Wedding in the Family — Susan Alexander (2)

He took her proposal much too seriously

Davina hadn't been home for two years, not since a serious family quarrel. Now she was invited back for her sister's wedding -- the perfect chance to heal the break.

But how could she face them all, especially when her sister was marrying Davina's ex-boyfriend? She needed a buffer, a pretend fiance of her own. Even though that was the coward's way out . . . .

Jake Humphries--her rich, handsome, sophisticated boss -- was the perfect candidate. To her amazement he volunteered to play the role. But when the wedding was over he wasn't willing to end the charade.

Mills & Boon edition:

Ever since her sister Monica had stolen her fiancé Philip, Davina had virtually been cut off from her family. Now Monica and Philip were getting married, and Davina didn't know how she could face going to the wedding. So when her boss, Jake Humphries, suggested that she take him along for moral support, pretending that he was her fiancé -- an arrangement, he said, that would suit him as well -- Davina was ready to grasp at any straw. But it didn't solve any problems -- for all that happened was that she fell in love with Jake instead. And Jake, of course, was only using her as she had used him?

Hero: Jake Humphries
Heroine: Davina Richards

Ex-fiance: Philip Andrews
Davina's sister: Monica Richards