Used book – Such a Disturbing Lie/The Lovers of Magnolia Falls, Victoria Pade, Teresa Hill

A Disturbing Lie - Victoria Pade Cassie Walker is surprised when she learns that she will have to act as an escort for the famous and wealthy businessman, Joshua Cantrell, brother of one of her students, for a weekend. Although she denies it, she is flattered by this mission, but promises to keep her distance from a man whose scandalous affairs make headlines. However, as soon as her eyes meet Joshua's, she understands that the charming bachelor could wreak havoc on her heart. Especially since, to her great surprise, he asks her to spread the rumor that they are secretly engaged, in order to protect his sister and attract the paparazzi's attention to them...

The Lovers of Magnolia Falls - Teresa Hill Six months earlier, Kathie had committed the unforgivable. Secretly in love with Joe, her sister's fiancé, she gave in to an impulse and kissed him publicly. Before leaving Magnolia Falls, ashamed of the scandal she had caused, desperate to have lost everything... And now, Joe has come back for her: he has broken off his engagement; Kathie must return home to Magnolia Falls. But while she longs to, what she wants most of all is for Joe to stop being so cold and distant with her. As if he wanted to punish her for having desired him. As if he thought that the fire of that desire no longer burned within her...