In love with the counterfeit heir

Zara Monroe doesn’t believe in fairy tales. There’s no prince coming to save her, no magic wand to erase the debt crushing her beneath its weight. Between late-night shifts and endless hospital bills, she’s barely holding on. The last thing she needs is Ryder Blackwood, the reckless billionaire heir with a smirk that could buy the world and the arrogance to match.



But when Ryder’s latest scandal threatens his family’s empire, he offers Zara a deal: three months of pretending to be his perfect girlfriend in exchange for enough money to save her mother’s life. She hates him, but she needs the cash.



It should’ve been simple, just a contract. Just a job. But as the lines blur between fake and real, Zara discovers a secret buried deep in the Blackwood legacy. Ryder isn’t who he claims to be. The boy the world sees is a lie, and the truth? It could destroy everything.



Now, Zara faces an impossible choice: expose the secret and risk losing the one person who finally made her feel alive, or keep the lie and become part of a deception that was never meant to last.



In a world where love can be bought, can two hearts afford to be real?