Tempted by My Fake Husband

When a woman who's sworn off love inherits a fortune with one impossible condition—marry the man who resents her the most and stay married for a year—she discovers that fake vows can lead to real feelings.They agreed to one year of pretending. Neither planned on it becoming real.Sophie Reeves fled Temptation Hollow eight years ago, vowing never to return or trust her heart to anyone again. When her meddling great-aunt's will forces her back, she discovers the inheritance comes with an impossible condition: marry Carter Hayes within thirty days and stay married for one year, or lose everything.Carter Hayes is the town's golden boy—helpful, hopeful, and still believing in true love despite never finding it. He's also the man who's openly resented Sophie for years, convinced she's a runner who abandoned people who loved her. But he needs this inheritance as desperately as she does.Their solution: a business arrangement. Sign the papers, maintain separate bedrooms, survive twelve months, then split the proceeds and never speak again.When a late spring snowstorm traps them together on their wedding night, some walls begin to crack. As spring becomes summer and summer fades to fall—renovating a historic estate, navigating small-town scrutiny, and playing the perfect couple during their small town festivals and celebrations—their carefully drawn boundaries start to blur.Sometimes the person you're forced to marry is the one you were meant to choose.Tempted by My Fake Husband is Book 2 in the Temptation Hollow series. Each book is a complete standalone romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, and the emotional journey from antagonism to intimacy in a charming small town where second chances require taking chances for genuine growth.