The Secrets We Keep by 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.