TWELVE MONTHS WITH HIM When Harper Vale inherits the failing Adriatic Hotel, she also inherits a financial disaster she can’t fix alone.Sebastian Colton, young CEO, emotionally closed-off, offers the one thing she desperately needs: a contract marriage that will save the hotel and protect his own corporate image. Twelve months. Five million dollars. No feelings. It should be simple. But living together blurs lines neither of them meant to cross. Harper sees the man under Sebastian’s perfect control, his complicated family, the damage his ex left behind, the softness he tries to hide. And Sebastian discovers Vale isn’t just his business solution, she's the first person who makes him feel like he’s more than his legacy. Just as they begin to fall for each other, everything unravels. Sebastian’s ruthless cousin Marcus started a quiet war: fake permits, planted cameras, leaked stories threatening their marriage, their careers, and the hotel. And when Harper finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, her fear of being trapped collides with Sebastian’s fear of losing her. To survive Marcus’s schemes and their own doubts they must finally choose honesty over contracts, love over fear, and each other over the pasts that taught them to protect themselves at all costs. In the end, Twelve MONTHS WITH HIM is not about what they gain on paper… but what they learn to fight for in real life.