What’s worse than being stranded near the small town I never wanted to return to? Being rescued by the man I never wanted to see again.
Sierra Howard has spent years living by her “live fast, die young” motto, chasing adrenaline through rock climbing and an independent life on the road. The last thing she wants is to revisit her painful past. But when her van breaks down in the deadbeat town she swore she’d never return to, Sierra’s forced to accept a job from the last man she wants to rely on: her ex, Logan LaSalle.
Logan thought that the wounds caused by Sierra’s sudden and devastating disappearance years ago had long since healed. But one look at her, and he can’t walk away without learning the answers to questions that have haunted him for years—or without exploring the fragile hope that this serendipitous reunion could be the start of a second chance.
As Sierra settles into a tenuous truce with Logan, she quickly realizes Sagebrush isn’t the only thing that’s had a transformation since the last time she was there. Logan is now patient. Steady. Successful. More attractive and irresistible to her than ever before.
However, Sierra knows from experience that this kind of love only leads to heartbreak. While many things have changed, more have stayed the same, including the secrets and shame that drove her away the first time. But how can she continue to protect her heart when staying with Logan starts to feel worth the risk?
This book contains some emotionally difficult topics, including off-page references to parental neglect, drug addiction, homelessness, abuse of authority, underage drinking and sex, and an adult having sex with an adolescent minor.
Feel free to skip this book if you need to.
When the most enchanting, vivacious woman you’ve ever met offers to be your fake fiancée, you don’t question why. You say yes.
Ex-sheriff’s deputy Ethan LaSalle is tired of the corruption poisoning Sagebrush’s law enforcement. So when the mayor announces a town marshal election, Ethan knows this is his chance to change things. The weakest part of his campaign? Ethan himself. He’s stoic, guarded, and, without a wife or children, lacking the wholesome family image Sagebrush voters expect of their elected leaders.
Former beauty queen Izzy McClean is an expert in charming and influencing people. Well, everyone except her stalker ex-boyfriend, who won’t accept it’s over. When Izzy overhears about Ethan’s campaign troubles, she offers a solution that’ll fix both of their problems—a fake engagement.
It’s the perfect ruse with no risk of romantic attachment: he’s not Izzy’s type, and she reminds Ethan of his cheating ex-fiancée. But Ethan and Izzy are soon swept up in campaign tactics, charisma lessons, makeovers, a fake romance, and…very tangled feelings. Are they selling their fake romance so well that they’re even fooling themselves?
Worth the Ruse is a funny, emotional romance about learning to trust and finding love where you least expect it.
This book contains some emotionally difficult topics, including off-page references to cheating and domestic violence, and on-page stalking.
Feel free to skip this book if you need to.