Read 3 & 4 first. Yes, out of order, don't ask.

This is Alexa and Nick's story, it kind of starts it all. Nick is the brother of Maggie (who will eventually marry Michael Conte. We meet him in this story as one of the major players Nick needs on board to accomplish his dream. Maggie is bffs with Alexa and has always had secret feeling for her older brother Nick.

Alexa needs 150k to save her family's house and Nick needs a wife to get the business he worked hard to build with his uncle. In her heart if hearts she wants a real husband but right now she HAS to save her family. Nick wants a wife in name only one that he can easily leave behind after the year if up.

Naturally they are drawn to one another, but they try to deny it. There is some back and forth between them but eventually love wins out. She was the one for him, the only one…always. It's a sweet story complete with a nice HEA.