When Amara Williams’ world begins to fall apart, she never expects salvation to come from the one man she can’t stand.Alexander Knight is cold, powerful, and dangerously impossible to ignore. As one of the youngest billionaire CEOs in the city, he is feared in business and impossible to read in love.When Amara’s family faces financial ruin, Alexander offers her a deal that could save everything—Marry him for one year.No love.No emotions.No questions.And one final rule:Never fall for him.Forced into a marriage built on secrets and sharp tension, Amara quickly learns that behind Alexander’s icy control is a man hiding scars deeper than anyone knows.The more they fight, the closer they become.The more she tries to protect her heart, the harder it is to ignore the way he looks at her when he thinks she isn’t watching.But when an ex from his past returns and betrayal threatens to destroy everything, Amara must decide if love is worth the risk…Or if some hearts are safer left untouched.Because in a marriage built on rules, falling in love may be the most dangerous mistake of all.

After seven years away, Amara Williams returns to her hometown to save her late father’s failing hotel. She expects financial stress, old memories, and judgment from the town she abandoned—but she doesn’t expect Ethan Cole.Ethan was her first love. Her almost-forever. The man she left behind without a proper goodbye.Now he’s successful, colder, and engaged to Vanessa Hart—the ambitious woman who once made Amara’s life miserable and now wants to buy her family’s hotel from under her.Forced into business meetings, town events, and unavoidable proximity, old feelings begin to rise. Secrets from the past unravel, and Amara discovers their breakup wasn’t the full story she believed.But some loves don’t end. They wait.And some second chances come at the worst possible time