A broken memory, shattered and stitched back together with a façade.
Eunwoo returns to his childhood hometown in Moscow, Russia, hoping for a fresh start. He expects a quiet, uneventful trip filled with happy reunions and new memories. The last person he expects to cross paths with is Noir - a secretive, ruthless, and unpredictable rising athlete in the F1 world. Noir doesn't smile, nor does he let anyone get close. He's distant. Cold.
But around Eunwoo, the façade begins to slip.
Noir's world is built on a lie - a carefully constructed identity he's protected for years - yet Eunwoo's kindness brings back the part of himself he's fought hardest to bury.
The truth pushes through the cracks, splintering the helmet Noir hides behind. Secrets don't stay buried forever, and some hearts were never meant to be broken.
Sensory Warning: This book contains adult themes such as but not limited to: Cursing/adult language, Violence, Nudity, Suggestive/Sexual themes, Mental Health, Alcohol use, Family conflict, Explicit sexual content (18+), Mature themes.
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?
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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.
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