THE VAMPIRE BILLIONAIRE'S FORCED CONTRACTHe needed her blood to save his empire. She needed his fortune to save her family. Neither expected to become each other's greatest weakness.Elena Vance has twenty-four hours to save her family from financial ruin.Desperate for money, she accepts a late-night corporate auditing assignment at the private estate of Robert Knight Jr., a billionaire whose wealth controls some of the most powerful financial institutions in the world.But Robert is hiding something far more dangerous than his business secrets.He is an ancient vampire overlord.The moment Elena's blood touches his skin, something inside him awakens. Her blood carries a power his kind believed had disappeared centuries ago.Robert gives her an offer she cannot afford to refuse.He will erase her family's debts, protect them and give them a life beyond their imagination. In exchange, she must become his wife for one year.One contract. One marriage. One year living with a man whose eyes turn crimson whenever his hunger awakens.Elena soon discovers that being Robert Knight's wife means entering a world of ruthless corporate rivals, ancient vampire clans, deadly supernatural politics and secrets buried in her own family history.Robert wants to control her. His enemies want to use her. And her mysterious bloodline may hold the power to destroy the vampire throne.But the greatest danger is no longer the enemies hunting them.It is what happens when an immortal king falls in love with the one woman he was never supposed to possess.When the contract expires, will Elena walk away from the most powerful vampire in the world, or will she choose to stand beside him as his equal?Some contracts are written in ink. Others are sealed in blood.