I married him to save my father’s company. I didn’t plan on falling in love with the coldest man in the city or on the secret that would put everything at risk. Amara Whitfield never wanted to be anyone’s convenient wife. But when Cross Industries offers to erase her father’s crushing debt in exchange for a two-year marriage, she doesn’t have the luxury of saying no. Julian Cross is exacting, guarded, and allergic to anything resembling feeling exactly what she needs in a husband who isn’t really one. Julian has one rule: no real feelings. He learned that lesson once, at a cost he still isn’t over. But Amara doesn’t play by the rules of the boardroom, and slowly, infuriatingly, she becomes the one person he can’t strategize his way around. When his past resurfaces and a secret Amara’s been hiding comes to light, their contract and their carefully guarded hearts are put to the ultimate test. Some marriages start as paperwork. This one is about to become the realest thing either of them has ever had.