He bought the network to control the narrative. Then he bought me to keep his secrets.
THE ANCHOR
am the face of UBN Nightly News. Perfect, poised, untouchable. I spent ten years building a reputation that is bulletproof. But it only took one email to shatter it. A sex tape. A lie fabricated to ruin me. And the only man who can make it disappear is the same man who just hostile-takeovered my life. Lincoln Becker. The billionaire recluse in the tower. He offers me a lifeline: A marriage contract. A year of pretending to be his adoring wife in exchange for burying the scandal. I signed the paper to save my career. I didn't know I was signing away my freedom.
THE BILLIONAIRE
I don't do partnerships. I do acquisitions. Ava Barnes thinks this is a business deal. She thinks we are playing a part for the cameras to boost the stock price. She's wrong. I didn't buy her silence to save the company. I bought it because she is the only thing in this city that is real, and I will burn the world down before I let anyone else touch her. She thinks I'm the monster in the high castle. She thinks I'm her jailer. She doesn't realize that the real monsters are waiting outside the gates, and I am the only thing standing between her and the slaughter. Welcome to the cage, Little Bird.
Contracted Wife is a high-stakes, high-heat billionaire romance where the boardroom wars are just the beginning. If you like possessive anti-heroes, heroines with a spine of steel, and a love story that bleeds before it heals, this is your next addiction.
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Dark Billionaire Romance
Fake Marriage / Marriage of Convenience
Enemies to Lovers
Boss / Employee
Forced Proximity (Snowed In)
"There Was Only One Bed"
"Touch Her And Die"
Bodyguard / Protector Vibes
"Who Did This To You?"
(No cheating. No cliffhanger. A hard-won HEA.)