Hunter Blake wasn't planning to get married in Vegas. Then again, he doesn't plan much, living life by the seat of his pants as he tries to outrun the towering shadow of his MLB Hall of Famer father's reputation. But when he wakes up next to Marlowe Story-his friend with benefits, his partner in crime, and the woman of his dreams-with a ring on his finger, for once he doesn't want to run from the consequences of his actions. Hunter feels like a different man when he's with Marlowe. A better man. Somehow, she's able to pull him out of his own head and help him tame his self-destructive tendencies.
Marlowe Story's country music songs tell stories of fairy tale love, but Marlowe doesn't believe in happily ever after. She barely survived her last relationship, and she refuses to let herself fall for anyone ever again. Not even her friend with benefits, Hunter, no matter how safe she feels with him. How cherished and protected. He's passionate and driven, and makes her wish things could be different for them.
But they can't, even though they decide to see the marriage through for the publicity. And Marlowe knows that if she's going to survive this situation, there's one simple rule she has to follow: do not fall in love with Hunter Blake.
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Hunter Blake is baseball's bad boy. He's wild, with a reputation a mile long. He's fodder for both the sports and gossip pages, but Hunter has a secret even the tabloids don't know: he's madly in love with country singer Marlowe Story and has been for months. He'll do anything for her, including staying married after they drunkenly say "I do" at a Vegas wedding chapel during a weekend hookup. Under the guise of helping both of their careers, he's happy to stay in the fake marriage, especially because his feelings for her are anything but fake. And now is his chance to show Marlowe what they could have.
Marlowe might sing about love and fairy tales, but she doesn't believe in happily ever after, especially when it comes to bad boy Hunter. Even if he is the sexiest man she's ever met, and even if their chemistry is off the charts. When she can't seem to stay out of his bed, she convinces herself that she can give him her body without giving him her heart. But their fake marriage starts to feel awfully real as she glimpses a sensitive, artistic, vulnerable side of Hunter he keeps hidden from everyone but her.
Because deep down, this bad boy is broken, and only Marlowe's love can heal him.