TITLE: MARRIED TO MY ENEMY GENRE Billionaire RomanceTROPES Enemies to Lovers. Contract Marriage.Revenge Romance. Billionaire CEO. Forced Proximity .Slow-Burn Romance .Family Secrets. Fake Marriage, Real FeelingsTHEMES Love and Betrayal. Revenge versus Forgiveness.Family Loyalty. Trust and Healing. The Power of Truth. Second ChancesPOVFirst Person, Past Tense (Ava Carter's POV)SETTINGSModern-day New York City. From the glittering skyscrapers of Manhattan to luxury hotels, Blackwood Mansion, corporate boardrooms, and the bustling streets of New York. The story unfolds in a world of wealth, power, ambition, revenge, and hidden secrets.CHARACTER PROFILES MAIN ANTAGONISTName:Victor HayesAge:56Status/Occupation:Chief Legal Adviser and Senior Business Consultant at Blackwood EnterprisesBACKGROUND:Victor Hayes has cultivated a reputation over the last two decades as one of the most reliable and trustworthy business consultants to be found. He’s intelligent, collected, and was so deeply admired he was hired by both the Blackwood and Carter families many years prior. What everyone was unaware of, is that Victor actively sabotaged dealings, fabricated evidence and turned both families on each other for a profit. While Ethan believes that Richard Carter is solely responsible for the destruction of his family, Victor was the man carefully installing that thought and years reinforcing it, ensuring he alone escaped notice.PERSONALITY:Victor is never loud and always pleasant and approachable. Never once does his calm demeanor break to reveal the frustration lurking beneath. He relies far less on threats and far more on the carefully constructed lies of manipulation, utilizing the personal lives of anyone he meets to build upon their weaknesses. Victor appears a man incapable of malice, yet his heart knows only strategy and games. He plays a convincing role that few would dare assume the presence of.GOAL:To bury the truth about the circumstances that fractured both families eternally and hide the vast fortune he obtained from this treachery from ever falling into the hands of either Ethan or Ava.MALE LEAD Name:Ethan BlackwoodAge:30Status/Occupation:Billionaire CEO of Blackwood EnterprisesBACKGROUND:Ethan grew up watching his family lose everything after a scandal he believes Richard Carter caused. The betrayal destroyed his family and left scars that never healed. Determined to make the Carters pay, he spent years building Blackwood Enterprises into one of the most powerful companies in New York.PERSONALITY:Cold, disciplined, intelligent, and intimidating. Ethan rarely trusts people and keeps his emotions hidden. Beneath his ruthless exterior is a lonely man carrying years of pain, anger, and regret.GOAL:To avenge his family and finally free himself from the past.FEMALE LEAD Name:Ava CarterAge:24Status/Occupation:Marketing GraduateBACKGROUND:Ava's life changed when Carter Industries collapsed, leaving her family drowning in debt and public shame. Refusing to give up, she works hard to support her family while searching for the truth behind their downfall.PERSONALITY:Strong-willed, compassionate, loyal, and stubborn. Ava never backs down from a challenge and refuses to let anyone control her.GOALSl:To save her family and prove her father's innocence.BLURB Ava Carter's life changes overnight when her family's business collapses, leaving them buried in debt and disgrace. Just when things seem hopeless, billionaire Ethan Blackwood offers her a deal. Marry him for one year. In return, he will save her family from financial ruin. Desperate to protect the people she loves, Ava agrees. But Ethan has a secret. The marriage isn't an act of kindness. It's revenge. For years, Ethan has blamed Ava's father for destroying his family. Marrying Ava is supposed to be the final step in making the Carters suffer. What neither of them expects is to fall in love. As secrets from the past come to light and old wounds reopen, Ava and Ethan must decide whether love is strong enough to survive betrayal.SYNOPSISAfter the collapse of Carter Industries, Ava Carter's family loses everything. Facing eviction and financial ruin, she receives an unexpected proposal from billionaire Ethan Blackwood. A one-year contract marriage. To Ava, it's a sacrifice for her family. To Ethan, it's revenge. Believing Richard Carter destroyed his family years ago, Ethan sees the marriage as an opportunity to finally settle the score. However, living together forces Ethan to see a side of Ava he never expected. Her kindness, strength, and loyalty slowly break through the walls he built around himself. As their fake marriage turns into something real, Ethan begins questioning everything he thought he knew about the Carter family. When Ava discovers the truth behind the marriage, her heart is shattered. At the same time, evidence reveals that both