CONTRACTED
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BLURB;
"Love me"
"Heal me"
When Phoebe Miller , a brilliant but emotionally scarred media strategist, is cornered by the same family that abandoned her, she is forced into a contract marriage with a man she has never met, Adam Whitmore. Heir to one of the most powerful dynasties in the country.
For Phoebe, it's a betrayal resurfacing; for Adam, it's a desperate move to protect his collapsing empire.
Adam's reckless brother is entangled in a scandal that could destroy the Whitmore legacy, and only one media expert has the skill to clean up the mess, Phoebe.
But just when Adam thinks he's solved one problem, a chilling anonymous threat emerges, and a key employee is murdered. Someone is hunting the Whitmores...and they are closing in fast.
Bound by a contract neither of them chose, Phoebe and Adam are dragged into a dangerous conspiracy that links her traumatic past to his family's darkest secrets.
As they fight to control the narrative, the truth becomes harder to ignore:
Their fake marriage might be the only real thing they can trust and also the perfect trap.
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