This HaBO comes from Céline, who wants to find this romance:
The hero is the boss of a wilderness survival camping resort (?) (with 2 others guys in book 1 and 2). He is a widower, a serious type, not a risk taker. She’s funny, living freely, not to worry kind of girl. She is the secretary of the camping resort. His family is visiting and she proposed to be his fake girlfriend. Spoiler: she’s a minimalist because her mother was a hoarder. He’s always worried because his wife was an adrenaline junkie and did extremely dangerous thinks (I think she died while skiing on Everest, or something).
Pretty sure the next book is about the sister of the hero in the third book. She’s a shy virgin, likes to take photos (spoiler: she used to have a birthmark on her face and she’s sad because of it). She falls for a bad boy that started working at the resort.
I think in another book in the series, the heroine knew the hero; he’s her ex. She thinks he published intimate (or humiliating photos I don’t remember) and wants to take revenge on him (not sure).
I read this I think in 2018 (could be older than that). Thank you so much, it’s driving me crazy.
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I didn’t delve deep into the descriptions but it reminded me of Nicole Helm’s MILE HIGH ROMANCE series which follows a family business.
Good luck.
Wilder With You by Serena Bell has a fake dating trope going on. (I read the first one in the Wilder Adventures series about a different brother, but I haven’t read this one so I can’t speak to the details.) Amazon shows the publication date as 2022, so it might not be old enough to be your book.
And it’s not Sophie Sullivan, her series is 2024.
Jill Shalvis has some adventure/wilderness brother type books, but I’m unsure if this description is a match for any of hers.
Oh my gosh, I know this one! It’s, The Expert’s Guide to Driving a Man Wild by Jessica Clare. Its book 3 of the Bluebonnet series. It actually came out in 2014, I haven’t done a reread of it in awhile. I remember it’s spicy.
“The product of a rigid upbringing, Brenna has grown into a sexy free spirit who does things her way. No possessions, no debt, no man, and no rules to tie her down. And if she has to work, what better way than as assistant in a wilderness expedition team? So many opportunities to go wild.
…can be risky when you’re falling in love.
One person who doesn’t “get” Brenna is her boss, Grant. He prefers order and emotions kept in check, which means Brenna loves to push his boundaries. He’d be impossible to work for if he wasn’t so infuriatingly hot. But when his overbearing, matchmaking mother arrives in town, Brenna volunteers to be Grant’s pretend girlfriend. After all, it’s the perfect opportunity to drive Grant crazy at every turn.“
Thank you all so much for your help ! this was driving me crazy. Chatgpt could not help but send me here and this is the best <3