Engaging Deception

By Regina Jennings

Book Overview

Olive Kentworth has spent her life hiding her interest in architecture, even though she pores over architectural books and sketches buildings. When she accepts a job on a home expansion, it's only because her cousin Amos agrees to pose as the builder. To further hide her involvement, Olive takes a position as a nanny--not knowing that she'll be working for her idol, Joplin's leading architect, widower Maxfield Scott.

Maxfield is intrigued by his new nanny--she makes his home and his life bearable again. His work, on the other hand, is a disaster. An untrained builder is remodeling a completed project of his. What's worse, Maxfield's current client wants changes to his plans because of that builder's work.

As the architectural one-upmanship heats up, Olive's involvement becomes harder to hide. Will the relationship between her and Maxfield survive, or will they both miss out on building something for their future?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764235362
• ISBN13: 9780764235368
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Absolute Favorite of the Series

This is my favorite book of The Joplin Chronicles series. Olive and Maxfield’s story is so sweet. They are rival architects and he doesn’t even know it. Olive hides behind her male cousin so that no one knows that the person designing all of the amazing new buildings in Joplin is a woman. Then she lucks into a job as a nanny for the amazing architect Maxfield Scott. She will do anything to be able to get back into his extensive library of architectural books to further develop her skills. She never planned on falling for him along the way. When her secret finally comes out, she is terrified that she could lose everything, including the one thing she doesn’t have, Maxfield. I would definitely recommend this series. The Kentworth family is big, boisterous, fun, and most of all they will do anything for each other. I was provided a copy of the book from the author/publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.