Liana Cole has always believed that love should be pure… but life has never been kind to her.Struggling to survive and desperate to save her dying mother, Liana is forced into a decision that will change her life forever. When the cold and powerful billionaire CEO, Adrian Blackwood, offers her a shocking deal—a one-year contract marriage in exchange for her mother’s life-saving surgery—she has no choice but to say yes.But marrying Adrian is far from a fairytale.He is distant, controlling, and dangerously unreadable. His world is filled with secrets, luxury, and women who refuse to let go of him—especially the one woman from his past who is determined to destroy Liana.Bound by rules, trapped in a loveless marriage, and surrounded by enemies, Liana must learn how to survive in a world where power is everything and love is forbidden.Yet, as days turn into nights, something begins to change.The cold man who once treated her like nothing… starts watching her differently.Protecting her.Wanting her.But in a marriage built on lies and a contract that forbids love, can two broken hearts truly find each other?Or will their story end before it even begins?