Faking It with the Playboy SEAL: A small town second chance romance (Iron Hollow Protectors)

He broke my heart once. Now he’s back—my fake fiancé, my ex-SEAL… and my baby’s father.

My plan is simple: survive Iron Hollow, guard my heart, and secure the grant to open my pediatric clinic.

What I didn’t plan for? Caleb Maddox.
Flirty like sin.
Lethal as an ex-SEAL.

He tears down walls, I stack them higher.
But when my house floods, I’m stuck in his cabin.

When the grant committee made it clear they only trust settled doctors…
I do the unthinkable.
Fake an engagement to the man who broke my heart.

One practice kiss blurs every line.
What should feel staged turns breathless, all-consuming.
Behind closed doors, he lets me trace the scars and shame he hides from everyone else.
And when he quietly fights for my clinic, I fall all over again.

Finally, the committee give me the grant on one condition: leave Iron Hollow.
If I do, I’d lose the only man who’s ever loved all of me.
To top it off, I found out I’m pregnant with his baby.

Trigger Warning: This book contains depictions of blood, violence, and graphic injury. Reader discretion is advised.