Too Close to Him
(2026)(A book in the Billionaires of Rosewood Estate series)
A novel by Jennifer Hartley
Fake engagement to my business rival is reckless.
Enemies in public, partners in secret, forced into each other’s lives by contract.
He falls first—dangerously obvious, infuriatingly contained, impossible to ignore.
I shook Lucas Knight’s hand for the deal of a lifetime. I walked out with a ring, a contract, and the kind of forced proximity that strips every performance down to truth.
We show up arm-in-arm at industry dinners. We argue over floor plans with the kind of heat that leaves witnesses choosing sides.
He treats every interaction like a battlefield—but his hand settling on my back in a crowded room says I belong whether I want to or not. He watches me work like I’m the only person who’s ever told him no and meant it.
One sentence from his mouth can end a man’s career—or rewrite my future. And in every room that matters, he stands beside me, never in front.
But the danger isn’t in the arrangement. It’s in how easily he steps across every line I built to keep this professional. If I let him touch what I’ve rebuilt, I could lose more than my studio—I could lose the only security I still trust.
❤ Fake Engagement • Enemies to Lovers • Billionaire • He Falls First • Steamy • Guaranteed HEA
Part of the Billionaires of Rosewood Estate series. Can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romance
Enemies in public, partners in secret, forced into each other’s lives by contract.
He falls first—dangerously obvious, infuriatingly contained, impossible to ignore.
I shook Lucas Knight’s hand for the deal of a lifetime. I walked out with a ring, a contract, and the kind of forced proximity that strips every performance down to truth.
We show up arm-in-arm at industry dinners. We argue over floor plans with the kind of heat that leaves witnesses choosing sides.
He treats every interaction like a battlefield—but his hand settling on my back in a crowded room says I belong whether I want to or not. He watches me work like I’m the only person who’s ever told him no and meant it.
One sentence from his mouth can end a man’s career—or rewrite my future. And in every room that matters, he stands beside me, never in front.
But the danger isn’t in the arrangement. It’s in how easily he steps across every line I built to keep this professional. If I let him touch what I’ve rebuilt, I could lose more than my studio—I could lose the only security I still trust.
❤ Fake Engagement • Enemies to Lovers • Billionaire • He Falls First • Steamy • Guaranteed HEA
Part of the Billionaires of Rosewood Estate series. Can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romance