Pretend You're Mine (Love in Everton #3) by Fabiola Francisco

Poppy was born in Everton and has only left for college, but came back to her home town. She is so sick of all the small town rumors and gossip, all she wants is to live her life and be happy. But the locals think they know her better than she knows herself, well she will show them! She makes an arrangement with Harris to be her fake boyfriend for her father's upcoming Mayoral dinner. But she never expected to actually start to like him and not want any of this to be fake. Now Harris has just moved to Everton and has always lived in large towns and doesn't get why or how everyone knows everyone's business. But when Poppy makes the proposal he's up for anything, but he too didn't expect to actually enjoy spending his time with her and not wanting to let her go once the dinner is over. They both have to learn to trust each other and forget what the others are saying about anything and let their love grow.