Wedding Bargain by Celeste Heartswell

Heiress Gabriella Santos faces a ruthless boardroom ultimatum: marry within three months or forfeit her family’s luxury hotel empire. In a calculated move, she blackmails her ambitious rival, hotel manager Lucas Rivera, into a temporary marriage of convenience that promises him shares, promotion, and rising power.

What begins as a strategic alliance soon traps them in close quarters within an opulent penthouse, where staged public appearances as the perfect power couple force constant proximity and simmering tension.

As their carefully negotiated rules for public perfection and private distance begin to fracture, long-buried attraction flares into forbidden desire.

Gabriella’s fear of vulnerability clashes with her growing need for true connection, while Lucas battles resentment over past slights against his deepening respect and protective instincts.

Their arrangement evolves from reluctant bargain to an intense erotic journey of surrender, emotional discovery, and passionate partnership that could redefine their futures. In this seductive contemporary tale of power exchange and slow-burn romance, will their contract lead to genuine love or shatter under the weight of their deepest conflicts?