Once Smitten, Twice Shy

Will isn’t looking for love, but he is searching for a woman to marry who can help him run his family farm and distillery and handle the social dynamics of the business. Juliet is taking a break from dating after getting out of a long-term serious relationship. She doesn’t quite trust herself to begin another relationship but wants to sharpen her flirting skills for when she is ready to find love again. After a couple of serendipitous meet-cutes, Will and Juliet make a mutually beneficial pact. They will help each other reach their goals by practicing romance with one other, but what begins as just practice evolves into something undeniably genuine in this steamy third novel in Liese’s “Wilmot Sisters” trilogy. Like the rest of the series (including recent installment Better Hate Than Never), it reimagines a Shakespeare play—this time, it’s Twelfth Night.