Hero Unexpected

<p>I rebuilt my grandmother's bakery from the ground up. Poured everything I had into making it thrive again-flour sweat and a whole lot of tears.</p><p></p><p>Then she died. And her will blindsided me.</p><p></p><p>If I'm not married by the time probate closes I lose the bakery to my mother-the last person who should ever be trusted with it.</p><p></p><p>Enter Bodie Gibson.</p><p>Childhood friend turned enemy. The boy who used to bring me tea and peanut butter sandwiches...</p><p>The cop who put my little brother behind bars.</p><p></p><p>He offers me a way out: a fake marriage that keeps the bakery in my hands and our past buried where it belongs.</p><p></p><p>It's just paperwork. A few public appearances. Nothing real.</p><p>Except he still looks at me like he sees the girl I used to be.</p><p>And when he kisses me it doesn't feel fake at all.</p><p></p><p><strong>In a town built on second chances sometimes the only way forward is to rewrite the ending.</strong></p>