Billionaire Bachelors: Stone

Stone Lachlan never thought marriage—especially one of convenience!—would be this complex.

After all, he and Faith Harrell had agreed to marry for purely practical reasons, so there should be no question about the terms of their "relationship." To inherit Smythe Corp., the tycoon needed a bride who could satisfy his mother’s strict one-year marriage clause.

When Stone found her working retail at Saks Fifth Avenue to repay debts she never owed, his former ward seemed like the ideal candidate. Moving Faith and her ailing mother into his townhouse promised a tidy solution for them both.

Their tidy corporate merger offered about as much protection as paper armor. Between glittering charity galas and quiet evenings at home, maintaining a polite emotional distance proved an impossible assignment.

But resisting a young woman as appealing as Faith was like trying to win a war without any weapons. And it seemed the harder they fought not to fall in love, the closer they came to losing the battle....

• Hero as Guardian: Bound by an honor-bound promise to his late father, Stone spent eight years quietly paying Faith’s bills, never expecting his protective instincts would collide with fierce attraction.
• Forced Proximity: Sharing adjoining bedrooms in his Fifth Avenue townhouse and adopting an energetic German Shepherd puppy named Lovebug blurs every boundary they agreed to keep.
• Unrequited Love: Faith’s long-standing crush on her brooding benefactor convinces her a platonic arrangement will never satisfy her, and she determines to turn their temporary vows into a real marriage.
• Also by This Author: A Most Desirable M.D., BILLIONAIRE BACHELORS: GARRETT and BILLIONAIRE BACHELORS: GRAY.