Lumber and Lace: A Lumberjack Romance - Paperback

by Alana Gray (Author)

I was playing with fire, and for someone who worked with timber, that was dangerous.

Layne

I dodged a bullet. Calling off my wedding was the easy part. Leaving my high-powered finance career to regroup in a quiet mountain town was the reset I desperately needed. Now I'm managing my brother Jace's log home company and living in a small cabin he built, trying to figure out who I am without a fiancé or a five-year plan.

There's just one loose end I can't escape.

My ex refuses to let go, and I still need to untangle the last threads of our shared life.

Enter Elias.

My brother's employee and friend. All flannel, sawdust, and steady calm. He offers to play the role of my new boyfriend long enough to convince my ex to finally back off. It's supposed to be simple, temporary and, most importantly, fake.

Except my fake boyfriend is showing up for me in ways my real fiancé never did. And the more I lean on him, the harder it becomes to remember why this is only an act.

Elias

I've had feelings for Layne since the day I met her. I just never thought I'd get the chance to act on them.

Now she's back in town, working alongside me, and trusting me to be her knight in shining armor, when I'm usually just some guy in steel toed boots. Pretending to be her boyfriend seems harmless. Helpful, even. A few staged encounters, a few convincing kisses, and her ex is gone for good.

But pretending gets complicated fast when every smile feels real and every touch leaves me wanting more.

She's my boss's sister. She's fresh out of a broken engagement. Besides, with her protective brother signing my paychecks, falling for her could cost me everything.

The problem is, I don't want to stop.

Is there a way to make this work... or am I digging myself a hole I can't climb out of?

Find out in this short, fake-dating, forced-proximity romance novella filled with small-town Canadian charm and a guaranteed HEA.