The Combustible Engagement — Maria Hoagland

A Fake Engagement They Fight to Contain

Welcome to Cobble Creek, Wyoming

Come take a walk down Main Street where neighbors pick up a treat at the old-fashioned soda counter, window-shop at boutiques, pick up flowers for their friends, and enjoy the small-town arts festivals and outdoor concerts.

The Combustible Engagement

To say Tess Graham has a complicated relationship with her hometown is putting it mildly. With family ties and a successful real estate business she's built from the ground up, Tess doesn't want to leave. Not really. She would, however, like someone to see her for who she really is rather than the overshadowed twin in one of the town's most prominent families. If only she could make a name for herself and find her place in Cobble Creek.

When handsome wildland firefighter, Monroe Scott, comes into town and wants to buy Tess's grandfather's barn for his reclaimed wood business, Tess feels a tug of nostalgia she didn't expect. How can she allow Monroe to dismantle her childhood memories board by board? But as the listing agent, how can she prevent it?

To get what they each want, Tess and Monroe enter into a very temporary, very pretend engagement. As sparks fly and tempers flare, this fake engagement ignites into something both parties fight to contain.