EnglishCh. 1–6
A contract with the italian
A runway dream becomes a gilded cage of lies and longing.
Ellie arrives in Italy with sketches and scars, trading a toxic London home for a paper marriage to real estate magnate Vincenzo. He needs a wife for twelve months to claim his mother's estate; she needs shelter and a shot at fashion. The deal feels clean until shared corridors and midnight coffee blur the transactional lines, while the past she fled waits to detonate their fragile arrangement.
Sparks
- Concealed history threatens exposure
- Contract terms forbid real feeling
- Inheritance clock ticks loudly
For fans who
Readers who crave a slow-burn fake marriage where buried trauma collides with undeniable chemistry in a sun-drenched Italian setting.
- romance
- drama
- contract marriage
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