Mud & Moxie

A Sweet Small-Town Romance with My Brothers Best Friend, Grumpy-Sunshine, Fake-Dating (Closed-Door)

Uncle Ray made me co-inheritor of the Wilkes farm with Dylan Carter.
Now I’m living under the same roof with my brother’s best friend.

The inheritance came with strings—six months of running the family farm with Dylan.
Yes, the grumpy farmer who also happens to be my brother’s oldest friend and my oldest mistake.
We can’t stand each other. He thinks my influencer career is a joke. He’s impossible.

Yet he teaches me to work land like a labor of love.
Beneath his hard edges lies a man who remembers every version of me.
So when he suggests a fake relationship to quiet gossip and calm the bank, I go along.
Late-night barn repairs, porch-swing talks and one almost-kiss, still makes my pulse race.
Enemies, now lovers?

When headlines scream, “Influencer Fakes Romance to Save Wilkes Farm”, Dylan stays silent.
Harvest is coming. Town is betting against us.
I must choose: my city life… or the man who may not fight for us.