A lifetime of betrayal didn't prepare her for this...Elara Rose is no stranger to betrayal. From her toxic family to the six-year relationship that ended with her boyfriend cheating on her with her colleague, she’s built walls around her heart. But her past is nothing compared to the night her ex, seeking a headline, drugs her and delivers her to the hotel room of infamous billionaire CEO Kaius Thorne.Caught in the crosshairs of a scandal, Kaius does the only thing that makes sense, he claims the beautiful stranger as his own. Overnight, Elara becomes the stand-in bride to one of the world's most powerful and guarded men.Now, she’s his wife in name only. He offers her protection; she offers him a respite from his family's demands. But their arrangement is threatened from all sides, by a jealous heiress, a vengeful ex, and the ghosts of their past betrayals.Their marriage is meant to be a business transaction a temporary shield against his manipulative family and her dangerous past. But as they navigate a web of conspiracy, old flames, and a shocking secret that ties their histories together, the line between pretense and passion blurs. Can two broken hearts learn to trust after a marriage built on a lie, or will the forces determined to tear them apart succeed?

The past isn’t always what you remember; sometimes, it’s what you survive.In this unflinching exploration of memory and culpability, a woman’s life fractures twice: first, when a brutal assault steals her safety; second, when she falls for the man whose face she’d buried in her nightmares. As she reopens the cold case of her parents’ tragic accident, every revelation blurs the line between perpetrator and prey. With prose as sharp as broken glass, *The Worst Kind of Déjà Vu* forces us to ask: Does trauma chain us to the past, or can it become the key to breaking free?