Fake Bride, Real Claim

Darcy stands alone in a cold rare-book archive, one hand hovering over a glass case.

The room was cold and quiet, all glass cases and old leather, and my hands finally stopped shaking.

I knew this air. I knew how paper that old should feel under a fingertip.

For ten whole minutes I was good at something again.

Fake Bride, Real Claim

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Darcy Kerr restores rare books and keeps her family’s failing bindery alive. Her mother pays the debt by selling Darcy as a bride to a collector. Darcy refuses in front of everyone, even when it costs her home. Lachlan Crowe is a billionaire with a family-chosen fiancée and a one-night history he cannot forget. When Darcy appears at his engagement gala, he publicly claims her as his. Now Darcy is playing Lachlan’s fake bride in his penthouse. The pregnancy is a lie. The ring is a deal. His protection feels too much like ownership. His fiancée Seraphine is smiling, and she knows exactly where to hurt them. Can Darcy stay free when the whole world thinks she belongs to him?