Marrying His Stepfather
Elena Vance was supposed to be a Sterling bride. Instead, her fiancé Julian framed her for a crime she didn't commit and left her for dead in the social gutters....
Elena Vance was supposed to be a Sterling bride. Instead, her fiancé Julian framed her for a crime she didn't commit and left her for dead in the social gutters of the elite. But Julian made one fatal mistake: he forgot about his stepfather. Garrick Sterling is the cold-hearted architect of the family fortune - a man who values power over blood and loyalty over love. When Elena approaches him with a contract Julian never saw coming, the deal is simple: she gets the protection of the Sterling name, and Garrick gets the perfect weapon to dismantle his stepson’s arrogance. Now, Elena is returning to the Sterling mansion, not as Julian’s disgraced ex, but as his stepmother. As the lines between their strategic alliance and a dangerous, forbidden attraction begin to blur, Elena must decide what’s more intoxicating - the taste of Julian’s ruin, or the touch of the man who owns her soul by contract. In the Sterling house, love is a liability, and revenge is the only thing that’s real.