Fake Marriage with the Small Town Sheriff: Grumpy Alpha Male, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity Romance

Marriage wasn't supposed to be on my agenda today. Hell, marriage wasn't supposed to be on my agenda ever.

As sheriff of Willow Creek, I thought I'd left the complications of my Navy SEAL past behind.

Then Valerie Andrews walked into my office – a senator's daughter with secrets in her eyes and a body that made my mouth go dry.

She was holding a tabloid claiming we're married.

She's beautiful, sharp as a tack, and clearly running from something bigger than a scandal. Now she wants me to play along with this marriage charade to protect both her cover and my town's peace.

Every instinct from my military training tells me she's trouble, but something about her story doesn't add up.
Someone powerful enough to plant fake wedding stories in national tabloids has put her in my path for a reason.

The question am I supposed to protect her or expose her? As the media circus threatens to unveil both our secrets,
I'm beginning to realize this fake marriage might be more dangerous than any mission I ran as a SEAL. Because the hardest part isn't pretending to be her husband – it's remembering that none of it is real.