Synopsis:
A fake marriage to save my nephew becomes dangerously real when the man I've secretly loved proves he'll risk everything for me.
Cora
One phone call shattered my world—my sister's dead, and I'm suddenly the guardian of a two-month-old nephew I didn't know existed.
At twenty-four, I'm fighting for custody against my sister's abusive husband in a Texas courthouse, and I'm losing.
The court wants stability.
A two-parent home.
Everything I can't give Elias on my own.
Then my boss—the gorgeous, untouchable Jason Georgiou—offers me a solution: marry him.
It's supposed to be temporary. Just for the custody battle.
Except nothing about the way Jason holds Elias feels fake. And the heat between us is becoming impossible to ignore…
Jason
I've loved Cora from the moment she walked into my office, but I never thought I deserved her.
Now she needs me, and I'll do whatever it takes to protect her and Elias—even if it means putting a ring on her finger and pretending this marriage is just for show.
But there's nothing fake about the way I feel when she looks at me like I'm her hero.
Or how right it feels when Elias falls asleep in my arms.
Cora thinks this is temporary, that once the custody battle is won, we'll go our separate ways. But I'm not letting her go.
This marriage might have started as a lie, but I'll fight to make it real…
My Review: 5 Stars
I sat down this morning thinking that I was just going to read a few chapters because there was stuff that I had to get done. A few chapters turned into an hour. An hour turned into two. Two hours turned into three. Three hours turned into forget it. I'm just going to finish the book. There's always tomorrow to get things done, right?!
It's been a while since I've done a review. In fact, the last time I reviewed a book was in January after reading the first three books in this series. Did it feel like I had spent 7 months away from the Bound by Vows crew? Not even a little bit. It was like meeting up with a best friend that you haven't seen for ages. We just picked up right where we left off.
Jason and Cora have been fighting their feelings for each other for a while now. The feelings of doubt and not being good enough for each other kept them from seeing what everyone else around them had been seeing for a while. But their eyes start to open as Cora's world flips upside down the moment she receives a call about her sister's death and learns that she's been named soul guardian of a nephew she knew nothing about.
Y'all. I was immediately sucked into all things Jason, Cora, and little Elias. With danger lurking around the corner and not knowing who can be trusted in the small border town they were in, Jason became fiercely protective of Cora and Elias. There was no way he was going to let either of them down. He was going to do whatever he could to keep his family safe. Watching their journey unfold had my heart melting into a big ol' pile of goo. And I was here for every single minute of it! *dreamy sigh*
Another amazing book by Ms. Avalon! I seriously love how she can suck me in from page one! I can't wait to get my hands on another one of her books!
And for my casting... I absolutely adore these two! What do you think?
