senate campaign

Rich Man's Fake Fiancée by Catherine Mann, Desire, #1878, June 2008 (series: book 1- The Landi$ Brothers- related to Beachcombers series)

After reporters catch senate candidate, Matthew Landis, in a compromising position with Ashley Carson, he proposes a fake engagement to take some of the heat off her. After her first reaction of refusing him, she finally accepts. Not to take heat off herself but to help Matthew because this kind of thing could influence a drop in the numbers in the polls for him. After there is a fire at Beachcombers she also relents to move to his house (technically she is living in the family home and he is in the carriage house out back). For reasons he can't explain he starts treating Ashley as more than a fake fiancée.