When the most enchanting, vivacious woman you've ever met offers to be your fake fiancée, you don't question why. You say yes.
Ex-sheriff's deputy Ethan LaSalle is tired of the corruption poisoning Sagebrush's law enforcement. So when the mayor announces a town marshal election, Ethan knows this is his chance to change things. The weakest part of his campaign? Ethan himself. He's stoic, guarded, and, without a wife or children, lacking the wholesome family image Sagebrush voters expect of their elected leaders.
Former beauty queen Izzy McClean is an expert in charming and influencing people. Well, everyone except her stalker ex-boyfriend, who won't accept it's over. When Izzy overhears about Ethan's campaign troubles, she offers a solution that'll fix both of their problems-a fake engagement.
It's the perfect ruse with no risk of romantic attachment: he's not Izzy's type, and she reminds Ethan of his cheating ex-fiancée. But Ethan and Izzy are soon swept up in campaign tactics, charisma lessons, makeovers, a fake romance, and...very tangled feelings. Are they selling their fake romance so well that they're even fooling themselves?
Worth the Ruse is a funny, emotional romance about learning to trust and finding love where you least expect it.