“You can’t put your worth in someone else’s hands like that. Whether those hands are stroking you or hurting you. It doesn’t matter. Your value comes from inside. Whether you mean something to him or not has nothing to do with how inherently valuable you are.”

𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘: Pretend You’re Mine
𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥: Lucy Score | @scorelucy
𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: Benevolence Series
❶ Pretend You’re Mine ❷ Finally Mine ❸ Protecting What’s Mine
𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗘: Contemp. Romance
𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚:★★★★ 
𝗛𝗢𝗧:🔥🔥🔥🔥

A Small-Town Love Story
I only wanted to protect you…
Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s out on another mission.
So what if a single bite of her lip sends his mind to wicked places?
He can control himself. Can’t he?
Harper was on her way to starting a new life… again.
But something about Luke makes her want to settle down in this small town and make Luke’s house a home. When his arms wrap around her like steel, she finally knows what it’s like to feel safe.
Protected.
One night of sleeping in the same bed turns into something much, much more… and soon Luke can’t keep his mind off Harper’s wide gray eyes, or his hands off of her luscious curves. He never thought he’d feel this way about a woman again. But he knows that he can’t tell her the truth about his dark past, and she can’t reveal to him what she’s running from.
Anyway, this isn’t a real relationship.
It’s only for a month.
Only pretend.
Until it isn’t…

REVIEW
The story was nice and amusing, with just the perfect amount of emotion. I got immersed in the lives of these endearing and intriguing characters.
About Luke and Harper, I enjoyed the whole fake relationship scenario and how it evolved into something real.
I enjoyed learning about their backgrounds and they also had strong overall character development. There is a little drama, a lot of tenderness, and a lot of passion.