Staff Sergeant Austin Hall has
a brilliant record in the Special Forces—except for one disastrous decision
that cost his best friend’s life. Now he’s heading home to Chance Creek,
Montana, where he’d like to spend the rest of his days in the obscurity of his
family’s ranch. Too bad Great Aunt Heloise won’t hand the ranch over unless all
four of the Hall brothers marry and one of them produces an heir within the
year. Austin is too broken to marry for love, so he places an online ad for a
fake wife. What could possibly go wrong?
Ella needs to leave
Hollywood—fast. It’s bad enough another actress stole her fiancé—on national
television. Now she’s ruined her comeback by decking her ex on a morning talk
show. Pursued by paparazzi, Ella needs a new life, a new name and someplace to
hide. When she reads Austin’s ad for a stand-in wife, she knows she can act
this part perfectly. To the rest of the residents of Chance Creek, they’ll be a
happily married couple. In private, they’ll just be roommates. In a year when she’d
old news and the Hall brothers secure the ranch, she and Austin will quietly
divorce and she’ll go on her way.
Or will she?
Austin’s already finding it
hard to remember his promise never to love again. Ella’s finding it hard to
keep her hands to herself. But when they’re asked make a back-up baby, Ella
realizes she may have stepped into a lifetime role.
Can this pretend marriage go
the distance?
Ella needs out of Hollywood,
and Austin Hall needs a wife without the messy entanglements of feelings. I
love the premise of this series, with each of the brothers needing to find a
bride so they can keep their ranch.
Ella is seen as this spoiled
city girl but she loves the ranch and the chores and rhythm. Austin falls in
love with Ella and watching him come to terms with his PTSD and finally
realizing he’s loveable is my favorite part of this story. There are some
really rocky patches that lend a sense of realism to the story and I enjoy
that.
I highly recommend this story.
I received a copy for the purpose of review. I was not compensated for my review.
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