“Lily O'Sullivan was never meant to survive her family. After her mother's sudden death, her world turns into something darker than grief, a house filled with secrets, cruelty, and a brother who treats her like something to break. Hope becomes a fragile thing, held together by memories... and a crush she was never meant to touch. Until she's sold to him. Alexander Dankworth is everything Lily once dreamed of, he's rich and dangerously sexy. But the man she marries is not the boy she loved. This one is cold, ruthless and wicked. Their marriage is nothing more than a contract signed in desperation. But beneath Alex's icy heart lies a past as violent as hers and as Lily is pulled deeper into his world, the truth begins to unravel about her family, her bloodline and the day her mother died. Because Lily was never just sold. She was traded. Between betrayal and obsession, hate and desire, Lily and Alex are bound by something far more dangerous than marriage, a connection built on pain, possession, and secrets that should have stayed buried. And when the truth finally surfaces... It will destroy them both. Or bind them together forever. Forced marriage. Forbidden tension. Betrayal that will make your jaw drop. And a love so twisted it'll ruin you for every other story.”