After seven years of raising my younger brother and sister, my friends convince me to do something for myself and have a hot girl summer.

Being a list girl, I compile a spreadsheet of things I'd like to do and places I'd like to see. Not on my list? A marriage of convenience with one of the greatest defensemen in the NHL, my best friend, and the guy I'm secretly in love with—Culver Palladino.

Culver needs a wife to get his inheritance. I need someone to make sure I go through with my hot girl summer plans. So we help each other out. Simple, right? Wrong.

As we tick off items from my list, things begin to change. Feelings I've kept hidden for years bubble to the surface. Except this time . . . it's not just a one-way thing. Culver feels it, too.

As the summer comes to an end, so will our fake marriage arrangement—and along with it, our nightly foot rubs, home-cooked meals, deep conversations, and the growing sense that something more is developing between us.

There's no denying that Culver and I love each other as friends, but after all this time, can we go from best friends to lovers?



Contains mature themes.