The One I Stood Beside (Hardcover)

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's the classic story- best friends since childhood agree to a fake marriage thinking they can pretend to love each other without their relationship changing.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jude would do anything for me. He's stood by my side since we were six and I've done the same for him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my father dies leaving our family farm drowning in debt and on the brink of being auctioned I'm not surprised Jude steps in to help. I just never dreamed he'd fall to bended knee and devise a plan for us to fool everyone into thinking there's more than a lifelong friendship between us.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Soon I'm moving into his house we're planning a wedding on his family's ranch and we discover a new side to our relationship. I keep reminding myself it's not real-it's only to secure a loan to save the farm.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've secretly loved Jude all my life and now that I know how good we are together I'm not sure we can return to being just friends. </span></p>