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Summary: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score welcomes readers to the fictional town of Benevolence, Maryland with a sexy, heart-thumping fake dating romance between a brooding hometown hero and a wildly courageous runaway hoping to finally find her peace in his arms, until both their pasts threaten to bring everything they've built together to the ground. Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. He’s strong, sexy, broody. The last thing he’s looking for is a woman to ruin his solitude. When the wildly courageous Harper Wilde stumbles into Benevolence, MD, and directly into his life, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s deployed.So what if kissing her sends his mind to wicked places? He can control himself. Can’t he?Harper was on her way to starting a new life… again. But something about Luke makes her want to settle down in this small town and make his house a home. When she’s in his arms, she finally knows what it’s like to feel safe. Protected.One night of sharing a bed turns into something much, much more… and soon Luke can’t keep his mind off Harper’s wide gray eyes or his hands off her luscious curves. He never thought he’d feel this way about a woman again. But he knows that he can’t tell her the truth about his dark past. And she can’t reveal what she’s running from.At least this isn’t a real relationship. It’s only for a month. It’s only pretend. Until it isn’t… Bestselling author: Lucy Score is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over which has sold over 166,000 copies on Bookscan.Growing readership: Pretend You're Mine (10/26/15) has sold 2,075 copies on Bookscan, with nearly 60% (1,234) of them sold this year.Devoted fanbase: Lucy has over 220k newsletter subscribers. We have acquired 24 of Lucy's backlist titles, all of which are selling on an upward trend.Series info: First in the Benevolence series; not necessary to read in order.Author/story location: This story takes place in the fictional town of Benevolence, Maryland; Lucy Score lives in Pennsylvania.Author Bio: LUCY SCORE is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She grew up in a literary family who insisted that the dinner table was for reading and earned a degree in journalism. She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym. She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.
