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The Description

Holly has always been a lucky girl. Opportunities follow her like a promise, and she almost always gets what she wants. So, when a handsome cowboy catches her eye during a quick trip to Nashville, she assumes he’s just another lucky distraction.

Until fate throws her back into Dallas’s orbit, this time in Cape Cod. And the cowboy isn’t just a cowboy after all. A Vermont local, Dallas finds himself juggling farm chores, shifts at his aunt’s market, and the pressure of settling down. Wanting to please the people he loves, Dallas makes Holly an offer she can’t refuse—anything she wants in exchange for playing his girlfriend.She has one more year until she graduates from college and leaves for Texas, so why not?

Pretending is easy. Reminding herself that it’s fake is the hard part. And Dallas is hiding a secret that could ruin not only his reputation but his deal with Holly if the truth comes out. But she won’t find out, right?

The Details and Trope Info

This book is a sweet romance aka closed door aka no explicit scenes happen on page! There is mentions of explicit scenes happening off page and there is profanity! It is a slow burn, friends to lover story. These characters are in their early 20s!

Fun Facts and More Information

I wrote 4 other books before this! (1 poetry [it will be okay], 1 young adult [unreleased], 2 romance [also unreleased as of now].

I don’t know what made this book so much different than the others, but I felt like I needed to finish it and put it out into the world ASAP. It felt really easy to plot, outline, and write. I wanted a fun, light-hearted book. While I wrote it, I was in graduate school and Carried Away was a way for me to escape the stress of exams, homework, and whatever else my classes brought to me.

I am an east coaster, and I love all of the east coast states equally ❤ It was hard to pick which 2 states to write about but Massachusetts and Vermont just felt right. At the time of writing this book, I was feeling really conflicted about what I wanted to do after I was done with grad school. I felt myself constantly asking myself, should I stay on the east coast, or go somewhere new? I love Nashville, Tennessee AND Fort Worth, Texas so much which is why I wanted to incorporate them both into the story.

I have two covers for Carried Away- the standard is a light blue and white cover made by Hannah. The light blue cover will be sold online at select indie bookstores and on Barnes and Noble. (Hardcover standard edition will be restocked ASAP!)

The Amazon Exclusive is a pink and red cover made by Sarah. The red and pink will be sold on Amazon. I love both!