3.5 star for me. Katie Clarke wants love and happy ending,but being promised to older man so her father can pay the debt it's not happy ever after.
Dane Wellington step in and offer her a marriage of convenience,science he doesn't plan to bed her,after a while annulment should be easy enough.
They grow to care for each other,even when Dane still carry on with his girlfriends.

Will Dane change his mind and make it a real marriage?
Will he see the difference between love and lust?

It was easy enough read,for fans of giggling virgin and seductive rake with emotional twist.

Thank you author for arc.

4 stars for me.

Hattie,a crime podcaster end up in Wildwood Meadows trying to find out more about missing woman.Dealing with her twin sister dissaperance years ago she fight for justice of all those forgotten.Renting cute cabin from Kipp Holt it's a necessity,but she didn't expect to being so attracted to him.Kipp is more love them and leave them type,and he's never looking for anything serious,but there's someting about Hattie.He can't stay away from her even when that means a trouble for him.Hattie getting closer to discovering what really happen to a missing woman,and someone may not want her to dig to deep.

Is Hattie in danger?

It was a really engrossing read.I liked both Hattie and Kipp POV,the attraction between them was almost instant,but it didn't overhelm the plot.The banter was cute and the chemistry burning hot,suspense was added and while it could be a little bit more of it,I didn't feel cheated.Can't wait to read about other Holt siblings,becase their group chat was hilarious and I liked all of them.My first book by this author and hope to read more.

Would recommend this read for romantic suspense fans.

Thank you penpinery and author for arc,my review is honest and my own.