Just a Favor

She'd long ago stopped believing in the fairy tale.

Then a grumpy man with a truck full of dogs pulled over for her in the rain, and ruined all her carefully built rules.

Maggie Rivers has spent years surviving, planning, and making sure nothing catches her off guard. Not storms. Not heartbreak. And definitely not her family's relentless matchmaking. But after one tiny lie about having a boyfriend spirals wildly out of control, she finds herself with a problem she can't spreadsheet, organize, or escape.

Jack Archer is exactly the kind of man she should avoid. Broody, guarded, frustratingly attractive, and carrying enough baggage to fill the bed of his pickup. He's only supposed to help her out once. Instead, he agrees to play the role of her fake boyfriend—and suddenly they're spending far too much time together.

What starts as a favor becomes something neither of them expected.

Because the more Maggie discovers the man beneath Jack's gruff exterior, the harder it becomes to remember this relationship isn't real. And the more Jack falls for the woman who crashes through every wall he's built, the more impossible it becomes to let her go.

But fairy tales don't exist. Maggie knows that better than anyone.

The trouble is, Jack is making her wonder if happily-ever-after might be worth believing in after all.