Still married.
Those words change everything.
Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this town—and me—behind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil.
If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, he’ll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranch—the one my inn is on. When I scoff at the idea, he offers a million-dollar bonus to help my business float through this rough patch, but only if I’m his.
Then he’ll walk away, and I can walk down the aisle with my fiancé. Or I can say no and watch everything I’ve worked so hard for fall apart.
There’s only one answer I can afford to give him. But he knows everything about me—every hurt, every secret, and every single weakness I have, including him.
While Ramsey might want me, his brothers want him back in the family business. If there’s one universal truth in this town, it’s that Stockton men stop at nothing to get what they want.
I didn’t know dark western was a thing until I found this series but wow, did I need it in my life. This is a fun read about a woman about to marry her second husband when the first one is released from prison and drops the bomb that they are still married. Ramsey wants to play nice and play house so the parole officer sees he has been properly reformed, but Hazel wants nothing to do with him. He has something she wants though and is not above blackmail, so she’s forced to agree.
This is a hate-to-love-you masterpiece and I couldn’t get enough. Second chance isn’t usually my thing but this one is so different and so damn good that it’s one of the best books I’ve read all year. Ramsey isn’t a bad guy, just a guy caught up in a bad situation and he let it get the best of him. Hazel doesn’t believe that he’s changed and even if he has, she wants nothing to do with him, but he’s determined to wear her down and get his wife back. This is dark, spicy and absolutely amazing.
