When love is reduced to a signature, who pays the price when the contract expires?Lydia Moore has spent her life surviving. At twenty-four, drowning in debt and trapped by a family obligation she never asked for, she makes the most dangerous decision of her life. She signs away her freedom.A marriage contract.Alexander Blackwood does not believe in love. As the untouchable CEO of a corporate empire, he believes marriage is leverage, not emotion. One year. One signature. One obedient wife to satisfy the board and protect his reputation.No love.No jealousy.No expectations.And one unforgivable rule.She must never fall for him.To the world, Lydia is nothing more than a paid wife. A woman who married up. A woman who knows her place. But behind closed doors, the man who controls her future is not as cold as he pretends. And Lydia is not as powerless as he assumes.As desire creeps in where it was forbidden and secrets surface that could destroy them both, the contract becomes a trap neither of them knows how to escape.With the expiration date approaching and her heart already on the line, Lydia must decide if love is worth breaking every rule she agreed to obey.Because when the contract ends, Alexander plans to walk away.And this time, Lydia may not survive being discarded.A Contract Called Love is a slow-burn, emotionally charged romance about power, control, forbidden feelings, and what happens when a woman learns the cost of loving a man who never promised to love her back.