★ 08/19/2024
This unforgettable contemporary from Morgenthaler (the Moose Springs series) pairs a woman about to give up on love with a man determined to save his dying daughter. The day Sienna Naples’s contentious divorce is finalized, her best friend, Jess, puts a humorous, celebratory ad in the paper for a “husband for hire” to help Jess out around the ranch she now runs alone, promising medical benefits and a 401(k). Sienna’s not expecting a response, but Guy Maple is more than willing to marry a complete stranger if it means obtaining the health insurance he needs for his four-year-old daughter to get a life-saving kidney transplant. Moved, Sienna agrees to a marriage of convenience. She too is dealing with an ailing loved one: her father is dying of Alzheimer’s. As the holidays approach, Sienna and Guy band together to save the family they’re becoming—and fall in love along the way. Sienna’s ranch provides a gorgeous backdrop to this heart-tugging tale. Readers should have tissues at the ready. Agent: Sara Megibow, KT Literary. (Sept.)
