A confident, plus size CEO running a billion dollar company and the country’s best professional quarterback… it sounds like the ultimate power couple, if it wasn’t all pretend.

Fake dating was not in the plan this year. Especially since I hardly have time for actual dating.

That is until Ford Madigan makes me an offer I can’t refuse: a fake relationship that will benefit us both. He’ll get away from the team owner’s entitled daughter while I score some points with members of the company’s board who love him more than they hate me.

It all seems like a simple business transaction–make a few public appearances and pretend we’re in love until we both get what we want.

The problem is… I find out he’s more than just another jock. He’s a humanitarian using his fortune to help kids all over Texas. Not to mention, he isn’t intimidated by my success like most men.

Now I want more from him. I want something real.

But scars from his past keep him from risking his heart a second time.

I haven’t gotten where I am in life from settling, but I’m also not the kind of woman who will wait around for a man to realize what’s right in front of him.

Will he make this relationship more? Or will I be the one who got away?

“My life is falling apart, and the guy I meet at the bar might be the one to help me put it back together,” said No One Ever.

Getting dumped by my fiancé and going to the bar was not a good look. Neither was stealing condoms from the student supply and going home with a complete stranger.

But here I was.

And I quickly find out this man isn't a stranger after all. He's the father of one of my students, which makes him completely off limits.

Let's just hope Cohen–and his magical mouth–are worth all the trouble.

*Note: This book was previously titled Confessions of a High School Guidance Counselor

Men view love as a game. One you can walk away from.

At least that's what the men in my life have taught me. My dad ran off when I was young, and just when I thought I was getting my own happily ever after, my ex left me on my own with two kids.

Trying to pick up the pieces, I move to a small town where I can have help from my children's grandparents. I think I know what to expect from small-town life. Until I meet my new neighbor.

Knox Madigan. Local hero. Great smile. So hot I'm sure I'd be burned if I got too close.

Literally. He and my kids are in a major prank war. From whoopie cushions in my bed to snapping fireworks under my front door mat, I've witnessed it all. But I can't hold it against him because my kids are smiling more than I've seen since their dad left.

Every meddling person in this town thinks we'd be the perfect match, but I know better.

History's shown men view love as a game, and he's an expert. But I can't afford to play with my heart again. Especially since it's not just my heart on the line.