book cover of The Truth of Us
 

The Truth of Us

(2026)
(The second book in the Contracted Hearts series)
A novel by

 
 
Elliot Vale has spent his entire life avoiding the one thing he doesn’t trust.

Love.

As the public face of Northwell, he’s charming, polished, and always in control. Relationships are easy when they have an expiration date, and Elliot has never had trouble walking away before things become complicated.

Then Harper Lane walks back into his life.

A month-long fake relationship should have been simple. Good for his image. Good for business. Temporary.

Harper understands the rules from the start. She grew up in a world where appearances matter and relationships are often built on arrangements instead of feelings. Thirty days of pretending should have been easy.

Instead, it starts to feel real.

Somewhere between the public appearances, late-night conversations, and stolen moments behind closed doors, Harper begins to believe there might be something more waiting for them when the contract ends.

Elliot begins to believe it too.

And that terrifies him.

When fear drives Elliot to make a choice he can’t take back, Harper walks away without looking back.

For the first time in his life, Elliot finds himself on the wrong side of a arrangment.

Because winning her back won’t take money, power, or carefully negotiated terms.

It will take the one thing he’s never known how to give.

His heart.

The Truth of Us is a billionaire fake relationship romance featuring a self-sabotaging hero, a heroine who knows her worth, emotional angst, found family, a hero who falls harder, and a hard-earned happily ever after.





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