A Reckless Memory — Marie Johnston

I fled minutes before my wedding when I learned my fiancée was being paid to marry me. Ten years, too many crappy exes, and one drunken decision later, I'm now his boss.

From Marie Johnston comes a small town second chance romance .

I worked hard to get where I am. New house. Good job. Fresh start. I even have a budding horse rescue, but with my full-time work, I need a manager to rehabilitate and train the animals.

During a night out with a friend, we start commiserating about how crappy exes never get their due. A stalker ex is happily married, yet I just got dumped after being told I was cold and emotionless. That ex got my promotion. And then there's the ex who shall not be named -- it's Ansen Barron, as if I can forget his devastating grin and talented touch. If only someone could teach them a lesson.

Just so happens he who shall not be named is down on his luck. It's my turn to be in control. After sending a tipsy email from a dummy account offering Ansen the new (low paying) position of rescue manager, I wake up hungover, with an employee.

When he arrives, I feel anything but cold and emotionless. He reignites a spark inside me I didn't know was extinguished. He blows the dust off the old Aggie and I realize how much of myself I've smothered.

I'm supposed to be running a horse rescue. Instead, I've got pigs and ducks and donkeys and a manager who sees the real me, who makes me wonder how much was fake. He's slowly piecing my heart back together. Only I can't forget he was the one who shattered it in the first place.