
She was never meant to wear the white dress.Now she’s married to the wrong billionaire… for all the wrong reasons. Quiet, overlooked Celeste Hale was supposed to be the bridesmaid—until her golden stepsister vanished on her wedding day. Left with a ruined reputation and a billionaire groom fuming at the altar, Celeste is forced into a high-stakes contract marriage with the powerful and dangerously cold Killian Cross. But what begins as a cold business deal quickly ignites into something far more dangerous. As secrets unravel, passions flare, and old betrayals rise from the ashes, Celeste finds herself caught between the stepbrother who broke her… and the husband who could shatter her all over again. And when her sister returns with a shocking claim—pregnant with Killian’s child—the fragile trust Celeste built begins to collapse. She was the substitute bride.The second choice.The pawn in everyone’s game. But she’s about to rewrite all the rules. Betrayal. Power. Obsession.In a world where love is the deadliest gamble, can a woman who was never meant to be queen… seize the throne anyway?

