The Yearbook Series Series by Mary Waterford

I hired Harle Robson from Craigslist to get me pregnant. Not the old-fashioned way, mind you. It’s all specimen cups and sterile syringes.After my ex shattered my heart beyond repair, clinical and detached is definitely safer.What I wasn’t counting on was a six-foot-five Viking, with sun-kissed hair and soul-searing blue eyes. He looks like he stepped straight out of Valhalla.After months of failures leave me devastated, Harle proposes something decidedly less clinical... moreI hired Harle Robson from Craigslist to get me pregnant. Not the old-fashioned way, mind you. It’s all specimen cups and sterile syringes.After my ex shattered my heart beyond repair, clinical and detached is definitely safer.What I wasn’t counting on was a six-foot-five Viking, with sun-kissed hair and soul-searing blue eyes. He looks like he stepped straight out of Valhalla.After months of failures leave me devastated, Harle proposes something decidedly less clinical.I'll move in to his secluded little cabin by the lake for ten days of free use.His rules are #1. I’m not allowed to wear underwear#2. I’m not allowed say no#3. He'll have me wherever and whenever he wantsI told myself I'd never love again. My heart's too broken, even for this Viking handyman with callused hands and a heart of gold.But with every heated look and gentle touch, he makes me feel things I swore were dead and buried.Safe. Cherished. Whole.With my walls crumbling and fear losing its grip, I'm faced with one terrifying What if the biggest risk isn't letting him in... but letting him go? less

*** Previously published as Most Likely to... Deny Love (2022) by Mary Waterford. This Second Edition has been extensively revised and expanded from the original novella. ***I'm not the kind of woman men leave anonymous notes for.But someone at Catalyst Digital is doing just that. I have no idea who's behind them, but I do know one it can't be Jack Sullivan.Jack is all business. Broad-shouldered, broody, and intimidating as hell... more*** Previously published as Most Likely to... Deny Love (2022) by Mary Waterford. This Second Edition has been extensively revised and expanded from the original novella. ***I'm not the kind of woman men leave anonymous notes for.But someone at Catalyst Digital is doing just that. I have no idea who's behind them, but I do know one it can't be Jack Sullivan.Jack is all business. Broad-shouldered, broody, and intimidating as hell. Me? I'm curvy, chronically underestimated, and have a mother who believes love comes in exactly one Small.I've spent my whole life trying to be less. Quieter, thinner, easier to love.So my perfect sister's upcoming wedding is a nightmare.When my mother's criticism reaches DEFCON 1, Jack catches me having a breakdown in the break room. His offer to be my fake boyfriend is too tempting to resist.The only problem is, when he touches me, when he looks at me, it feels anything but fake.Denial isn't a river in Egypt. It's me pretending I'm not falling for my grumpy boss/fake boyfriend faster than my panties hit his bedroom floor.If this is fake, why does it feel like the realest thing I’ve ever known? less