Betting the Renegade
(2026)(Book 11 in the Renegades of Clearwater County series)
A novel by Bonnie R Paulson
He bet he could win her heart. He never counted on losing his own.
BLURB: Nolan Bailey is Titus’s right hand and the family’s steadiest man — until a foolish, prideful bet lands him in the one situation he swore he’d avoid: pretending to court Harper Smythe, the sharpest, most guarded woman in the county.
Harper knows a Bailey scheme when she sees one, and she’s happy to play along — for her own reasons, and her own quiet agenda against the shadow buying up the town. Two people using each other, no hearts involved. That’s the deal.
Except the more time Nolan spends with Harper, the less it feels like a game, and the more the wager starts to look like the worst mistake — or the best thing — he’s ever made. And as the danger closing in on Bailey grows a face and a name, the two of them will need each other for far more than a bet.
Some games you play to win. This one, Nolan would give anything to lose.
A slow-burn, fake-courtship, reluctant-allies romance with rising stakes. Sweet and clean.
the wager * fake courtship * reluctant allies * guarded heroine * slow burn * clean & sweet
Genre: Romance
BLURB: Nolan Bailey is Titus’s right hand and the family’s steadiest man — until a foolish, prideful bet lands him in the one situation he swore he’d avoid: pretending to court Harper Smythe, the sharpest, most guarded woman in the county.
Harper knows a Bailey scheme when she sees one, and she’s happy to play along — for her own reasons, and her own quiet agenda against the shadow buying up the town. Two people using each other, no hearts involved. That’s the deal.
Except the more time Nolan spends with Harper, the less it feels like a game, and the more the wager starts to look like the worst mistake — or the best thing — he’s ever made. And as the danger closing in on Bailey grows a face and a name, the two of them will need each other for far more than a bet.
Some games you play to win. This one, Nolan would give anything to lose.
A slow-burn, fake-courtship, reluctant-allies romance with rising stakes. Sweet and clean.
the wager * fake courtship * reluctant allies * guarded heroine * slow burn * clean & sweet
Genre: Romance