title: Rumours and Romance
author: Jarrett, Julia
description: Our agreement was real. The relationship was pretend. It was simple, until it got complicated.Jackson Holt is the new veterinarian in Dogwood Cove, and we've both got a problem that has an obvious solution.I've got a busy bakery to run, and a new cafe to open. Yet my friends and family think I'm a workaholic who needs to find love. He's got an offer to be a partner at the vet clinic, as long as he shows his boss he's in town to stay.A fake relationship is the perfect way for both of us to get what we want. Two birds, one little white lie of a stone. As long as we keep the line we've drawn as being just friends a secret, while letting everyone around us believe that we're something more.It's not exactly a hardship when he's heart-stoppingly handsome, has forearms that shouldn't be as sexy as they are, and loves animals just as much as I do.And since Jackson has no intention of falling in love again, and I don't have time for anything more, it should be easy to end things when we don't have to pretend anymore... right?But what if we don't want it to end?What if the feelings start to become real?We said we wouldn't fall for each other. Turns out that was as big of a lie as the relationship the town thinks we're having.Rumours and Romance is the perfect fake relationship that leads to real love. For fans of steamy small town, with sassy heroines, swoony heroes, adorable animals, found family friend groups, low angst and high heat romance with a guaranteed HEA. This is the second book in the Dogwood Cove series and can be read as a standalone, although the series is best enjoyed if read in order.This series is for fans of Melanie Harlow, Adriana Locke, Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score, Laura Pavlov, Tia Louise, Jami Albright, Kandi Steiner and more.