Boss's Bride Price (Enemy Tycoons Book 2)

When Italian billionaire Dario Lorenti announces he needs a wife within the week, the last person he expects to say yes is the one woman who can't stand him.

Dario has always gotten what he wants—through sheer force of will and a checkbook that never runs dry. Inheriting his late father's estate should be no different. There's just one catch: the terms of the will require a bride. His solution is ruthlessly practical. Tallulah Whittaker, the fiercely loyal manager of his ancestral property, is the obvious choice. In Dario's experience, everyone has a price. He simply needs to find hers.

Tali has spent years pouring her heart into the crumbling Lorenti estate and the staff who've become her only family. She despises everything Dario represents—cold, arrogant, and allergic to anything resembling sentiment. But when he offers the investment the estate desperately needs in exchange for a temporary marriage, she finds herself saying the one word she swore she never would: yes.

The arrangement is supposed to be simple. Fly to Italy, play the devoted wife, collect the funding, and walk away. Except there's nothing simple about the electric tension crackling between two people who've turned sparring into an art form. And somewhere between the breathtaking Italian coastline and stolen glances across candlelit rooms, their paper marriage starts feeling dangerously real.

Can two people who thrive on conflict learn to trust each other—before their deal expires?