This is my favorite book of the series!

Marriage of convenience never fails me, and this is no exception. I fell in love with Everly and Hux immediately, despite only getting a small preview of them in the first book. There's something about that single dad trope that just hits every single time, and Hux was really doing it for me. He's brooding and a basically a recluse but what he really cares about is getting custody of his daughter. He went to prison for making a mistake when he was younger and because of that, he hasn't ever really been involved in his daughter's life until recently. Now, in order to make a stronger case for the judge in court, he needs to get married and Everly offers to help him out. Of course, despite every effort not to and with a set expiration date on their "marriage", they fall in love anyways. Even though it was under three hundred pages long, it felt like a slow burn. Hux is definitely the grumpy type and Everly is absolute sunshine. As always, the small town romance and secondary supporting characters are amazing, particularly Hux's daughter, Savannah and her bestie (and maybe more?) Travis. Also? I was living for that drama with Katie! This was sexy and sweet and everything I wanted. I ate this up! You will too.

And as it turns out... the only people they were bluffing were themselves. ;)