Pretend You're Mine

Lucy Score

Book 1 of Benevolence

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A National Guard soldier named Luke offers a stranded, heartbroken drifter named Harper a place to stay, and the two strike a deal: she'll pose as his girlfriend to keep his overbearing family from meddling before his next deployment. As they share close quarters in his small Maryland hometown, their fake arrangement sparks real chemistry, forcing both to confront painful pasts they've been hiding. It's a slow-burn, small-town romance built around healing, found family, and learning to let someone in.