Blurb:For billionaire CEO Adrian Cole, love presents the single problem money completely fails to solve. At thirty-two, he possesses everything a man desires—wealth, power, influence, and a name unlocking every door in New York. But after years of women hunting his fortune, Adrian entirely rejects the possibility of genuine affection.Then he meets Nessa Avalon.Twenty-eight, independent, outspoken, and completely unimpressed by wealthy men. Nessa works at a small independent publishing house in Manhattan while planning the launch of her personal literary studio. She ignores Adrian's expensive suits, powerful connections, and flawless confidence completely.In fact, she considers him explicitly arrogant.Adrian considers her entirely impossible.Naturally, she dominates his thoughts completely.Then Adrian unearths Nessa's private journal and locates a list titled “The Man I Could Actually Fall In Love With.”Her perfect man lacks wealth and power. He forces her to laugh on terrible days. He memorizes tiny details. He listens instead of constantly fixing problems. He respects her career. He demonstrates strict patience. He refuses to make her feel small. He acts kind when nobody important watches.And most importantly:“He loves the woman I am—not the woman he demands I become.”The list amuses Adrian completely.Then he decides to execute it.What begins as a private experiment rapidly mutates into a bizarre courtship. He escorts Nessa to bookstores, practices active listening, attempts to cook, rides the subway alongside her, memorizes every insignificant detail she drops, and slowly realizes making her laugh eclipses winning another billion-dollar deal.But a massive variable derails the plan.Nessa rejects the man Adrian pretends to be.She falls for the real Adrian.And Adrian falls significantly harder than he planned.A massive complication exists: Nessa completely fails to realize her successful investment consultant operates as Adrian Cole, billionaire CEO of Cole International.And she remains entirely blind to his discovery of the private list inspiring their relationship.When Nessa eventually unearths both secrets, every beautiful memory transforms into a brutal interrogation.Did the first date carry genuine meaning?Did he buy the flowers honestly?Did he memorize those tiny details out of care—or strictly because she wrote them down?And if Adrian's feelings ring genuine now, does she possess the strength to trust the man who launched their romance as a clinical experiment?Because Adrian's greatest mistake bypassed his billionaire status entirely.It involved believing he possessed the power to engineer his way into her heart.