Against A Wall

Glenna Wall has spent years dealing with Cash Dobbs, who has pestered her since junior high with name calling and pranks. She counts him as one of her smaller problems. Her bigger ones started back in school, and now the whole town holds a grudge against her, something close to a scarlet letter.

Cash steps forward with an offer: he will play her boyfriend. Glenna accepts, and the boy who tormented her becomes her pretend partner in front of everyone who has turned on her.

Cash tells his side as well. He hunts, fishes and goes mudding, and he figures Glenna thinks he is an idiot. He knows he is no scholar, but he is not stupid either. He sees that she needs rescuing, and he has a secret: he has wanted her all along and has no plan to let go once he has her.

This is a small-town, enemies-to-lovers romance with a fake relationship at its center, told from both Glenna's and Cash's points of view. It is the second book in the Stonecut County series and reads fine as a standalone. It is written for adult readers and promises a happily ever after.