He needed a fianc e.
She needed a fresh start.
Neither of them planned on falling in love.
Ethan Caldwell is running out of time.
The family bed-and-breakfast is on the line, and without a stable home life, the bank won't approve the loan that could save it. His solution is simple:
Find someone to play the role.
Temporary. Clean. No complications.
Lily Harper didn't come to Bloomfield looking for forever.
She came to rebuild.
A quiet life. A flower shop. No risks.
So when Ethan asks her to pretend-to be his fianc e just long enough to convince the bank-it should be easy to say yes.
It's just a plan.
Except plans don't account for late nights on the porch.
Or a little boy who starts to believe she's staying.
Or the way "pretend" starts to feel like something real.
Because the closer they get...
the harder it becomes to walk away.
And when the plan finally works-
they have to decide:
Was it ever fake to begin with?
Or was it always something worth fighting for?
A small-town, slow-burn romance about second chances, found family, and choosing love-even when it's not safe.