Jasmine Morgan has gotten to where she is as a PR strategist because she\u2019s good at her job, and, up until now, there\u2019s been no sign of that changing. However, when she\u2019s given a project involving the revitalization of a small Florida town, it\u2019s made clear that she has competition in the form of her distractingly attractive archnemesis, Derek Carter. What makes the stakes even higher is that the winner of the most successful pitch doesn\u2019t just get bragging rights\u2014they also get to keep their job. As they reluctantly descend on Miller\u2019s Cove together, they\u2019re instantly at odds, but their arrival also attracts attention from the locals, who are suspicious of any outsiders who might be poking into the town\u2019s business. To win their trust, Jasmine agrees to swallow her pride and consent to Derek\u2019s idea that they pose as a pair of blissful newlyweds. It shouldn\u2019t be all that hard to pretend to be in love with her professional rival, especially since she knows how good he looks with his shirt off, but their shared hotel room makes keeping her distance easier said than done. As their investigation into Miller\u2019s Cove intensifies, so does their attraction, until the lines between fake and real start to blur. Eden\u2019s latest contemporary romance has an intriguing premise but is lacking in execution; there\u2019s no real build-up to the fake-marriage arrangement that makes up the bulk of the story, so Jasmine and Derek\u2019s growing romance feels less than earned, especially on the heels of a combative dinner. While the story is full of familiar tropes that could prove appealing for some readers, it also spends too much time with its leads physically separated, when more interactions between Jasmine and Derek would have allowed their romance to develop more deeply on the page.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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