The Bluff

Everly Christian has just moved to Calamity, Montana, expecting a quiet life. After several chaotic years she wants nothing more than something mundane, but a dull evening sends her to the local bar, where she ends up beside a handsome, secretive artist. The night goes well past a drink, and the following morning she overhears a conversation as she steps out of his shower.

What she hears is that Reese Huxley, known as Hux, needs a wife. Everly agrees to be the bride and to marry fast. She has her own reasons for saying yes, and she keeps them to herself.

Her plan for getting through the sham marriage is simple: do not fall in love with her husband. That is harder than it sounds. Everly has a weakness for wayward men, and Hux keeps pushing her away, which only draws her closer and makes the arrangement feel less and less like an act.

This is a contemporary romance set in small-town Montana, built on a marriage of convenience. The sexual content is on the page, and the tone is lively, with the tension coming from two people who each hold something back.