

I needed one hundred thousand dollars in ten days to save my son’s life. With zero options and a ticking clock, I made a deadly bargain: assume my murdered sister's identity and walk down the aisle to marry the monster tied to her death. Markus Thorne is a ruthlessly powerful billionaire with a heart of ice, and to him, I am nothing more than a disposable pawn in a high-stakes game of revenge. Our wedding vows were built on lethal lies, forged in the ashes of betrayal. But as the criminal underworld closes in and a security breach threatens our wedding day, the lines between enemy and protector begin to blur. Trapped in a terrifying dance of forced proximity and shared trauma, the cold tyrant I swore to deceive might be the only man who can keep me alive. In a world where salvation requires the ultimate sacrifice, how far will a desperate mother go? And what happens when a fake, dangerous marriage sparks an all-consuming passion?