Mérida
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Her, an Olympic athlete and elite archer.
Him, the most powerful CEO in New York.
Mérida Carrington is an independent woman who refuses to let anyone dictate her life. Dedicated to her career and accustomed to no-strings-attached flings, she expects nothing more from her encounters.
Until that night. After a passionate evening with a stranger, she leaves him money, mistaking him for a male escorts, before walking away without a second glance. She has no idea that he isn't just anyone... but her own husband.
When she learns that she is married to Dexter Blackwood, a man as arrogant as he is obsessively meticulous-her complete opposite-her world is turned upside down. Between fiery clashes, undeniable attraction, and well-kept secrets, this forced union might just shatter everything they thought they knew... including their hearts.
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