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“Are you Sean Kowalski?��

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“I’m Emma Shaw…your fake fiancée.��

“Say what?��

And with that, our hero and heroine meet. Such a sweet beginning that set the tone for the whole story. Fun, sweet and simply enjoyable.

Emma, in an attempt to convince her Grandmother, that she’s really ok living by herself, taking care of the home she grew up in and running her own business, tells a little white lie about having a fiancé in her life in the hopes that her Gram, Cat, won’t worry so much about her, will let Emma buy the family home and continue to enjoy her life down in Florida. Gram’s coming for a visit to meet this special guy and Emma needs to convince her fiancé to move in, after she introduces herself to him.

Sean, back home and planning on moving into the apartment above his cousin Kevin’s bar, is just getting settled in when Emma comes knocking on his door. She tries to sound sane by explaining how she knew of him through her friend and his cousin-in-law Lisa, but he pretty much leaves their first meeting thinking her crazy and closes the door in her face.

Sean eventually comes around, needing something to do, he goes to work for Emma and her landscaping business, and decides to be her fiancé, just for a month. They lay down the ground rules, including sleeping arrangements and he moves on in.

To say things start out bumpy is an understatement. They’re supposed to be a couple who has lived together for a year and Cat can tell right away that something just isn’t right. They keep up with the story though and it’s not easy. There are Kowalski’s that need to be bribed, a Kowalski betting pool and a few Kowalski family BBQ’s to get through. The whole family knows the truth and trying to keep track of who knows what and why and when and where is pretty hilarious, especially when the act starts taking a slow turn toward reality.

The banter between Sean and Emma is so fun to read. From the awkward first days of living together to watching them slowing start to feel things neither one is ready to accept (because it’s just fake remember) their scenes were always fun and I caught myself laughing out loud many times:

“Oh yes, Sean Kowalski. Your amazing kisses have made all rational thought fly out of my besotted brain. If only you could fill me with your magic penis, I know we’ll fall madly in love and live happily ever after.��


The truck jerked and she glanced over to find him glaring at her. “Don’t ever say that again.��


“What? The madly in love or the happily ever after?��


“My penis isn’t magic.�� His tone was grumpy, but then he smiled at the windshield. “It does tricks, though.��


The book hit the right pace between Sean and Emma while still managing to have a really nice story for Cat as well as many appearances from the whole Kowalski family. While Sean talks to all of his siblings during the book, we meet one of Sean’s brothers on page and oh yes, there are more single Kowalski’s we MUST get stories for! And as a small side note, I was already prepared to fall hard for Sean, I mean he’s a Kowalski after all, but when he started leaving post-it notes for Emma, that sealed the deal (post-it whore ---> me). From his first post-it to his last, I couldn’t wait to see what little note he left for Emma next.

Sean and Emma were an easy couple to cheer for, even as they were causing themselves angst when neither one would admit that their little white lie turned into far deeper emotions then either one expected. Watching the relationship go from that painfully awkward first meeting to the end was such a joy. Yours To Keep is a great addition to the Kowalski Family series and I can’t wait for the next one.

4 1/2 stars to this fantastic read.