The Fiction of Forever (Stand by Me, #2)

He’s got a second chance at the one who got away—but it’s on national television, and she’s calling the shots.Kiley Vanderbilt wasn’t just fuel for Gunner’s teenage dreams about the curvy pageant queen. She was the one who got away.Until now. When Gunner returns to Nashville, his high school fantasy in heels challenges him to accept a spot on the dating reality show Forever.And although the challenger happens to be show hostess Kiley, he’s going to prove once and for all that she wants more. One white-hot kitchen encounter isn’t nearly enough to quench his thirst.But when Kiley—untouchable, jeans-tightening Kiley—proclaims she’s unwilling to compromise the show’s integrity, he vows to throw a twist of his own into her behind-the-scenes plotting.That’s going way, way off Kiley’s script.Giving in to Gunner would torpedo her plans to prove to her manipulating ex-fiancé and her producer daddy that she has more on her shoulders than pancake and hairspray. She must make him play by her rules on camera in spite of his sexy whispers behind the scenes.Especially when a social media shitstorm brews on the horizon.Fourteen days of filming. Six camera crews. And a minefield of hidden cameras. This time, no one’s getting away.