BOOK ONE: THE CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT

Danna Rodriguez is young, sweet, and undeniably beautiful. Born and raised in the heart of Mexico, she knows what it means to struggle. Life hasn't been easy raised by a single mother and haunted by the shadows of financial hardship. But at twenty, with dreams too big for her hometown, she moves to Los Angeles in search of a better life and a future she can finally call her own.

Enter Aron Mondragon tall, commanding, and as chiseled as a Greek god. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles since the age of five, he's now thirty and the kind of billionaire headlines are written about. Ruthless in business, icy in demeanor, and dangerously private, Aron is feared by competitors and worshipped by the media. But behind closed doors, his family knows a different man loyal, generous, and unexpectedly gentle.

Love, however, is the one thing Aron refuses to entertain. It's not part of the plan. Not in his life. Not in his vocabulary.

That is, until Danna walks into his world.

A proposal is made. A contract is drawn up. It's simple: a mutual arrangement that benefits them both. No feelings. No complications. Just business.

But what happens when the lines between business and desire start to blur?

Because contracts can protect you from many things but not from love.