Her firm is one bad headline from folding. His comeback needs a devoted husband story. His solution: marry the strategist who wrote the playbook.
Sydney Lattimore rebuilds broken reputations for a living, but her own crisis firm is circling the drain. When disgraced hospitality founder Ellis Renshaw walks into her pitch needing a comeback before a board vote, she hands him the winning strategy: nothing beats a scandal like a settled man with a wife at home. She never expected him to nominate her for the part.
His terms are outrageous. Twelve months. Separate rooms. A ring that only has to photograph well. She rewrites every clause before she signs, runs the whole campaign, and refuses to play anyone's polished trophy wife. But somewhere between the staged photographs and the late-night strategy sessions, the lie stops feeling like one — and someone is already hunting for the one document that could burn his comeback, her firm, and the marriage neither of them planned to make real. Can Sydney out-strategize the truth before it costs her the one thing she never priced into the deal?
💍 Marriage of Convenience 🕴️ Silver Fox Age Gap 🔥 Fake Marriage Becomes Real 🛡️ Powerful, Protective Hero 👑 Competent Black Heroine 📰 Public Scandal & Crisis PR 🚪 Forced Proximity, Separate Rooms
🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: Scorching, three on-page scenes 📖 POV: Dual First Person Past Tense 🎭
Series: Ring Season, Book 1 — full standalone HEA
💕 HEA: Guaranteed in This Book
⚠️ Content Notes: Age gap (10 years), public scandal/press intrusion
She built her career fixing other people's worst headlines. This time, the only winning strategy is the truth.
Genre: Romance
Sydney Lattimore rebuilds broken reputations for a living, but her own crisis firm is circling the drain. When disgraced hospitality founder Ellis Renshaw walks into her pitch needing a comeback before a board vote, she hands him the winning strategy: nothing beats a scandal like a settled man with a wife at home. She never expected him to nominate her for the part.
His terms are outrageous. Twelve months. Separate rooms. A ring that only has to photograph well. She rewrites every clause before she signs, runs the whole campaign, and refuses to play anyone's polished trophy wife. But somewhere between the staged photographs and the late-night strategy sessions, the lie stops feeling like one — and someone is already hunting for the one document that could burn his comeback, her firm, and the marriage neither of them planned to make real. Can Sydney out-strategize the truth before it costs her the one thing she never priced into the deal?
💍 Marriage of Convenience 🕴️ Silver Fox Age Gap 🔥 Fake Marriage Becomes Real 🛡️ Powerful, Protective Hero 👑 Competent Black Heroine 📰 Public Scandal & Crisis PR 🚪 Forced Proximity, Separate Rooms
🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: Scorching, three on-page scenes 📖 POV: Dual First Person Past Tense 🎭
Series: Ring Season, Book 1 — full standalone HEA
💕 HEA: Guaranteed in This Book
⚠️ Content Notes: Age gap (10 years), public scandal/press intrusion
She built her career fixing other people's worst headlines. This time, the only winning strategy is the truth.
Genre: Romance
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