Pretend Groom

Find your Happily Ever After with two feel-good novels about dogs unleashing romance in small-town settings.

Her Accidental Engagement by Michelle Major

In the midst of a nasty custody battle, Julia Morgan needs to prove she can provide a stable environment for her son, Charlie. So when gorgeous police chief Sam Callahan agrees to help by pretending to be her fiancé, she gratefully accepts his fake proposal. The arrangement will also get Sam’s father off his back about finding “the one.” But what happens when pretend doesn’t seem so, well, pretend anymore?

The Daddy Project by Lee McKenzie

As a busy single mom, Kristi Callahan doesn’t have time for a man. But her mother won’t believe it. She keeps setting Kristi up on disastrous blind dates. Widowed Nate McTavish has the same problem with his well-meaning family. When Nate hires Kristi to stage his house before selling it, they realize they’ve found the answer to their problems: be fake dates for each other! It’s a perfect plan . . .