When Mae becomes the reluctant bride of London's most notorious CEO, Eli Parrish, she thinks she knows the rules of their game: a temporary arrangement, a business transaction sealed with wedding rings. He gets his inheritance, she gets five years of peace, and then they part ways. Simple. Clinical. Perfect.
But beneath the surface of their perfectly orchestrated marriage, tensions simmer. As Mae retreats into her art and Eli rules his empire, an unexpected shift threatens to destroy their careful equilibrium. Between family machinations, old wounds, and emerging desires neither of them bargained for, their arrangement begins to unravel like a loose canvas.
When Eli suddenly transforms from indifferent husband to possessive protector, Mae must confront an unsettling truth: what started as a marriage of convenience might be evolving into something far more dangerous—and impossible to resist.
A sophisticated contemporary romance about control, desire, and the complicated art of falling in love despite your best intentions.
