Billionaire's Forbidden Deal
(2026)(A book in the Billionaire's Legacy series)
A novel by Lara Bailey
I came to the Hawthorne gala with one goal.
Find proof.
Expose the network my half-brother helped build.
And take down the men hiding behind it.
I knew exactly who could help me before I ever walked in.
Ollie Hawthorne.
Billionaire.
Security mastermind.
The one man with the skills I need to finish this.
He doesn’t trust me.
And I definitely don’t trust him.
But we don’t have a choice.
Because the deeper we dig, the clearer it becomes…
this isn’t just money.
It’s power.
Control.
And people willing to destroy anyone who gets too close.
Working with Ollie was supposed to be strategic. Temporary.
Until every argument turns into tension.
Every look lingers too long.
And the moment he touches me—
Everything changes.
Because when a man like Ollie Hawthorne decides he wants something…
he doesn’t walk away.
And now we’re caught in something neither of us planned.
Something dangerous.
The man behind this network will do anything to keep his secrets buried.
And Ollie may have to choose between the empire his family built…
and the woman who came to tear it all down.
When the truth comes out, he won’t just lose everything.
He might lose me.
Tropes:
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity
High-Stakes Suspense
Protective Billionaire
Genre: General Fiction
Find proof.
Expose the network my half-brother helped build.
And take down the men hiding behind it.
I knew exactly who could help me before I ever walked in.
Ollie Hawthorne.
Billionaire.
Security mastermind.
The one man with the skills I need to finish this.
He doesn’t trust me.
And I definitely don’t trust him.
But we don’t have a choice.
Because the deeper we dig, the clearer it becomes…
this isn’t just money.
It’s power.
Control.
And people willing to destroy anyone who gets too close.
Working with Ollie was supposed to be strategic. Temporary.
Until every argument turns into tension.
Every look lingers too long.
And the moment he touches me—
Everything changes.
Because when a man like Ollie Hawthorne decides he wants something…
he doesn’t walk away.
And now we’re caught in something neither of us planned.
Something dangerous.
The man behind this network will do anything to keep his secrets buried.
And Ollie may have to choose between the empire his family built…
and the woman who came to tear it all down.
When the truth comes out, he won’t just lose everything.
He might lose me.
Tropes:
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity
High-Stakes Suspense
Protective Billionaire
Genre: General Fiction
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