Bought into His Marriage - A Dark CEO Romance
Avery E. Hartwell
Casa editrice: BookRix
Sinossi
He bought her to prove a point.She signed to save her father.Neither of them expected the cage to become a battlefield of equals. When London’s most ruthless CEO engineers the collapse of the St. Claire empire, Elowen is left with one impossible choice: five years as Lucian Ashford’s wife in exchange for her father’s freedom and her family’s salvation. The contract is precise. The rules are cold. She will attend his galas, wear his diamonds, and exist within the gilded perimeter of his estate as a symbol of his ultimate victory. But Elowen is not ornamental. Beneath the silk gowns and silent compliance is a brilliant mind trained in art authentication and financial systems. When she exposes flaws in Lucian’s prized collection and challenges the architecture of his empire, she shifts from possession to partner. Respect sparks where control once ruled. Desire follows close behind. Then she discovers the truth: every debt, every desperate deadline, every crisis that forced her to the altar was engineered by Lucian himself. The marriage was never salvation. It was strategy. And the man who claims to want her has been manipulating her from the beginning, calculating her resistance and scripting her surrender. Now Elowen must decide whether to play the perfect wife while quietly dismantling the empire built on her family’s ruin—or walk away and risk destroying the only leverage keeping her father safe. Lucian, for the first time in his life, faces something he cannot outmaneuver: a woman who sees through him completely and refuses to remain prey. Power built their marriage.Truth may burn it down.And love—if it exists at all—will demand the ultimate surrender. This is a dark CEO marriage-of-convenience romance filled with psychological warfare, forced proximity tension, corporate manipulation, explosive betrayal, and a heroine who rises from pawn to equal. If you crave morally gray heroes, high-stakes mind games, intense emotional power shifts, and a love story forged in control and defiance, claim your copy today.
Disponibile da: 18/02/2026.
