HOPELESS: Chestnut springs series (Book 5) by Elsie Silver

"Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. I m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks.

He s 35 and all man, and I m 22 and all...virgin.

He s also my fianc . Correction: my fake fianc .

We start out as a bet. He doesn t believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point.

It s win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family s prying, and I get a chance to shed my family s reputation while I save up to ditch this small town.

He says all I have to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend I can t keep my hands off of him in public.

But it s what happens between us in private that blurs all those carefully drawn lines.

It s what transpires behind closed doors that doesn t feel like pretending at all.

This engagement was supposed to be for show. This agreement It has an end date.

He once told me he d never fall in love.

And yet here I am, head over heels for my fake fianc ."