He needs a reason not to go out with a journalist. She'd like a guaranteed date for the summer. They don't get along, so keeping Brad in the not-her-real-fiancé category should be easy for Celeste. Totally easy. Bradley Keith is a Carter's Cove native, despite his professional football career. He's not interested in dating a journalist on his hometown island, and to get her to back off, he tells her he's engaged. The only problem? He's not. Doesn't even have a girlfriend. When the journalist shows up at The Heartwood Inn, where Brad is installing a new VIP swimming pool, demanding to know who his fiancée is, he names the first woman he literally sees walk by—Celeste Heartwood. Celeste runs the social events at the family inn, and she's tired of planning parties to which she has no date. So when Brad knocks on her office door in a panic, she goes along with his crazy idea. She doesn't particularly like him, because she submitted a construction proposal to his firm that went unanswered. And she's stuffy and uptight—at least according to Brad. Their plan? Stay together for six weeks and then quietly end things. No harm, no foul. She has a date, and he gets the reporter off his back. Falling in love wasn't in the plan. Will Celeste put her reputation—and her heart—on the line for the football star? Or will she end up nursing a wounded heart when the truth comes out? Read all the Carter's Cove Beach Romance novels:

1. Boyfriend By Mistake
2. Accidental Sweetheart
3. Bodyguard, Not Boyfriend
4. Not Her Real Fiancé
5. She Loves Him...Not Clean Beach Club Billionaire Romance:
6. The Brainy Billionaire
7. The Brawny Billionaire
8. The Bashful Billionaire
9. The Brazen Billionaire
10. The Billionaire's Bodyguard
11. The Billionaire's Boyfriend
12. The Brave Billionaire
13. The Belated Billionaire Hawthorne Harbor Second Chance Romance:
14. The Paramedic's Second Chance
15. The Chief's Second Chance
16. The Firefighter's Second Chance
17. The Officer's Second Chance
18. The Soldier's Second Chance
19. The Captain's Second Chance Brides & Beaches Romance:
20. The Helicopter Pilot's Bride
21. The Billionaire's Bride
22. The Prince's Bride
23. The Doctor's Bride
24. The Rockstar's Bride
25. The Carpenter's Bride Forbidden Lake Romance:
26. The Professor's Secret Crush
27. The Lumberjack's Secret Guest
28. The Owner's Secret Client
29. The Billionaire's Secret Flame
30. The Rockstar's Secret Weakness
31. The Biker's Secret Girlfriend Stranded in Paradise Romance:
32. Stranded with the Hidden Billionaire
33. Stranded with the SEAL
34. Stranded with the Quarterback
35. Stranded with the Cowboy Billionaire