One tiny lie. One big mountain man. What could go wrong? I was tired of my smug ex. Over my mother’s constant concern. So I did the logical thing… I invented a fiancé. Problem was, I sort of based him on a real guy. Hudson Mercer. A big, broody mountain man I found on Mountain Mates—a dating app for mail-order brides. We’d never even met. But desperate times and all that. Now I need to convince him to go along with my little white lie. Pretend he’s crazy about me for one weekend. Easy, right? Except the way he looks at me, touches me… It’s not pretend. Not even a little.