She signed a contract to fake it. He never planned to fall for real.Maren Cole is drowning in debt when billionaire Alexander Voss makes her an offer she can't afford to refuse: six months as his fake fiancée, two million dollars, and one rule. Don't fall in love.But the heart doesn't read fine print.Between glittering galas, stolen glances, and a kiss in a midnight elevator that breaks every rule he wrote, Maren realizes the arrangement stopped being pretend weeks ago. Alexander is cold, controlling, dangerously possessive, and the only man who has ever looked at her like she was worth protecting.Then the secrets start to surface.A mysterious text. A hidden safe. A note in his grandmother's handwriting. And a photograph of a man Maren was told died nineteen years ago: her father.Now a powerful family is lying, a tabloid is hunting her, a jealous ex is plotting in the shadows, and the man she's falling for may belong to the very empire that destroyed her life.Can you love someone whose family shattered yours?Can a contract marriage survive the truth?And what is on that tape that Eleanor Voss will do anything to keep hidden?Fake engagement. Real desire. Dangerous secrets.Some bargains are made to be broken. Others are made to be paid for with your heart.