Pearl Shin
Sabine Castellane has thirty days to get engaged or lose the family business and the home she has always known. Her grandmother's will leaves her with one impossible condition, she must become engaged to the man her grandmother trusted most. Unfortunately, that man is Julianii Marchetti, Sabine's ruthless business rival and the last person on earth she would ever choose to marry.
With her manipulative uncle ready to seize control of the company the moment she fails, Sabine makes Julianii an offer she is certain he will refuse. Six months as her fake fiancé. In exchange, she secures her inheritance, and when the six months end, they walk away, no strings, no questions, Julianii agrees.
Living together turns their old rivalry into something neither of them expected. Their arguments grow charged. Their staged kisses linger. The man Sabine has spent years despising becomes the one who notices when she is hurting. Soon, pretending feels dangerously real.
But Julianii is hiding something. Years ago, a business deal involving Sabine's family destroyed his own family's future, and Julianii believes her father was responsible. He agreed to this engagement to know the truth. Sabine was never meant to become part of his plan. She was meant to be the woman he investigated. Instead, she became the woman he fell for.
Then Sabine finds his file, proof that Julianii has been studying her from the very beginning. Suddenly every kiss feels fake.
Now, as the truth turns out to be closer to home than either of them imagined, and their six-month arrangement reaches its end, Sabine must decide if she can trust the man she loves.
Six months was supposed to be enough time to secure an inheritance. It was never supposed to be enough to fall in love with the enemy.
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