After ten years of dating, Anne Idia was sure her boyfriend would finally propose. She dressed up, hopeful and glowing, only to walk in on him with another woman. Shattered, she tried to forget everything with one reckless night at a club. A nameless, faceless escape. Just one night. But life has a twisted sense of humor. Her dream job, the one she wished for her whole life, comes with a surprise: her new boss is the same man from that night."JUSTIN CLARK" The stranger she swore she'd never see again. Now, the past is inescapable, the tension is unbearable… and the chemistry might destroy them both. "She ran from the heartbreak, escaped into a stranger’s arms… only to find him sitting at the head of her dream.

She built an empire to protect her heart. He's the one man who could make her risk it all. Prudence Smith isn't just the CEO of Provida Emporium, a global beauty empire; she is its carefully crafted image, powerful, impeccable, and utterly untouchable. Since a devastating heartbreak in her school years, Prudence has sworn off real love. She built a fortress around her heart, dating only men she can control and financially outmatch, ensuring she can never be hurt again. Her strategy is flawless, until she meets Justin Steele. Justin is everything she's taught herself to avoid: devastatingly charismatic, intellectually her equal, and possessing a fortune that rivals her own. He represents a threat to the emotional walls she has spent a lifetime constructing. Her mind screams danger, but her heart yearns for the connection she's denied herself for so long. Despite her best efforts to push him away, Justin sees through the icy CEO to the wounded woman beneath. He isn't intimidated by her success or her defenses; he's challenged by them. He loves her with a patience and passion that unravels her resolve thread by thread. Now, Prudence faces her greatest fear. Can she lower the shields that have kept her safe for so long and trust the one man who has the power to destroy her? Or will she let the love she never expected slip through her fingers forever?

Annabel Brown's life changed in an instant. One minute she was begging for a job at Steele Emporium, the next she was staring into the piercing eyes of Damien Steele, who was offering her a deal that sounded like a fantasy: a marriage proposal. But this prince is no savior. He's cold, arrogant, and makes it clear their "I do" is just ink on a page to unlock his fortune. Trapped in a contract with a man who looks at her like a transaction, Annabel must navigate his icy world. But as she chips away at his defenses, she discovers a vulnerability he hides from everyone. She's falling for her fake husband. But when the contract is fulfilled, will the billionaire choose his empire, or the woman who taught his frozen heart how to love again?