My name is Cassie Brand, and my life is a shambles.To start with, I'm renovating my grandmother's house in the hope of turning it into a functioning bed and breakfast soon enough to avoid debtor's prison. Oh wait, wrong time period. Same difference though, because if I fall behind, Dearborn Suttle (aka Doofus) will gladly take the estate off my hands.Why, I don't know. Don't want to know. Don't even care to find out. But I will do anything to keep that from happening.Including make a deal with the… devilishly sly, smart, and handsome, Jake Garrison.It was supposed to be simple. I help him get back into the dating game, he helps me with this month's loan payment. It's all in the name of good friendship until… it isn't.Now I'm in over my head (and head over heels), and I think I just discovered that Doofus isn't my worst enemy. I want to scream, "Make it stop!" but...I think this disaster train was of my own making.Read less Originally from Australia, Joanne Markey now lives in Ohio with her husband and seven children.
