The Heiress Next DoorUpdated at Feb 21, 2026, 23:17
You’re not who you say you are, are you, princess?”Jace’s voice was low, sharp, laced with the kind of anger that could burn her whole world down.Aria Sterling has always been the perfect daughter, the Sterling heiress groomed to inherit an empire until she dares to choose art over business. Stripped of her money and power, she’s given one year to survive on her own or be dragged back into the life she never wanted.But the rundown apartment she moves into comes with more than peeling walls and unpaid bills, it comes with Jace Miller. Tattooed, grumpy, infuriatingly attractive, and the one man who seems to see right through her lies. He calls her princess. She calls him grumpy. And somewhere between late-night arguments and stolen glances, sparks igniteExcept Aria has secrets… and Jace has every reason to hate the Sterling name. When her past collides with the truth he’s been running from, love may not be enough to save them.