What would you do if the person you hate the most becomes the only person you can live with? A tyrant by day, a playboy by night. That's the reputation that precedes Richard VanRyan. He lives his life the way he wants, without caring about the opinions of others. He doesn't care about anything or anyone, and he has no intention of changing his ways. Katharine Elliott works as Richard's personal assistant. She despises him and doesn't share his more than questionable work ethic, but she has no choice but to endure and handle all the tasks Richard assigns her since she needs his job to make ends meet. Until the day comes when he asks her for something Katharine never imagined. The United Nations has a new agreement, with a different job: to be his fiancée instead of his personal assistant. What can happen when two people who detest each other have to live together and act like they're madly in love? Will they survive? To the agreement they have signed?

"Gideon Cross appeared in my life like a bolt from the blue? He was handsome and brilliant, unpredictable and sensual. He attracted me like no one and nothing ever had." [...] "What do you think we're going to work out?" Sighing, I stood up bridal style and carried me to the couch. He dropped me on my butt, then sat down next to me. "Your objections? It's time we talked about what it takes to get you under me." —A miracle. [...]