The Secrets We Keep — J.L. Berg

Passions ignite when a small-town cop falls for the one woman he shouldn't in this fake dating romance. Living in Ocracoke was a dream come true-until my husband died.I haven't set foot on that island since.It's been five years, and I thought I had moved on.But when my boyfriend suddenly drops to one knee, it's the only place I want to be. I thought I was there to say goodbye, but I found him instead. Macon Green is an arrogant small-town cop with quite a reputation.When I find his ex-wife publicly humiliating him, I can't help but intervene.I slide my hand into his, and just like that, we're dating. It wasn't supposed to be real. And I definitely wasn't supposed to stay.Yet, the more we pretend, the more it starts to feel undeniably... right. Perhaps this is where I was supposed to be all along.