Beacon Hill Series: Book 1
Publication Date: August 18, 2023
One phone call was all it took to upend my entire life in completely unexpected ways.
Whoever said that you can’t go home again was a liar. After the senior year from hell, I had spent a decade trying to avoid Beacon Hill and its residents. My luck came to a sudden end after daddy had an incident with a rotted floor. In and out, I promised myself. I was just there to help my parents for a week or two tops.
Things in Beacon Hill hadn’t changed much since I’d been home last. Mama still worked at the hub of gossip known as Trixie’s, Mrs. Thomas still made the best chicken salad in all of Georgia, and my sister was still the devil in a pushup bra. And of course, the St. James family was still local royalty. Our very own version of the Kennedys.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that, not only is my sister back in town after a failed modeling career, she’s also engaged to Macon St. James. The golden boy of Beacon Hill, and the star of every single one of my teenage fantasies.
The biggest surprise of all was Holden St. James. I thought he would be one of the villains in this story, but I was learning that I had been wrong about a lot of things. And Holden just might be worth coming home for….
Ten years after leaving her hometown, Sutton Buchanan returns only to find that time doesn’t heal much of anything.
Brimming with Southern charm, Pretend With Me serves up what will hopefully be the beginning of a series set in Beacon Hill by Emily Mayer.
Anyone with brothers or sisters will relate to the challenges of sibling relationships. Add in the fact that her sister is about to marry Sutton’s high school crush, Macon, and it is a recipe for a drama-filled homecoming.
The author adds an interesting twist courtesy of Macon’s brother, Holden. Who knew a computer geek and a member of small-town royalty with so many differences could find a spark?
Pretend With Me delivers a delicious reading experience combining romance with a side order of laughs.
Emily Mayer is a part-time lawyer, full time storyteller, and an aspiring writer. She lives in Central Ohio with the two loves of her life; her husband and her dog. If she isn’t working, you can usually find her somewhere with a book in her hand.
