THE DON'S FORCED BRIDE "I can't wait to see you in those lingeries, princess." The words hit different when they come from a stranger. They hit like a death sentence when they come from the man who already owns your future. Harley Anderson never asked to be anyone's collateral. She was raised on scripture and small town grace, the pastor's daughter with a scholarship and a second chance at life, thanks to a heart transplant that should have been a miracle and nothing more. She never knew what her parents paid for it. She never knew who they owed. Until a contract lands in her hands with her father's signature on it, and one line that changes everything: if the debt isn't paid before her twenty first birthday, she belongs to the lender. Body, name, and future. His name is Don Carlos. Thirty five, ruthless, untouchable, the kind of man empires are built to protect. He doesn't ask. He collects. And when Harley tries to run, he's already standing between her and the door, holding the only leverage that matters: her parents' lives. She marries him to save them. She hates him for making her. But locked away behind the walls of his estate, Harley starts to see the man underneath the monster the world warned her about, and the boy who won't stop chasing her from her old life is about to remind her exactly how dangerous falling for a Don really is. Because Carlos doesn't share what's his. And when a rival clan decides Harley is the one weakness that could bring the empire down, she'll have to decide how far she's willing to go for a marriage that started as a debt... and became the only thing she's ever truly wanted to keep. A dark, age gap, forced marriage romance.