THE WIFE HE NEVER CHOSE

“He married me to save my hotel. I fell in love with the man who would eventually break my heart. When Nessa Calder is on the verge of losing Bellamy House, the historic hotel her late mother left behind, she receives an unexpected offer from the last man she would ever consider marrying. Rafe Mercer is a billionaire who has everything money can buy, except the one thing he suddenly needs: a wife. Cold, intimidating and fiercely private, Rafe offers Nessa a twelve-month marriage contract. He will clear her hotel's debts, secure its future and give her the financial independence she desperately needs. In return, she will become his wife in public, share his home and never expect love from him. Desperate to save her mother's legacy, Nessa accepts. But living with Rafe Mercer is nothing like she imagined. Behind his cold expression is a man who remembers the smallest details about her. A man who becomes inexplicably jealous when another man gets too close. A man who begins breaking his own rules just to make her smile. Nessa knows she shouldn't fall for her husband. Their marriage has an expiration date, and Rafe has made it clear that love was never part of their agreement. But when the man who once insisted on separate bedrooms starts making her feel like the only woman in his world, keeping her heart out of the arrangement becomes impossible. Then Nessa discovers a devastating truth. Long before he offered her marriage, Rafe knew about the financial troubles threatening her mother's hotel. His company had been involved in the very transaction that put Bellamy House at risk. And he knew who she was when he chose her. Suddenly, every tender gesture, every promise and every moment of affection comes into question. Did Rafe marry her because he wanted her, or because she was part of a problem he needed to control? Now the billionaire who taught her how to fall in love must face the consequences of the secret that could cost him everything. Because Nessa may have entered his marriage for the sake of her mother's legacy, but she refuses to stay in a marriage where her heart is the price of a hidden truth. He never intended to choose her. But now that she is walking away, he will discover that the woman he never chose is the only woman he cannot bear to lose.”