Amara Cole needed $50,000 to save her mother's life. She had 48 hours.Alessandro Knight needed a wife for one year to claim his billion-dollar empire.One signature. One year. No love. No feelings. It was supposed to be business.But when the cold, ruthless CEO starts breaking his own rules, Amara realizes the contract was a lie.He doesn't just want a bride. He wants HER.Will she survive one year in his mansion without losing her heart?

She married him to destroy his family. She never expected to fall in love with him.Five years ago, Serena Vale lost everything when her father was accused of a crime he swore he never committed. His reputation was destroyed, his family was left in ruins, and the truth disappeared behind the walls of the powerful Knight empire.Serena has never forgotten.Now, she has a chance to get revenge.Damian Knight is a ruthless billionaire heir who trusts no one and believes every deal comes with a price. With his family's empire hanging in the balance, he needs a wife before his thirtieth birthday—or he risks losing everything to his ambitious relative.Serena offers him a deal he cannot easily refuse.One year of marriage. One perfect performance. One chance for her to uncover the secrets his family has buried.Damian agrees, but he knows Serena is hiding something. What he doesn't know is that the woman wearing his ring may be the very person who could destroy his family.Their marriage becomes a dangerous game of secrets, suspicion, jealousy, and irresistible attraction. Every stolen glance brings them closer. Every hidden truth threatens to tear them apart.As Serena digs deeper into her father's past, she discovers that the enemy she has been hunting may not be the only person hiding the truth. And the man she promised herself never to love is slowly becoming the one person she cannot bear to lose.When betrayal strikes and the truth finally comes to light, Serena must choose between the revenge she has spent five years pursuing and the love she never expected to find.Damian, meanwhile, must decide whether his empire is worth losing the woman who has changed everything.She entered his world for revenge. She may have to risk her heart to discover the truth.Can a marriage built on deception survive when real love enters the picture?Or will the truth destroy them before they get their happily-ever-after?