Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

Er legte seine Hand sanft auf meiner Wange. Sein Gesicht kam meinem näher, so nah dass ich seinen warmen Atem spüren konnte. Mein Herz pochte wie wild. Ich kniff meine Augen fest zusammen, erwartete jeden Moment seine Lippen hart auf meine. Doch die erwartete dominante Art, mit der er sonst immer mit mir umging, blieb aus. Als ebenso der Kuss ausblieb, öffnete ich meine Augen und sah sofort in die seine. Der harte Ausdruck war verschwunden, zurück blieb... einfach nichts. „Machs gut Blair.“ Flüsterte er und ließ mich allein.