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She arrives to find strategically placed tassels, a 7:00 a.m. naked yoga class, and absolutely no refunds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiles Whitaker's friends staged an intervention: the workaholic healthcare tech CEO needs to live a little. Miles disagrees, then finds a massive bottle of lube in his welcome basket. Revised plan: lock the cottage door, drink expensive champagne, and wait out the week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen they lock eyes across a sea of leather pants and overly enthusiastic strangers at the resort's opening party, they make a desperate deal. Fake a couple for seven days, survive with their dignity mostly intact, and go home like none of this ever happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is seven days of dodging naked domino tournaments, hiding in supply closets from amorous guests, and debating the historical origins of Hawaiian pizza. Somewhere between the chaos and the closets, the fake part stops feeling convincing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiles has never met anyone like Ansley. Her energy doesn't exhaust him, it wakes something up he didn't know was asleep. And Ansley, who has spent years making herself smaller for people who still found her too much, is starting to wonder what it would mean to stop shrinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the resort ends. Real life doesn't come with a survival pact. 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Love wasn't on the list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter escaping an abusive marriage that nearly killed her, Mila Park has one goal: stay safe. She checks her locks, keeps the hallway light on, and channels everything into her new role as Senior Lead Designer at Denver Fashion Haus. She isn't looking for a relationship, she's still learning how to trust her own instincts again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKai Tyler, head coach of the Denver Blizzards women's football team, isn't looking either. She lost herself completely in her last relationship and has spent the years since making sure it never happens again. She keeps people at a careful, comfortable distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a misunderstanding at a local bar gives Kai the wrong read on Mila, her sincere attempt to make it right sparks something neither woman is prepared for. The pull between them is immediate, and so is the weight of everything they're both carrying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKai's patience gives Mila something she hasn't felt in years: the quiet safety of being loved without conditions. And Mila's warmth reminds Kai what it means to be truly seen. 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Their private, healing romance becomes public fodder, and the press begins to ask: Is she the right fit for a future governor's wife? The question she's been asking herself all along suddenly echoes everywhere, and the crippling anxiety she fled comes roaring back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLove under scrutiny. Family expectations. 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He’s wanted Claire since the moment he met her, buried it because she was off-limits, and spent seven years not thinking about her with the particular discipline of a man who knows exactly what he’s refusing to think about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe’s not off-limits anymore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat starts as professional courtesy, the new vet, the largest ranch in the valley, a reason to be in the same room, becomes something neither of them can pretend is anything other than what it is. Duke doesn’t do things halfway. Claire doesn’t pretend she doesn’t know what she wants. And what they want is each other, with the full, honest, unmanaged desire of two people who have been circling this for a decade and are finally done being careful.\u003cbr\u003eBut Claire is his son’s ex. 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