Mountain Man's Fake Wedding Date
(2026)(A book in the Wedding Season series)
A novel by Joann Baker and Patricia Mason
She thinks she's doing him a favor.He knows better.
One impulsive kiss in the hardware store and somehow I'm spending the weekend pretending to be Max Wilder's girlfriend.
In my defense, his ex had it coming.
Max is gruff, gorgeous, and for six months he's walked into the hardware store every Thursday like I'm just the woman who knows where the lag bolts are. When his ex shows up dangling a wedding invitation like a dare, I do the only logical thing a woman with no filter and a soft spot for grumpy men would do. I grab his arm, kiss his jaw, and tell her we already have it on the calendar.
He doesn't correct me. He pulls me closer. And then he kisses me back.
One weekend. One very convincing cover story. One hotel room with one bed that neither of us is complaining about as much as we should be.
I keep telling myself we're just pretending. Max keeps touching me like we're not pretending at all.
One impulsive kiss in the hardware store and somehow I'm spending the weekend pretending to be Max Wilder's girlfriend.
In my defense, his ex had it coming.
Max is gruff, gorgeous, and for six months he's walked into the hardware store every Thursday like I'm just the woman who knows where the lag bolts are. When his ex shows up dangling a wedding invitation like a dare, I do the only logical thing a woman with no filter and a soft spot for grumpy men would do. I grab his arm, kiss his jaw, and tell her we already have it on the calendar.
He doesn't correct me. He pulls me closer. And then he kisses me back.
One weekend. One very convincing cover story. One hotel room with one bed that neither of us is complaining about as much as we should be.
I keep telling myself we're just pretending. Max keeps touching me like we're not pretending at all.