Description
Lainey Davis is desperate to outrun her tiny Wisconsin town, but a tangle of bills and migraine costs keeps her stuck—until she discovers she’s accidentally gained ownership of a stunning lakeside property through an archaic legal loophole. The catch? The house and the surrounding land are tied to different people, and the only way forward requires the one man who can unlock the whole situation: Elliot Hodges, a D.C. architect with big plans and a bigger reason to want the place. When Elliot proposes a marriage of convenience—health insurance for a buyout—Lainey agrees, expecting a practical arrangement and getting something far more complicated. As they renovate, negotiate boundaries, and build a life together in the same rooms, their “for better or worse” deal turns into a rom-com collision of ambition, vulnerability, and undeniable chemistry. With Ellie Palmer’s trope-savvy, laugh-out-loud charm and heartfelt emotional payoff, this is a story about choosing what you want when the safest option is to keep pretending you don’t.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Group
Published Jul 21, 2026
385 pages
ISBN: 9798217179596
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Married With Benefits by Ellie Palmer.