Pretend You're Mine

Pretend You're Mine

Book 1: Benevolence
Lucy Score Founding author
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So what if kissing her sends his mind to wicked places? He can control himself. Can’t he?
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Keywords: small town romance

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Synopsis

I only wanted to protect you…

Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. He’s strong, sexy, broody. The last thing he’s looking for is a woman to ruin his solitude. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s deployed.

So what if kissing her sends his mind to wicked places? He can control himself. Can’t he?

Harper was on her way to starting a new life… again. But something about Luke makes her want to settle down in this small town and make his house a home. When she’s in his arms, she finally knows what it’s like to feel safe. Protected.

One night of sharing a bed turns into something much, much more… and soon Luke can’t keep his mind off Harper’s wide gray eyes or his hands off her luscious curves. He never thought he’d feel this way about a woman again. But he knows that he can’t tell her the truth about his dark past. And she can’t reveal what she’s running from.

At least this isn’t a real relationship. It’s only for a month. It’s only pretend. Until it isn’t…

Release date: October 9, 2018

Publisher: That's What She Said Publishing

Print pages: 476

Reader says this book is...: entertaining story (4) happily ever after (5) heart touching (4) strong chemistry (5) strong heroine (3) swoon-worthy (5) terrific writing (5) emotionally riveting (4) heartwarming (2) high heat (1) realistic characters (2) rich setting(s) (2) unputdownable (4) sex scenes (2) suspenseful (1) year's top 10 (2) satisfying ending (2) tearjerker (1)

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This book has everything I love when getting lost in a story.

Harper was such a fun heroine. She had some dark secrets but it didn’t stop her from being carefree and fun. I loved everything about her and I especially loved that she found a place to belong in Benevolence. Her story filled my heart with so much joy. Well, until things went south. And then my heart was wrecked.

While Harper has some past issues, Luke does as well. And we’re talking some heavy duty weight on his shoulders. Harper was just what he needed but his stubborn brain wouldn’t allow him to take...
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This book has everything I love when getting lost in a story.

Harper was such a fun heroine. She had some dark secrets but it didn’t stop her from being carefree and fun. I loved everything about her and I especially loved that she found a place to belong in Benevolence. Her story filled my heart with so much joy. Well, until things went south. And then my heart was wrecked.

While Harper has some past issues, Luke does as well. And we’re talking some heavy duty weight on his shoulders. Harper was just what he needed but his stubborn brain wouldn’t allow him to take hold of the beauty in his life. I wanted to force him to wake up and see what was in front of him.

This story is filled with some amazing characters. I loved how well the author developed this small town and all the wacky individuals who live there. Along with the fun, rambunctious friends and family, this also had some dark moments that were accented even more by the fact that, leading up to them, this had such a lighthearted feel to it. And holy heck, there was one part where my heart was literally shredded and I could not turn off the water works. Thank goodness this gave me the most perfect ending, even if I then shed tears of happiness.
 on 5/9/23
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I loved this amazing book and the journey Harper and Luke took into their HEA.
 on 1/3/21
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This was the first book I read written by Lucy Score. I have read this one so many times since then.
 on 11/25/20
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Where do I start? This is the very first book I read by Lucy Score. I didn’t know then that my love affair with Lucy would make me start stalking and reading EVERYTHING she had ever written. Ok, at the time she was just starting out and every time I saw a new book she wrote I immediately read it.

From the very first paragraph I was drawn into a world of characters that I just never wanted to leave. Harper drew me in right from the start. The way she looked at the world with hope and love even though she grew up only knowing pain, was just soo real! Luke..oh what can I ...
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Where do I start? This is the very first book I read by Lucy Score. I didn’t know then that my love affair with Lucy would make me start stalking and reading EVERYTHING she had ever written. Ok, at the time she was just starting out and every time I saw a new book she wrote I immediately read it.

From the very first paragraph I was drawn into a world of characters that I just never wanted to leave. Harper drew me in right from the start. The way she looked at the world with hope and love even though she grew up only knowing pain, was just soo real! Luke..oh what can I say about Luke. I felt his pain of loss and understood why he was who he was, but I really wanted to kick his butt! Oh, but I did fall for him. He was a broken man who couldn’t understand how Harper always saw the sun rise after a dark night.

There is just soo much to love about this book! I just love every bit of it! It is my go to book when I need a pick me up! I confess to reading it about 2-3 times a year since it came out!
 on 11/22/20
emotionally riveting entertaining story happily ever after heart touching realistic characters sex scenes strong chemistry suspenseful swoon-worthy terrific writing unputdownable year's top 10
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This is my third read of this book and I realized I haven't reviewed it. What's to say that already hasn't been said. This book is amazing. It will have you laughing, crying, gasping and all around loving it. Luke is a gruff military man who is used to taking care of everyone. Harper is a tornado of a mess just trying to keep her head above water. They meet and suddenly a fake romance is in the works. These two are made for each other, if only they can see it themselves. Thank God for the side characters always stepping in and pushing these two to where they need to be. If you...
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This is my third read of this book and I realized I haven't reviewed it. What's to say that already hasn't been said. This book is amazing. It will have you laughing, crying, gasping and all around loving it. Luke is a gruff military man who is used to taking care of everyone. Harper is a tornado of a mess just trying to keep her head above water. They meet and suddenly a fake romance is in the works. These two are made for each other, if only they can see it themselves. Thank God for the side characters always stepping in and pushing these two to where they need to be. If you already know Lucy's writing then you will know this book won't disappoint!
 on 10/28/20
emotionally riveting entertaining story happily ever after heart touching heartwarming high heat realistic characters rich setting(s) strong chemistry strong heroine swoon-worthy terrific writing unputdownable
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