Like You Love Me, an all-new sweet small-town standalone romance in the Honey Creek series from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke is available now!
Two childhood friends are playing houseāand maybe playing for keepsāin USA Today bestselling author Adriana Lockeās funny, sexy, and unpredictable marriage-of-convenience romance.
To save her Tennessee bed-and-breakfast, Sophie Bates needs a fast-cash miracle. Holden McKenzie, her childhood best friend, needs to prove to a prospective employer that heās a committed man. Their fortunes on the line, Holden proposesā¦a solution.
Heāll take care of Sophieās bills if she agrees to a temporary marriage of convenience. And why not? Theyāre comfortable together, they have fun, and they trust each other. Itās as simple as saying āI do.ā But the off-the-cuff wedding has all of Honey Creek talkingāand Sophie and Holden realizing that their perfect arrangement is working too well. If theyāre not careful, this marriage could turn into a love story.
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Excerpt
āThis Chad guy sounds like a real champ,ā he says.
āIām the moron that married him.ā
I pick at the edge of the table to keep from meeting his eyes.
Chad was not my best work. Not my best choice, or the greatest guy Iāve ever dated, nor am I proud that I went through with the whole thing. But I did it and I canāt change it. I need to figure out how to accept all that.
āIām sure you had great intentions,ā Holden says.
āI did. Want to know how deep his intentions ran?ā I strum my fingers against the tabletop as I look up at him. āHe left me by sticking a note to the kitchen table with a dollop of strawberry jelly.ā
I blow out a breath and regret word-vomiting all that. It was too deep. Too raw and real. Opening up to Holden is too easy, and I probably just ruined the mood.
He watches me for a few seconds before grinning. āHe didnāt even use grape? Rude.ā
I smile, relieved that he didnāt dig deeper. āRight? He didnāt even use grape on his sandwiches.ā
āBig red flag right there,ā he says, pointing a finger my way.
āYou know, Gramma always said not to marry a man that cuts the crusts off his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.ā
āAnd why is that?ā
āBecause thatās an indication that someone doesnāt like boundaries. Guess I shouldāve listened to her. He even cut the crusts off his grilled cheese.ā
He gasps, his jaw falling to the table in mock horror. āThatās serial-killer shit right there.ā
āHey, I donāt know what heās been doing the last couple of years of his life.ā I take a napkin from the dispenser. āYou might be right.ā
āSo why did you marry him? You didnāt get serial-killer vibes from the start?ā
Itās a question Iāve asked myself a million times, because down deep, I knew it wasnāt right for me. I just ignored my gut and did it anyway.
About Adriana
USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.
She resides in the Midwest with her husband, four sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather’s nice and there’s always a piece of candy in her pocket.
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Review
Honey Creek is the only life that Sophie has known and it is the only life she wants. She is determined to ensure the ongoing viability of the Bed & Breakfast she inherited from her Grandmother but between her financial situation and a competing business at times she feels like it is a losing battle.
Holden is a veterinarian who is in Honey Creek temporarily to help out at his Grandfatherās clinic. He has his career planned out but for that he happen he needs to be married. She needs an investor while he needs a wife a pretend relationship seems like a win-win for both of them but what happens when the only people they are fooling are themselves?
Seeing the relationship between Sophie and Holden unfold was so much fun to watch as they realize what and who truly makes them happy. Hot chemistry, witty banter and captivating characters makes this a story you wonāt be able to put down.