Charming Zoe

I came to San Antonio to escape small-town gossip after a very public breakup. I did not expect to end up sunning by a billionaire's pool.

His mom invited me. He did not.

I'm lounging by the pool in a bikini when Austin arrives home from work, and I know I've been set up by the sweet lady from the store. He's nice enough but doesn't seem thrilled to see me. Then I save his life over dinner when he chokes on a grape—Heimlich, bruised ribs, the whole thing—and suddenly he's reading my book and showing up at the restaurant when my date turns into a disaster.

He deals in facts. I write love stories for a living. We are not a logical match.

When he finds out I can't afford to stay in San Antonio, he offers me a room. I decline because that would be weird. So he proposes instead. Obviously. He even draws up a contract.

Every day after that, a new gift arrives. Austin Caldwell is terrible at feelings and surprisingly good at grand gestures.

Then my ex reappears, Austin's jealousy flares, and I slip out before everything falls apart.

I should go home. But home means gossip and humiliation. And the romance writer in me can't stop hoping this disaster of a love story has a happily ever after.

Charming Zoe is a sweet, closed-door romance about a romance writer who knows exactly how love stories are supposed to go — and a billionaire who proposes because it's the most logical solution. Book three in the Bluebonnets & Billionaires series.