Things heat up and a fake marriage turns into a real marriage. But once the commitment is formed, Parker starts noticing Max as more than just his BFF. Having decided he had no other choice Parker accepts. Max offers to marry Parker just so he add him and the kids to his insurance. Max makes him an offer he can't refuse, especially when his insurance stops paying for the medicine his daughter needs. When Parker's daughter's health takes a turn for the worse after he loses his job. Max has a secret though he's been harboring feelings for his 'straight' best friend since they were college roommates. Max has been playing a parenting role since Parker lost his wife. He's left being a single father to his two kids only he's not a single father: He has his best friend Max. She'd gotten out only to run back inside for the cat. Parker's wife dies in a house fire and he's left feeling angry because she was safe.

Max and Parker play on a turbulence of emotion. Every Men of Hidden Creek novel can be read on its own, but keep an eye out for familiar faces around town! This book contains dad jokes, a pair of kids that will steal your heart, and more heat than a Texas summer. Welcome to Hidden Creek, Texas, where the heart knows what it wants, and where true love lives happily ever after. Since he’s already a second parent to Parker’s cute kids, it should be easy… until the marriage becomes a little too real. When Parker loses his job and can’t afford his daughter’s pricey insulin, Max suggests fake marriage for insurance coverage.

He doesn’t need one anyway… he has his life-long buddy Max to help him through every struggle.

He’s not looking for romance or a new partner. But they aren’t… no matter how much he might wish it were true.Īfter the tragic death of his wife, Parker Wilson didn’t have time to wallow in grief-not when he had two young children to raise. He’s got his dream job and a family he secretly pretends are his own. Max Jackson’s life is pretty close to perfect-except that he’s secretly in love with his straight best friend and roommate.

Realize by Susan Hawke