Chloe Bennett has three problems: her sister is getting married, her entire family is obsessed with her nonexistent love life, and the only man willing to be her fake boyfriend is the one man she can't stand. Ryan Cole has been annoying Chloe for as long as she can remember. He's her best friend's older brother, the smug guy who always has a comeback, the infuriating man who somehow manages to look good while getting on her last nerve—and the last person she'd ever choose to take as her date to a wedding. Unfortunately, Chloe is desperate. After her family spends months treating her single status like a tragic medical condition, she makes a reckless decision: bring a fake boyfriend to her sister's wedding and finally shut everyone up. Ryan agrees to help. But he has one condition. They have to make everyone believe they're actually in love. What starts as a simple arrangement quickly spirals out of control when Ryan becomes far too convincing. His hand settles naturally around her waist. His teasing starts making her heart race. His protective streak becomes impossible to ignore. And when Chloe's ex suddenly returns, Ryan's fake jealousy looks dangerously real. The rules were simple: pretend for one weekend, don't catch feelings, and never kiss. They break the last rule first. Now Chloe has a much bigger problem than explaining her fake relationship to her family. She's falling for the one man she swore she'd never want. And Ryan? He's been waiting years for her to realize that he was never pretending.

She loved him. He destroyed her. Now she's back—with his son. Five years ago, Sophia Hart was a scholarship student with dreams of becoming an architect. Damien Blackwood was the ruthless billionaire CEO who made her feel like she belonged in his world. Until the night he publicly accused her of selling his secrets, humiliated her in front of his entire empire, and watched her walk out of his life forever. She never told him she was pregnant. Now Sophia has built a new life from the ashes—her own design firm, her own home, and a brilliant five-year-old son who has his father's eyes and her stubbornness. She thought she was safe. She thought he was in her past. She was wrong. When Damien Blackwood sees Ethan at a corporate event, the world stops. The boy is the mirror image of everything he lost—and everything he never knew he had. The woman he branded a gold digger has been raising his son alone, protecting him from the father who didn't deserve to know he existed. But Damien isn't the same man who destroyed her. Or maybe he never was. As old wounds reopen and new dangers emerge, Sophia must decide if the CEO who broke her heart can earn the right to know his son. And Damien must face the hardest truth of all: the only empire worth saving is the family he almost lost forever. Because someone from his father's past is watching. Someone who destroyed Sophia once to get to him—and will do it again to finish what they started. This time, Damien has everything to lose. And for the first time in his life, he's willing to burn his empire to the ground to protect what's his.

Growing up with four older brothers and their best friend,Avanya was always taken care of and always got what she wanted. Since her mom died and her father left her with her brothers, Avanya has never been down with the fact that both parents are no longer with her. Always having nightmares about the very day her mom died,her brothers find every possible thing to make her forget that day. Having been around her brothers best friend while growing up,there was literally no mutual relationship amongst them. They were always bickering and fighting each other,until Avanya's 18th birthday,where everything changed.