Temporarily Yours by Diane Alberts is the 1st novel in her Shillings Agency series of f/m contemporary romance apparently involving the employees of some sort of private bodyguard/deniable special ops outfit, this installment a fake dating one where in the aftermath of a steamy encounter, a newly-met stats whiz and an ex-marine agree to pretend to be a couple so that the former won't be embarrassed by the absence of her fictitious boyfriend at her sister's wedding, and find their temporary strangers-with-benefits arrangement leading to something more, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Macmillan's Entangled line's Brazen imprint.
Currently free @ B&N, Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), Kobo & Google Play (both available to Canadians). Price-drop-check linkage for iTunes & eBooks.com, where Macmillan freebies often also show up.
Description
This marine's the perfect hoax...if she doesn't fall for him first.
Stats whiz Kayla Moriarity knows her way around numbers and algorithms. Men, on the other hand, are unsolvable equations. Now Kayla's en route to her sister's wedding--without the fictional boyfriend she invented for her family. Fortunately, her plane comes complete with complimentary cocktails and a ridiculously hot ex-marine in the seat beside her. And that's all it takes for Kayla's inhibitions to go sailing out the airlock...
Cooper Shillings has soft spot for people in trouble, but he certainly wasn't expecting to land in it himself--and definitely not while getting naughty mid-air with a sexy southern belle. When he hears Kayla's predicament, however, he offers his services as a stand-in boyfriend. After all, he's heading overseas soon...and how could he refuse a little no-strings wickedness?
It's the perfect plan. And all Kayla has to do is ensure her family falls for the ultimate bluff, without falling for it--and Cooper--in the process...
Currently free @ B&N, Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), Kobo & Google Play (both available to Canadians). Price-drop-check linkage for iTunes & eBooks.com, where Macmillan freebies often also show up.
Description
This marine's the perfect hoax...if she doesn't fall for him first.
Stats whiz Kayla Moriarity knows her way around numbers and algorithms. Men, on the other hand, are unsolvable equations. Now Kayla's en route to her sister's wedding--without the fictional boyfriend she invented for her family. Fortunately, her plane comes complete with complimentary cocktails and a ridiculously hot ex-marine in the seat beside her. And that's all it takes for Kayla's inhibitions to go sailing out the airlock...
Cooper Shillings has soft spot for people in trouble, but he certainly wasn't expecting to land in it himself--and definitely not while getting naughty mid-air with a sexy southern belle. When he hears Kayla's predicament, however, he offers his services as a stand-in boyfriend. After all, he's heading overseas soon...and how could he refuse a little no-strings wickedness?
It's the perfect plan. And all Kayla has to do is ensure her family falls for the ultimate bluff, without falling for it--and Cooper--in the process...