Fake Fiancé for the Family Fortune
Catherine Collingwood is about to lose her late mother's bookshop unless she proves she's "settled down" in her estranged grandmother's twisted will. The only man who can help? Malcolm Beaumont—the guarded architect from the rival family that once tried to buy the building, the same man she's quietly resented for years. One fake engagement, three months of shared apartment living and family dinners, and they both get what they want... until the lines between resentment and raw attraction start to blur in ways neither of them can fake.
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Catherine Collingwood stood in the marble foyer of her grandmother's estate, the final notice from the lawyer crumpled in her fist. The paper had arrived that morning, its crisp legal language spellin...
Read more →Catherine pushed open the heavy metal door to the rented apartment in the converted warehouse, her arms loaded with two cardboard boxes that smelled faintly of dust and old paper. The space felt small...
Read more →Catherine stood at the apartment window the next evening, twisting a pencil into her coils and watching rain streak the glass. The warehouse conversion felt smaller tonight, the walls already crowded...
Read more →Catherine turned the key in the bookstore lock the next morning, her fingers still unsteady after the long night. The coastal rain had eased to a drizzle by the time they'd driven back from the roadsi...
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