Whispers and desire
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Last published Fri, May 15, 2026
To save her family's collapsing empire - and protect her brother from being destroyed - Francesca Fitch agrees to the unthinkable:
A marriage of convenience to Antonio De Luca, the cold, magnetic, and ruthless heir of a rival dynasty.
In a single day, she loses her freedom, her future, and the last pieces of herself.
Antonio is a man of silence and sharp edges. A man who watches more than he speaks. A man whose touch burns and whose secrets cut deeper than truth.
Francesca tells herself she can survive him. That this marriage is nothing more than a contract. A cage she can decorate but never escape.
Until the whispers began.
Caught between duty and desire, Francesca is pulled into a world where power is currency, secrets are weapons, and passion becomes the most dangerous truth of all.
In a marriage built on manipulation, she must decide whether Antonio is her captor...
or the only man who will only ever protect her.
Because in a world of whispers, desire can save you-
or destroy you.
Is she willing to lose herself...
or fight for a love born where it never should have existed?...
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