I live a double life… and no one in my family knows it.
No, I’m not a spy or CIA or special forces or anything… but sometimes it seems like being a matchmaker is nearly as dangerous.
Men and women come from all over for my business, Hound Dog, where I utilize rescue dogs as a way to help people attract and find their perfect match.
Over eighty percent of my clients end up adopting the dogs I pair them with. And ninety percent of them find their “soulmate' after using my services.
Too bad I don’t believe in soulmates. But fact is, that sort of cynicism won’t pay the bills.
Or at least, it didn’t…until Haylee Rogers came back to town.
The only girl I've ever loved. The girl I made a promise to six years ago.
And the girl I ghosted.
Turns out, she's the only living relative of Ol’ Lady Meryl—the delightfully crazy dog hoarder who lives in town.
So when Haylee asks me to help find homes for her aunt’s dogs, I’m powerless to say no.
The problem is, I’ve never wanted anyone as much as I want her.
And a good girl like her would never... and should never... fall for a hound dog like me.
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I learned a lot the night my cheating fiancé called off our wedding:
1. A cheater’s gonna cheat no matter how smart you are, how charming you act, or how hot your bod is.
2. Nothing eases the pain of a broken heart like a late-night donut delivery from a hot guy like Liam Evans
3. Said donuts and a pitcher of margaritas do not mix well.
4. Drunkenly declaring that a hot guy is your best friend will not make your tingly bits chill out.
Somehow, my drunken decree making Liam Evans my best friend works and we decide to open a food truck together—The Dump Truck… a late-night junk food truck servicing the broken-hearted.
With our new business venture and the rocky relationship between his brother and my sister, a friendship between us is as far as it can go… until a national broadcast claims that we’re a couple.
Now the whole world thinks we’re madly in love, and The Dump Truck business is booming as a result.
And as our make-believe relationship gets all too real, I’m finding that breaking up has never been so sweet...
Things are about to get sticky...
I might as well permanently add the label 'Ex' to my name. I'm an Ex-Mr. Universe. Ex-Mr. Olympus. An Ex-Hollywood Stuntman. But no one from my small hometown cares anything about that. They only care that I'm the ex-boyfriend to the beloved Mayor's daughter, Elaina Dyker.
And now, ten years later, I'm back, helping my siblings run my mother's bakery while she takes on chemotherapy treatments. What should have been a routine cupcake delivery turns into utter chaos when the bachelorette party thinks I'm a stripper. And what's worse? Elaina is the maid of honor.
When the video of Elaina and I meeting again goes viral, my small hometown becomes infested with tipsy bridesmaids looking for my erotic cupcakes.
Now Hollywood's knocking again—and they want Elaina to join me starring in a reality show.
All we have to do is play nice for a few weeks and pretend to fall in love again in order to win half a million dollars and solve both our problems.
Shouldn't be too hard, right? Everyone knows, reality television is anything but real...
Pros to dating Lex Bailey:
Sexiest man I've ever seen
Panty-Melting British Accent
Talented Baker
Cons to dating Lex Bailey:
Turned me down when I asked him out...
in front of my entire family...
at my brother's engagement party.
Oh, and he has a secret. A big secret.
So... no. I don't think I'll be giving him any second chances. But my foster dog? He has other ideas. This dog has issues... and Lex's cat has the cure.
Unfortunately, I'm not exactly a forgive and forget kind of person. And even though both my dog and I appreciate the help, this time, I'm not going to let him get close enough to break my heart. This time, Lex Bailey is staying at arm's length.
Sometimes the damage runs deeper than the scars you can see...
I take in strays. It’s what I do. As the founder of the Maple Grove Animal Rescue, I am constantly on the lookout for anything or anyone who needs a little help. Well, just about anyone. Because if Steve Tripp were lying in the fetal position on the sidewalk, I’d… I’d… oh, who am I kidding? I’d help him, too.
Thirteen years ago, I was madly in love with him... until a car wreck nearly ended our lives and destroyed our love. He abandoned me when I needed him the most and I made a promise to myself that I would never ask him for anything again as long as I live.
Today, I break that promise.
Lydia Ryder is trouble.
It's what I told myself when I first saw her arrive in our small, rural town wearing stilettos. When she spilled an entire cup of coffee all over herself. And when I saved her from tripping off the sidewalk into oncoming traffic.
I lead a simple life as a single dad. I don't have time for trouble. I'm too busy packing lunches, driving to soccer practices, and trying to fold a damn fitted sheet.
But she sees beyond the overworked, exhausted parent I am. She sees the real me. The me that I haven't allowed myself to be since my wife died two years ago.
And she's only in town for one week.
In hindsight, I shouldn't have kissed her.
But now that I have, I think I've gotten a taste for trouble... and it's addicting.
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