Take My Word

<p><em>Faking it never felt so real.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>IVY</strong></p><p>It's over. Eight years of meetings 'document emergencies' (whatever they are) and covering up my tattoos and now a company-wide redundancy has finally pulled my name out of a hat. <em>Exit: stage left.</em></p><p>So much for making the responsible choice. Giving up theatre to work a lifetime locked to a keyboard was supposed to show I was a grown up except all it's ever been is a role I forced myself into and I've been playing it for so long I'm not sure who the real Ivy Hawkins is anymore.</p><p>There's no other answer when Lincoln Reeves offers me the chance to be anyone I want for a night. Saying no to those piercing grey eyes would be impossible... And then I immediately ruin it by sticking my foot in my mouth. Now I'm playing the part of his fake girlfriend while desperately trying not to fall for my own act.</p><p></p><p><strong>LINCOLN</strong></p><p>One night. It's not nearly enough could never be enough where Ivy is concerned but she's itching for an adventure so that's what I'll give her.</p><p>Playing her boyfriend isn't a hardship but it's one more lie separating me and my family and the closer Ivy and I get the more it threatens to unravel everything I returned from London to fix.</p><p></p><p><em>Take My Word is a steamy fake dating contemporary romance. It is the second book in the Out of Office series but can be read as a standalone.</em></p>