The Reluctant Bride

Enemies to Lovers

She swore she’d destroy him. Now she’s his wife.

A disgraced scholar is forced into a marriage of convenience with the powerful lord tied to her father’s ruin—just as a blackmailer threatens to expose them both.

She hated him. Not politely. Not quietly.

The man whose silence shattered her family now calls her wife.

Lucien Vale is control and privilege wrapped in devastating charm. Untouchable. Dangerous. Entirely off-limits.
Then one scandalous alcove kiss traps them in a forced marriage.

He says it’s protection. She called it a cage. They trade sharp words instead of affection.

He returns her stolen notebook instead of using it against her. He bleeds defending her in the dark. And somewhere between fury and firelight, she falls.

That’s when she learns the truth. His company helped ruin her father.

If she exposes him, she destroys her husband. If she stays silent, she destroys herself.