The Hired Husband

To secure her inheritance, she must find a husband for a year—yet the businessman she hires demands their marriage be completely real.

Sienna Rushford desperately needs to claim her inheritance from the father she never even met—but his will states she must be happily married! Facing eviction from their rented flat, she must find a secure home for her mother, whose multiple sclerosis is worsening.

The only man Sienna can turn to is Keir Alexander. She knows he needs a short-term business loan, so she proposes a deal: in return for her financial help, they will marry, temporarily.

But Keir, not content with being a "hired husband," has a proposition of his own—that for the next year their marriage is real.... Desperate to buy out his greedy stepmother and save Alexander’s haulage firm, he insists on a lavish church ceremony and twelve months under the same roof.

Swept away to a secluded villa in Tuscany, she finds Keir’s devastating charm far more dangerous than the cold business deal they signed.

One lavish church wedding. A secluded villa outside Siena. And a temporary bargain that neither of them can control.

• Marriage of Convenience: Andrew Nash’s skeptical brother Francis holds the final authority over the estate, watching every public interaction to judge whether the hasty union is authentic.
• Forced Proximity: An unexpected road trip north in an Alexander’s transport lorry forces the couple to drop their defences and confront what lies beneath the surface.
• Family Secrets: Keir guards the bitter truth about his father’s marriage to Lucille, while Sienna confronts her own origins in the city where she was conceived.
• Italian Setting: From touring the striped Gothic Duomo to rubbing the bronze snout of Il Porcellino in Florence, days of sightseeing give way to undeniable attraction.
• Also by This Author: The Proud Wife, Cordero's Forced Bride and Chantaje siciliano.