Synopsis "The Price: A marriage of convenience romance"
He was the one who walked away. Now I own his debt, his name, and two years of his life. Seven years ago, Nate Marchetti set me on a scale against a girl with a better last name, and I came up light. He read the number and he left. I never forgot the exact size of what I wasn't worth. Now my grandfather is dead, his money is mine, and the Marchettis are ninety days from losing everything they own. So I did what my family does. I found the debt. I bought it. And then I bought him. Two years. Separate rooms. A wall down the middle of the house and both our names on the paper. He's the husband at the dinners, the hand at the small of my back, the smile for the cameras. In private, he doesn't touch me unless I ask. I am never going to ask. The trouble is the house is very quiet at two in the morning, and it's a long way to the other side of that wall, and a body remembers what the ledger swears it forgot. He was supposed to be a line item. He was not supposed to start paying me back in a currency I never put a price on. THE PRICE is a slow-burn, marriage-of-convenience romance with the money in the woman's hands and the line in the man's. Rich-girl / broke-boy, second chance, forced proximity, and a heroine who audits everything except her own heart. No cheating. No cliffhanger. A guaranteed happily ever after. Readers who love Ana Huang, Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, and Tessa Bailey will feel right at home. Tropes: Marriage of convenienceSecond-chance romanceRich woman / broke man (reverse)Forced proximity, one house, one wallSlow burn to explicitGrumpy heroine, sunshine hero (inverted)HEA, no cheating, no cliffhangerSteam level: 4/5. Explicit open-door scenes and some strong language. 18+. Book one of the On Paper series.
