Grumpy Fake Husband by Melinda Minx

When I inherited my grandmother’s house, I didn’t realize I was also inheriting her obnoxiously attractive billionaire neighbor.

I just wanted to renovate the place to honor my grandmother’s memory, but when all the contractors mysteriously cancel on me, I have to come crawling to my jerk neighbor for help. Riggs Abernathy is the CEO of Abernathy Construction, and he’s more than happy to take a look at my plumbing and lay some pipe. Yes, he used those exact words, and he even gave me an insufferable wink.

Riggs is hard-headed and hands-on. His big arms and broad shoulders are perfectly built to swing a sledgehammer, and before I know it, my house is sparkling new. He won’t let me pay him though, instead, he asks me for a big favor.

It’s a long story, but he’s signed a contract to marry a former client’s daughter. Unless I marry him first.

A favor is a favor, and I do owe him big for the house, so I’ll be his fake wife long enough to bail him out. As long as he keeps his filthy paws to himself.

Riggs

It doesn’t matter how fake the marriage is, I’ve still got to kiss the bride. That one kiss is all it takes for me to know there’s nothing fake about this, and now it’s only going to take one touch for her to beg me to put these “filthy paws” all over her.