschichte
Erwachseneninhalt
Romance Trope: fake dating.
When he offers to be my fake fiancé to get my parents off my back, I don't take into consideration what could happen once we start acting the part of being in a relationship. It feels like a safe plan since it's Finn, the goofy playboy not looking for anything serious, but the more layers I peel back, the more I discover about the real man hiding behind the sarcasm and witty retorts.
And when we decide to take the relationship into the bedroom, stripping off more than just our clothes, I find it harder and harder to protect myself. The only control I seem to have is my one rule: no kissing.
But I have a confession: I maybe, kind of, sort of (read: really fucking badly) want him to kiss me. Once that final barrier is breached, though, then what? Surely the fake status of our relationship can't be more than just that - fake. Right?
[This is BOOK THREE of the WITH YOU series, a small town romance series set in Minnesota about the lives of the dysfunctional, blended Anderson family - with an interwoven mystery built into the background that spans the entirety of the series.]