When British shipping heiress Isabelle Montgomery storms into Russian billionaire Alexei Volkov's Manhattan office, she's not looking for love—she's declaring war on the marriage contract his family arranged behind her back.
But Alexei has his own problems. Elena Petrov expects a wedding ring, and his grandfather expects compliance with centuries of Russian tradition.
One impulsive proposal changes everything.
Six months. Fake engagement. Mutual protection from unwanted marriages and family pressure. Simple business arrangement between two people who definitely don't need the complication of falling for each other.
Except nothing about Isabelle Montgomery is simple.
She's brilliant enough to outmaneuver international shipping cartels, fierce enough to face down Russian oligarchs, and stubborn enough to follow him to Moscow despite kidnapping attempts and family betrayal. When corporate espionage escalates to personal danger, their fake relationship becomes the only real thing in a world of calculated alliances.
But building an empire together means more than surviving Elena's schemes and family politics. It means choosing love over safety, partnership over independence, and a future neither planned but both desperately want.
Some empires are built on conquest.
Theirs might be built on something far more dangerous—the kind of love that transforms fake engagements into forever, and two stubborn hearts into an unstoppable force.
Can a Montgomery and a Volkov prove that the best partnerships are worth every risk?
Genre: Romance
But Alexei has his own problems. Elena Petrov expects a wedding ring, and his grandfather expects compliance with centuries of Russian tradition.
One impulsive proposal changes everything.
Six months. Fake engagement. Mutual protection from unwanted marriages and family pressure. Simple business arrangement between two people who definitely don't need the complication of falling for each other.
Except nothing about Isabelle Montgomery is simple.
She's brilliant enough to outmaneuver international shipping cartels, fierce enough to face down Russian oligarchs, and stubborn enough to follow him to Moscow despite kidnapping attempts and family betrayal. When corporate espionage escalates to personal danger, their fake relationship becomes the only real thing in a world of calculated alliances.
But building an empire together means more than surviving Elena's schemes and family politics. It means choosing love over safety, partnership over independence, and a future neither planned but both desperately want.
Some empires are built on conquest.
Theirs might be built on something far more dangerous—the kind of love that transforms fake engagements into forever, and two stubborn hearts into an unstoppable force.
Can a Montgomery and a Volkov prove that the best partnerships are worth every risk?
Genre: Romance
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