Evelina “Lina” Saint thought choosing Victor Leonardo meant losing her family.Her father had warned her that Victor was dangerous, but Lina was too in love to listen. She left her country, walked away from her father, and followed Victor into a new life, believing the man she loved was simply a powerful businessman with too many secrets.She was wrong.Victor was a mafia boss.For two years, Lina lived beside a man whose world was filled with danger, enemies, and secrets. But she loved him anyway.Then Victor left for a business trip and never came home.His men returned.His car was found.His body wasn't.With no body to bury, Lina spent two years grieving a man who might still be alive.Eventually, she forces herself to move on.One night, she goes to a bar with one simple goal: forget everything for a few hours.Instead, she wakes up the next morning with a blurry memory of a mysterious man whose face she can't remember.Five months later, Lina discovers she's pregnant.She expects questions.She doesn't expect her doctor's strange reaction to the prenatal test.Because somehow, the baby's DNA carries a rare genetic marker belonging to Victor Leonardo.Her dead husband.The man who disappeared two years ago.The man who is supposed to be dead.Now Lina has to find the stranger from that night.But what happens when she discovers she already knows him?And what happens when the dead man she spent two years mourning finally comes back?Victor Leonardo isn't dead.He's been watching her from the shadows.And Lina is carrying the one thing that could bring his entire dangerous world crashing down.His heir.

At sixteen, Evelyn Rose lost everything.A tragic accident on a snowy night took both of her parents, leaving her alone with a family that slowly abandoned her when there was no longer anything they wanted from her.Everyone left.Except Julian Cross.Her father's best friend. Her protector. A ruthless CEO who seemed capable of controlling everything except the broken girl who clung to him and begged him not to leave.Before her parents died, Evelyn's father had chosen Julian as her future husband.And Julian kept his promise.For six years, he protected Evelyn, provided for her, and gave her a home.But somewhere along the way, Evelyn's gratitude became something much more dangerous.She fell in love with him.Now she's twenty-one, preparing for her college examinations, and desperately trying to make Julian realize that she's no longer the little girl he once promised to protect.But Julian refuses to see it.To him, Evelyn is still the girl from that snowy night..the girl who needed him.So when he sends her abroad to continue her studies and experience life beyond his protection, Evelyn's heart breaks.She thinks he's finally found a way to escape their betrothal.What she doesn't know is that distance will teach Julian something he never expected to learn.He doesn't just miss the girl he promised to protect.He misses the woman she's becoming.And when Evelyn finally comes home, wearing his oversized shirts, filling his silent mansion with laughter, and walking into his CEO office as the woman everyone already calls his betrothed wife, Julian is forced to confront the one thing he has spent years refusing to acknowledge.Maybe she was never just the girl he had promised to protect.Maybe she's the woman he was always meant to love.

Sophie Miller thought moving into a new apartment meant a fresh start.She was wrong.Because her new neighbor is Nathaniel West...the ridiculously handsome, terrifyingly wealthy CEO who has the personality of a locked door and the patience of a ticking bomb.Their first meeting ends with an argument.Their second involves a parking space.Their third becomes a full-blown war.Then a ridiculous apartment mix-up forces Sophie to become Nathaniel's temporary roommate.Living with him is a nightmare.He hates noise.She sings while cooking.He likes everything organized.She leaves things wherever she pleases.He guards his expensive wardrobe like national treasure.She discovers his oversized hoodies are incredibly comfortable.Soon, his shirts, sweatpants, shorts, and hoodies mysteriously start disappearing.And Nathaniel knows exactly who's stealing them.Then Sophie discovers the truth.Her arrogant neighbor isn't just wealthy.He's a billionaire CEO.And when Nathaniel's family and business empire demand a respectable relationship, he makes Sophie an offer she should absolutely refuse.A six-month contract.She'll pretend to be his girlfriend.He'll solve her financial problems.No real feelings.No jealousy.No crossing boundaries.And absolutely no falling in love.Simple.Except pretending to be in love with the man she lives with becomes dangerously convincing.The arguments start sounding like flirting.The stolen hoodies start feeling like comfort.The accidental touches start lasting too long.And the billionaire who once couldn't stand having Sophie next door begins realizing something terrifying:He doesn't hate his annoying neighbor anymore.He hates the thought of living without her.But when their contract is exposed, Sophie discovers just how fragile their fake relationship really is.Because falling in love was never part of the deal.And neither of them knows what happens when the contract ends.

Ivy Collins dumped Asher Silas for one ridiculous reason..he was simply too much. Too tall. Too muscular. Too masculine. Dating him felt less like having a boyfriend and more like dating Hercules himself. So, she did what any dramatic woman would do. She ran.Two years later, she's finally moved on... or so she thought.Everything comes crashing down when her mother announces she's moving in with the love of her life and his son.His son?Asher Silas.Her ex-boyfriend.Now forced to live under the same roof, Ivy has made one thing perfectly clear—avoiding Asher is her number one priority. Armed with disguises, failed escape plans, and an embarrassingly detailed timetable of his daily routine, surviving this arrangement quickly becomes her newest full-time job.Unfortunately, Asher isn't making things easy.He's still annoyingly handsome, ridiculously sweet, and somehow remembers every little thing about her. Worse? He never stopped loving her.While Ivy spends her days running away, the gentle gym rat patiently waits for the girl who stole his heart to stop running. But when old feelings begin to resurface and their parents start planning their future together, Ivy realizes some loves aren't meant to be forgotten.Perhaps her biggest mistake wasn't falling in love with Asher Silas.It was letting him go.

Valentine Rose Harper has always believed every problem has a solution.Until her father’s billion-dollar empire collapses beneath a mountain of debt.With creditors closing in and her family’s entire future hanging by a thread, Valentine expects lawyers, negotiations, maybe even a miracle.She never expects Lorenzo Romano.Cold, calculating, impossibly wealthy, and surrounded by rumors Valentine would rather not investigate, Lorenzo offers her father a deal that makes her blood run cold.He will erase the debt.But Valentine has to become his wife.Not forever.Just for one year.Valentine agrees with rules of her own: no controlling her life, no interfering with her family, no pretending their marriage is real behind closed doors.Lorenzo agrees.Then he adds one final condition.They must convince everyone else that they are genuinely in love.What begins as a carefully written contract soon becomes a daily battle between a stubborn woman who refuses to be controlled and a man accustomed to getting exactly what he wants.But Lorenzo has secrets Valentine doesn't know about.And Valentine is about to discover that the most dangerous part of marrying Lorenzo Romano isn't his enemies, his family, or the world he comes from.It's what happens when a marriage that was supposed to have an expiration date starts feeling dangerously real.Because contracts can be broken.Promises are harder to escape.

Natalie Parker remembers everything about her life...except the year she married Vincent Prescott.After an accident leaves her with fragmented memories, Natalie wakes up to discover she's the secret wife of one of New York's most powerful billionaires.Vincent Prescott is wealthy, ruthless, impossibly controlled...and apparently knows her better than she knows herself.He knows her coffee order.He knows her habits.He knows the places she used to love.And judging by the old photographs scattered around his penthouse, Natalie once trusted him enough to love him.But Natalie remembers none of it.Worse, Vincent refuses to tell her the whole truth.Determined to uncover the mystery behind her forgotten year, Natalie begins investigating her own marriage...and soon discovers that she and Vincent didn't marry for love.They made a deal.A dangerous one.One that connected them to a corporate conspiracy, a missing executive, and a secret someone is willing to destroy lives to protect.The closer Natalie gets to the truth, the more she realizes Vincent may not be the husband she should fear.He may be the only person who has been protecting her all along.But how can she trust a man who keeps lying about the one thing she desperately needs to remember?She forgot her husband.He remembers everything.And the truth about their marriage could be the one thing that tears them apart for good.

Damian Knight has money, power, and everything a billionaire could want… except the ability to survive normal life.After losing a bet, he’s forced to move into a tiny apartment with no luxury, no assistants, and one strict rule: he has to live like everyone else.Then he meets Emma Brooks, the landlord who doesn’t care about his charm, his money, or his expensive suits.She only cares that he pays rent on time.Unfortunately, Damian is terrible at being ordinary.Between cooking disasters, neighbor chaos, embarrassing failures, and endless arguments with Emma, the arrogant billionaire discovers something money never gave him..a place that feels like home.But when Emma learns the truth about who he really is, their funny little arrangement turns into the biggest challenge of all.Because winning her heart might be the only thing Damian Knight can’t buy.