When bakery owner Sophie Callahan agrees to pose as Mayor Grayson Caldwell's fiancée to help him win re-election in Fox Hollow, Kentucky, their carefully arranged public dates spark real chemistry that neither expected—until their leaked contract threatens to unravel everything and forces them to choose between the charade and the love blooming right under Fox Hollow's string lights.
Print ISBN: 978-1-68190-311-8
In the charming historic square of Fox Hollow, Kentucky, bakery owner Sophie Callahan has finally found home after escaping big-city burnout.
When Mayor Grayson Caldwell’s slick, developer-backed opponent attacks his bachelor status as a “family values” liability, he makes Sophie a desperate proposal: pose as his fiancée through the election. In return, he’ll replace her dying commercial oven — the one threat that could close Sweet Mercy for good.
Sophie tells herself it’s purely business. A temporary shield for the town she loves and the only way to keep her dream alive.
But fake dates have a way of feeling real.
As they stroll hand-in-hand past the courthouse dome, share stolen moments on her balcony, and stand together against sabotage and vicious rumors, the guarded mayor’s quiet protectiveness chips away at Sophie’s walls — and her sunny resilience slowly thaws the man who’s spent years married only to his duties.
When their secret contract is leaked and explodes across the town, Grayson faces an impossible choice: protect his re-election… or protect the woman who’s become far more than a campaign strategy.
In a heartfelt story of community, second chances, and love that blooms where roots run deep, one pretend ring just might become the promise of forever.
