Between Marriage and Merger

From boardroom to bedroom…and back?

A viral gossip video detailing his bachelor lifestyle threatens to kill a crucial partnership with Hannafort Hotels. Hotel magnate Noah Locke has worked too hard to let a PR scandal ruin the biggest deal of his career.

If a fake engagement will fix his image, he’s in. So is Lily Foster, his assistant—and the one woman he’s wanted for years. In exchange for playing the part, she demands an ownership stake to secure her financial future. Guarding her heart after a painful broken engagement, Lily treats the charade as strictly business.

Two years of professional restraint dissolve beneath the Florida sun when a private bungalow and a shared king-size bed test their willpower. Soon there’s nothing fake about their heated kisses and steamy nights together. Can this arrangement turn real…or is Lily playing for a different prize?

• Billionaire Romance: Noah whisks Lily to Tiffany & Co. for an extravagant two-and-a-half-carat platinum solitaire, refusing to let his fake fiancée wear anything less than the real thing.
• Forced Proximity: An over-eager resort host leaves orchid-strewn sheets, chilled champagne, and a candlelit plunge pool in their secluded island cabana.
• Friends to Lovers: Two years of sharing witty banter and witnessing Noah’s bachelor missteps give way to vulnerable late-night confessions over vintage vinyl records.
• Also by This Author: Not So Fast, Blue Collar Billionaire and The Ten-Day Baby Takeover.