She is running from her past. He is rebelling against his future. One fake relationship might destroy them both... or save them.Mia's life is held together by two things: her motorcycle and her walls. After years of watching her mother bring home dangerous men, she's learned the hard way that trust is a luxury she can't afford. When her bike breaks down on a lonely highway, the last person she wants help from is Khalid Mansour—a gorgeous, tattooed mechanic with a smile that screams trouble.Khalid has everything money can buy and nothing his heart wants. The youngest son of the wealthy Mansour dynasty, he's spent his life disappointing his family by choosing motorcycles over board meetings, grease over glamour. Now they're demanding he settle down, bring someone "appropriate" to their charity gala, and stop embarrassing the family name.He needs a fake girlfriend. She needs her bike fixed. The deal seems simple.But simple shatters the moment his lips touch hers.As Mia gets pulled deeper into Khalid's world of family drama, jealous exes, and dangerous expectations, her own demons come knocking. Her mother's boyfriend is getting too comfortable, too close, too threatening. And Khalid? He's becoming the one person she can't afford to need—but can't seem to let go.When lies become truth and fake becomes real, they'll have to decide: walk away before someone gets hurt, or fight for something neither of them saw coming.She flies with her own wings. He's building his own path. Together, they might just find home.A steamy, emotional romance about broken hearts learning to trust, bad boys who are secretly good, and the kind of love that refuses to play by anyone's rules.

Kimberly Moore was raised in privilege, but she was never blind. She saw how her father built his empire—not on loyalty or love, but on power, money, and ruthless ambition. Still, she believed she had some choice in her life… until the night her father signed away everything. The deal was simple, brutal, and binding: Charles Moore would surrender his daughter as collateral to the Pierres, one of the most feared and powerful families in the world. And just like that, Kimberly’s future was stolen. Thrust into a marriage she never wanted, Kimberly is forced to become the bride of Jake Pierre—the cold, calculating second son of the Pierre dynasty. To the world, Jake is a billionaire heir: charming, untouchable, dangerous in his silence. Behind closed doors, he is something far darker—an heir not just to wealth, but to blood-soaked secrets. Because the Pierres don’t just own companies. They own Valemont, a global empire built on arms, shadows, and power. Kimberly’s marriage contract isn’t just about business—it is about survival, dominance, and control. Jake does not want a bride. He wants obedience. Kimberly is a pawn to him, a shield to protect his family’s interests, a fragile doll to be broken if necessary. But Jake miscalculates one thing. Kimberly Moore is not fragile. Thrown into a gilded cage of marble floors, whispered threats, and unspoken rivalries, Kimberly refuses to bow quietly. Her spirit, her defiance, and her unexpected strength become a spark Jake cannot ignore. The more she pushes back, the more the ice around his heart begins to crack. Their marriage becomes a battlefield of its own—an intoxicating war of wills, heavy with slow-burn passion, searing tension, and dangerous attraction. Jake cannot afford to love her, but he cannot let her go. Kimberly cannot trust him, but her heart betrays her with every glance, every stolen touch, every night she survives at his side. But love in the Pierre world is not a gift. It is a liability. And soon, Kimberly learns the truth: her presence has awakened enemies Jake thought he had buried. Enemies who know that the quickest way to destroy the Pierres is through her. Kidnapped, threatened, and used as bait in a deadly game of power, Kimberly is forced to confront a truth she never imagined—she is no longer just Jake’s reluctant wife. She is his greatest weakness. And in a family like the Pierres, weakness is fatal. As secrets unravel and betrayal cuts closer to the bone, Kimberly finds herself standing at a crossroads. She can run, try to reclaim her stolen freedom… or she can embrace the darkness, rise to the challenge, and stand as Jake’s equal—his partner, his queen, his match in both love and war. But the cost will be everything: Her innocence. Her safety. Her heart. And perhaps, her life.