There are two things in this life I'm sure of:

One, Emery Torres is all that matters

Two, what I want and what I need does not

Emery

I wanted to crawl into a hole and never emerge after I asked Noah to fake a marriage with me and he never responded. I thought I would die of embarrassment, until Noah agrees. He'll marry me for three years so I don't lose my job and Carson's company. "Whatever you need," he says.

This plan seems perfect. With Noah, it's familiar. With Noah, it's safe.

Then we're forced to kiss and everything changes.

I'm incapable of having an intimate relationship with a man so Abigail comes up with a grand plan: ask Noah to desensitize me. After all, our relationship is fake. It was founded on rules and has a built in end date. Feelings are not involved...

Until they are.

I'm falling for my fake fiancé but I don't know what that means. I want to think it's possible that he could have feelings for me too, but how do I ask him without unraveling the plan that I'd worked so hard to construct. Especially when my son seems to want this to be real as well.

Eloise

There are two things I'm absolutely sure of. One is the love I have for my brother, Gaines. He's the last living person in my life who I truly care about. And two, I hate Hudson Maxwell. My brother's best friend since high school and a class-a schmuck.

So when my bother asks me to fly to Harmony Island to finish preparations for his wedding because his wedding planner got sick, I agree despite the fact that his best man is my number one enemy. I'm a big girl. I can lay down my weapons of war and keep the peace for one week.

If only Hudson would get the hint. Instead, he seems determined to rekindle the friendship we once had. My snarky attitude and death stares don't seem to deter him and I'm desperate. Hating Hudson when he's a jerk is easy. But when he's nice?

It just might be impossible.