The characters are complex but without being boring. I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to. What a great read.

Sam is a a good girl and perpetual student. She knows how to do school and she’s good at it. Luckily for her, her grandfather is willing to support her. She’s also a good friend. When her friend Hunter goes to jail during his “wild” phase, she remains his friend and pen pal. When he gets parole and needs a place to stay and a job, she comes up with the idea to get “practice” married to help him out. But Sam is starting to get a bit tired of always being the good girl in the family and wanting to live life more fully. She makes a list of things she’s always wanted to do, and Hunter is going to help her do them. Maybe one of those things is also having a more than platonic relationship with her high school crush.

Hunter and Sam have been friends since high school. When he's released from prison and needs a place to stay and a job and she needs something that will push her outside her comfort zone, they decide to get married. Just for a year. This book had heat and humor. There was nothing fake about Hunter and Sam's marriage and watching them figure it out was so entertaining. I finished this book in one sitting. I missed the first book in this series but I'm definitely adding it to my TBR. *This is my voluntary review of an advanced reader copy*