To escape her sister’s reject, she signed a contract with a crippled stranger. She didn’t know the signature would bind her to the one family she was trying to avoid.

Valerie has checked off every impossible thing on her list except one. Getting married was always supposed to be the last thing. Bastien Kade has everything money can buy, except peace. When a promise to his mother leaves him with one condition, he makes a deal that solves both their problems. One contract. One year. No feelings, no strings. But some deals don’t stay on paper. And some people make you forget why you ever needed rules in the first place. *…She wanted a marriage. He needed a wife. Neither of them expected to want more.…*