Second Serve (Terms of Desire)

By Scarlett Sinclair

Everyone has a price. The Ashfords built a fortune on it.

Ten years ago, scholarship cook Margo Russo fled the Ashfords' glittering foundation gala with her heart in pieces and seven cruel words ringing in her ears. Now she's a rising chef, just one big booking away from opening the restaurant she's dreamed of since college. Then the mystery bride who hires her turns out to be Celia Ashford, and the man waiting for her in the kitchen is the bride's brother.

Billionaire Beckett Ashford has spent a decade believing Margo took half a million dollars of his family's money to vanish from his life. Margo has spent it believing he never loved her at all. Then she says four words that crack his certainty wide open: There was no check.

Three weeks. Three wedding events. One forged signature. As Margo and Beckett uncover the lies that tore them apart, the heat between them burns hotter than ever. But the truth leads straight to the most powerful man either of them knows, and he'll spend every dollar he has to keep it buried.

Last time, they let a lie win without a fight. This time, Margo is done being quiet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HNMW1V1J
• ISBN13: 9798163866182
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"