Wild At Heart Sanctuary
He needs a stable reputation to save his sanctuary. She needs a place to hide from her corporate burnout. A fake relationship is the perfect solution... until it stops being fake.
Ivy Quinn is done with being "professional." After walking out on her soul-crushing graphic design job in Chicago, she flees to the middle of nowhere with nothing but a sketchbook and a desperate need for a fresh start. What she finds at Wild at Heart Sanctuary is a muddy, chaotic mess-and a sanctuary director who looks at her tattoos like they're a safety hazard.
Dr. Leo Walker has one goal: keep the sanctuary running. But between a crumbling budget and a conservative investor who threatens to pull funding because Leo doesn't fit the "stable family man" image, he's drowning. He doesn't have time for the chaotic artist with the Doc Martens and the attitude, no matter how good she is with the animals.
But when the investor demands to meet Leo's "partner" to secure the expansion grant, Ivy makes a wild proposal: she'll play the part of the devoted girlfriend.
It's a simple business arrangement.
The Rules:
1. Keep it professional.
2. No real feelings.
3. Definitely no kissing in the parking lot after a donor dinner.
But as they navigate forced proximity, late-night emergency intakes, and a baby zebra named Zola who thinks she's a puppy, the lines begin to blur. Leo realizes that beneath Ivy's "grumpy misfit" armor is the only person who sees the real him. And Ivy starts to wonder if the man she called "Dr. Golden Boy" might actually be the home she's been running toward all along.
When the lies start to threaten the very sanctuary they're trying to save, Leo has to decide: keep up the perfect image, or risk everything for a love that's messy, complicated, and terrifyingly real.
Wild at Heart Sanctuary is a steamy, sweet, and emotional contemporary romance featuring a grumpy veterinarian, a sunshine (but sarcastic) artist, and a cast of adorable rescue animals.
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