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Thirty-one days. Seven pages. One rule: don't lie to each other. Elodie Marchetti built her father's chocolate empire with her own hands — 312 shops, doubled revenue, her mother's legacy in every box. Now her father says she'll only inherit the chair if she brings someone to the family table by Christmas. Julian Hale is called the Iceberg for a reason. 44 ships, no wife, no time. His grandmother's trust says he must present a fiancée at Hollin Hall by Christmas Eve, or his family's company will be split and sold. They have known each other for nine minutes total. His solution? A contract. 31 days from December 1st to 31st. Separate bedrooms. No touching unless an audience requires it. In January, they part quietly. No feelings. Just signatures. Elodie adds one rule of her own: Section Twelve: Neither party will lie to the other about anything that is not in this contract. It's easy — until they reach Hollin Hall, Vermont. Until his beautiful ex-fiancée arrives in a cream coat and says "Hello, Jules." Until his 81-year-old grandmother starts testing her with cinnamon rolls at 2 a.m. Until the man who never sleeps starts following her into the kitchen to learn how to knead dough. A fake engagement. A real family. A secret about the night his parents died on the Meridian Star. And a contract that said not to lie — but said nothing about falling in love. Slow-burn | Fake Engagement to Real Love | Billionaire Grumpy x Sunshine Baker | Found Family | Cinnamon Rolls & Second Chances For readers 21 and over.

Estranged half-sisters Odalys and Reign are forced by their late father's will to marry two brothers running a billionaire empire, or lose everything to a cousin waiting to take it all. Years of family wounds sit between the sisters, and now they're forced to live under the same roof as their new husbands' family. Somewhere between the fighting and the forced dinners, both women start feeling something they didn't sign up for.

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Cassidy Lane is about to find out that's a lie. After catching her fiancé Tristan in bed with his assistant, Cassidy escapes to Sin City to drown her humiliation in cheap whiskey. She doesn't expect to meet a darkly handsome stranger at the bar—a man with cold eyes and a dangerous smile who listens to her rant about cheating men like she's the most fascinating person alive. One reckless night, a kitschy chapel, and two slurred "I do's" later, Cassidy wakes up in a penthouse she can't afford, wearing a diamond ring worth more than her apartment. After catching her fiancé Tristan in bed with his assistant, Cassidy escapes to Sin City to drown her humiliation in cheap whiskey. She doesn't expect to meet a darkly handsome stranger at the bar—a man with cold eyes and a dangerous smile who listens to her rant about cheating men like she's the most fascinating person alive. One reckless night, a kitschy chapel, and two slurred "I do's" later, Cassidy wakes up in a penthouse she can't afford, wearing a diamond ring worth more than her apartment. Then her new husband walks in. Damien Blackwood. Tech billionaire. Ruthless CEO. The most feared man in the country. And Tristan's boss. Cassidy demands an annulment. Damien refuses. With a multi-billion-dollar merger on the line, a scandal would destroy everything he's built. His solution? A six-month contract. She plays the perfect wife in public, and he'll fund her dream of opening her own event planning studio. No feelings. No complications. Just business. As the lines between contract and chemistry blur, Cassidy must decide: Is this marriage the worst mistake of her life… or the perfect match she never knew she needed?

I walked down the aisle to marry the man I was supposed to hate. Adrian Blackwood was older, powerful, devastatingly attractive—and the last man I should have wanted. He was also the man I once caught leaving my mother’s bedroom. So when he offered to save my dying family business in exchange for marrying me, I knew exactly what I was getting into. Or so I thought. Because the moment Adrian became my husband, the rules changed. His hands lingered too long. His eyes followed me when he thought I wasn't looking. Every heated argument between us seemed to end with us standing far too close, fighting an attraction neither of us was willing to name. And the worst part? I wanted him. But Adrian wasn't the only one keeping secrets. My father didn't die in an accident. My mother knows why. And Adrian has been protecting the truth for sixteen years. Now forbidden desire is pulling me deeper into a marriage built on lies, while someone is determined to make sure I never discover what really happened the night my father died. I married my mother's secret lover. Now I'm falling into his bed, his secrets, and a passion I was never supposed to feel. But when I uncover the truth, I may discover that the man I thought stole my mother's heart has been protecting mine all along. He was my mother's forbidden secret. Now he's my husband. And I can't decide what's more dangerous—wanting him or discovering why he chose me.

Emma White's world shatters when her family loses everything overnight. Just when hope is gone, billionaire CEO Logan Carter offers her a way out... become his wife for one year. No love. No romance. Just a contract that will save her family. But living with Logan changes everything. The man she swore she'd never fall for slowly steals her heart... until she discovers what she believes is the truth. Convinced Logan destroyed her family, Emma vows to make him pay. Only one problem remains... What if she was blaming the wrong man all along?

When Camila’s husband sells her to King Miller to save himself, she thinks betrayal is the worst thing she will ever face. Until she discovers a power she never knew she possessed—and a past she cannot remember. The king claims he knew her father, but his fiancée believes Camila died years ago. So why is a dead woman standing before them? As the world falls to the infected, Camila must uncover the truth about her identity before her forgotten past destroys everything she loves. Because the apocalypse has begun, but Camila’s real nightmare is only just beginning.

Tara Sen had always dreamed of a love like the one her elder sister shared with Neil Oberoi. She never imagined she would become his wife. At twenty-six, Tara is ready to marry the man she loves, until Samar abandons her at the altar, leaving her heartbroken and her family humiliated. When the formidable matriarch Vidya Oberoi proposes an unthinkable solution, Tara finds herself marrying her late sister's husband—a man sixteen years her senior, whom she hasn't seen in a decade. Neil Oberoi, forty-two, is one of Kolkata's most powerful hoteliers. Widowed for ten years, he has built an empire around a life carefully guarded against love. He never intended to marry again, least of all to his beloved Naina's younger sister. Their marriage begins without affection, with separate bedrooms, unspoken boundaries, and two hearts still belonging to other people—or to memories of them. But behind the imposing walls of the Oberoi family's ancestral mansion, something begins to change. Tara discovers a man whose silences conceal more than his words ever reveal. And Neil, accustomed to controlling every aspect of his life, fails to recognise when his growing fascination with his young wife becomes an obsession. The sound of her bangles, the scent of her hair, the glimpse of her across a crowded room—everything about Tara begins to unsettle him. He knows he should keep his distance. But resisting his own wife is becoming the one battle Neil Oberoi cannot seem to win. And just as Tara begins to question whether she could ever love again, the man who abandoned her threatens to return. She once wanted a love like her sister's. She never expected to discover an entirely different one with the same man.

Elise Hale didn't marry Callum Voss for love. Their marriage was a deal born from the ruins of her family's downfall. For two years, they lived under the same roof like strangers—sharing a name, but never sharing their hearts. When Callum finally announces that he wants a divorce so he can marry the woman he has always loved, Vivienne, Elise doesn't cry or beg him to stay. Instead, she asks for one thing: four more weeks before everything ends. Four weeks to secure the future of the business she built from nothing. Four weeks to experience what it truly feels like to be Callum's wife. But as they begin pretending to be a happily married couple, the line between obligation and genuine feelings starts to blur. Meanwhile, the secret Elise has hidden for years slowly comes to light, forcing Callum to question everything he thought he knew about their marriage. When regret arrives too late, will love still find its way back? Or will it destroy them both for a second time?

Claire Bennett opened her eyes and realized she was in the body of the male lead's ex-girlfriend. A supporting character in a novel about a woman who chased after her husband. The original Claire had been cruel. She rejected Ethan because he was poor, toyed with his feelings, humiliated him, and eventually dumped him to marry a wealthy heir. Not long after, Ethan was welcomed back into his wealthy family and rose to the top of Bellmont City's elite. There, he met the angelic female lead—the woman destined to heal all the wounds his ex-girlfriend had left behind. Meanwhile, Claire's original fate was far less beautiful. Her wealthy husband abused her. Desperate and broken, she eventually returned to Ethan, clinging to the man she had once discarded. She caused chaos, broke the female lead's heart, and became the villain everyone hated. In the end, her husband caught her and accidentally killed her. That was how the story was supposed to go. Except Claire had transmigrated into her body. And her story had begun at the worst possible moment. The male lead was proposing! She froze for a heartbeat—and said yes. The man before her was one of Bellmont City's elite, with immense wealth. She dreamed of becoming a rich heiress! Soon, the powerful patriarch flooded her with money, demanding she leave the male lead. At the same time, the male lead met his true love, showered her with gifts, and asked for a divorce. Eventually, the patriarch arrived in person and placed a blank check in front of her. “Fill in any amount you want,” he said coldly. “As long as you divorce Ethan.” Claire's mind raced. One hundred million? Billions? Before she could decide, a man stormed in, tearing the check to shreds. “Don't insult my wife with money!”