To become CEO, Ethan Montgomery needs a wife Anita Blake needs a lifeline. Neither expected to find pieces of themselves in each other. Anita Blake has spent her life fighting to survive for her sick mother, for her little brother, for herself. One unforgettable night with a masked stranger was the only time she felt seen… until reality came crashing back. Years later, she’s still picking up the pieces, barely holding on. Ethan King has everything power, wealth, and legacy. But when the company demands a perfect life to crown him CEO, he needs a bride, fast. The last woman he expects to walk into his carefully controlled world is her, the girl he hasn’t been able to forget… but doesn’t recognize. Desperation binds them in a contract marriage neither of them truly wants, but can’t afford to walk away from. Yet as pretend begins to feel painfully real, buried memories, unspoken truths, and silent longing threaten to tear them apart. Will the contract be exposed? Will they fall in love? Will Anita’s secret be revealed? Read to find out!