A review by debbie_thune
Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score

5.0

Harper has been on her own for a long time. She's got a huge heart and it's second nature for her to reach out and help anyone who needs it. When she rolls into Benevolence lost, low on gas, low on $$, she just wants to find a place to stay for a day or two. She sees Gloria's soon-to-be ex beating her up in the parking lot of Remo's, she acts first and thinks later. Luke is there to help her up and bring her into the bar - where his sister Sophie convinces him to hire Harper for a while to help organize his construction company's office and also pretend to be his girlfriend until his next deployment comes up in a month, to get the rest of the family off his back and stop trying to set him up on dates since he lost his wife a few years prior.

Harper is chaos and fun and has so much love in her heart, it's no wonder the entire town falls in love with her. Luke denies his feelings because he feels a lot of undeserved guilt for his wife's death and rather than fess up, he breaks things off with Harper.

Harper is in danger from someone in her past. But Luke won't let anything hurt her again - not even himself.