After Pretending to Be Her Wife, I Fell in Love

When brilliant young lawyer Isla Bennett agrees to a one-year fake marriage with her intimidating boss, Vivian Marlowe, she believes she knows exactly what she is getting into.

Vivian is the powerful founder of one of New York's most prestigious law firms. After a conservative billionaire client threatens to withdraw a career-saving account because Vivian is unmarried, she proposes an unconventional solution: Isla will become her wife—on paper, in public, and for one year.

For Isla, the deal is worth $200,000, enough to rescue her gambling-addicted father's crushing debt and protect her own future. There is only one rule that matters: no real feelings.

They will share a home, attend social events together, pretend to be in love, and eventually walk away when the contract expires.

But living together changes everything.

Behind Vivian's icy reputation is a lonely woman carrying years of grief, regret, and fear. Isla becomes the first person to see the woman beneath the ruthless attorney—and the closer they grow, the harder it becomes to distinguish their carefully staged marriage from something real.

Then their secret contract is leaked, exposing their fake marriage and putting Vivian's firm, reputation, and career at risk. As betrayal tears the partnership apart, Isla must decide whether she is still Vivian's employee and contractual wife—or whether she has become the woman who truly loves her.

Their marriage was supposed to last one year.

But love was never part of the contract.