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I owe him a debt. The kind money can’t repay. He wants something else: me, for one year. But I don’t even know who he is.... Three hundred sixty-five days and nights doing everything he wants...except that. “I’m not going to sleep with you,” I say categorically. He laughs.

Contains books one and two of the Perfect Stranger series: The Perfect Stranger and The Perfect Cover.

His promise: Before the year is up, you’ll beg for it. My days of lying and stealing are over, but then Nicholas Crawford makes me an offer I can’t refuse. Spend a year pretending to be his significant other in exchange for 1,000,000 million dollars. I tried to put that part of my life, and those hard-won skills, behind me. But I need the money. He needs a partner. I told him that I’d never sleep with him. He promised me that I would end up begging for it. Now, I want him more than ever. Especially when I run my fingers over his chiseled body and he teases me with his tongue.

I don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens...something I can never take back. I don’t cheat on her. There’s no one else. It’s worse than that. Much worse. Can we survive this?

Everything comes at a price. What if this one is too high even for him to pay? Jackson Ludlow, the recluse billionaire of New York, is beautiful and captivating but also damaged and alone. He thinks he is the only one with secrets, but he’s wrong. My past is coming for me. It’s forcing me back there: the place that ruined everything. I don’t want to go. He can’t make me. But there’s no way out.

I don’t belong here. I’m in way over my head. But I have debts to pay. They call my name. The spotlight is on. The auction starts. Mr. Black is the highest bidder. He’s dark, rich, and powerful. He likes to play games. The only rule is there are no rules. But it’s just one night. What’s the worst that can happen?

I thought Franklin Parks was a bad man before, but now I know he’s a monster. To survive, I will have to beat him at his own game. But then, Henry Asher, my one and only love, comes back into my life, and things get a lot more complicated. Franklin is not only my fiancé but also Henry’s boss, and he will stop at nothing to get everything he wants....

After everything that we have been through, is this finally the end of us? Our life isn’t like other people’s. I crashed into his perfectly ordered world, changing everything. He took my innocence, and I taught him that life is better outside the walls of his cloistered mansion. But then he came along. Parker Huntington is the man who stalked me, attacked me, and kidnapped me.

¿Es este nuestro fin? Encontré una mujer sin la cual no puedo vivir. Hemos pasado por mucho. Hemos tenido nuestros contratiempos. Pero nuestro amor es más fuerte que nunca. Somos sobrevivientes. Pero cuando la alejan de mí en el altar, justo antes de que ella se convierta en mi esposa, todo se rompe. Haré cualquier cosa para liberarla. Haré cualquier cosa para hacerla mía para siempre. ¿Pero es eso suficiente? ¿Y si no lo es?

Yo no pertenezco a ella. Nací en la oscuridad, la vida me convirtió en un cínico incapaz de amar. Pero luego Ellie entró. Inocente, optimista, amable. Ella es lo opuesto a lo que merezco. La compré, pero ella me robó el corazón. Ahora mi negocio está en llamas. Solo tengo una oportunidad para hacerlo bien. Ahí es donde sucede... algo que nunca podré recuperar. No la engaño. No hay nadie más. Es peor que eso. Mucho peor. ¿Podemos sobrevivir?

Pueden tomar todo de mí, pero no pueden tomarla a ella. El señor Black está de vuelta. Para vengarse. - Necesito que firmes un contrato. - ¿Qué tipo de contrato? - Un contrato que te hará mía. Esta vez ella va a hacer todo lo que yo diga. Ella lo va a odiar y luego va a rogar por más. Este es el juego que jugamos. Es nuestro juego. ¿Pero qué pasa cuando los demás se enteran? ¿Perderemos todo?

No estamos hechos el uno para el otro. No debería haber quedado con él de nuevo después de nuestra primera noche juntos. Pero me muero de deseo por él. Soy adicta a él. Él es mi placer oscuro. El señor Black es Aiden. Aiden es el señor Black. Dos caras de la misma persona. Aiden es amable y dulce. El señor Black es exigente y se rige por las reglas. Cuando me invita a volver a su yate, no puedo decir que no. Otra subasta. Otra puja. Se supone que soy suya. Pero entonces todo va mal.

Yo no pertenezco a este lugar. Esta situación me supera. Pero tengo deudas que pagar. Pronuncian mi nombre. El foco está encendido. Comienza la subasta. El señor Black es el mejor postor. Es oscuro, rico y poderoso. Le gustan los juegos. La única regla es que no hay reglas. Pero es solo una noche. ¿Qué es lo peor que puede pasar?

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Broken hearts do not fully heal. Even if they are mended, fissures remain, and over time, pressure can split open old wounds. There was a time when Isabelle and I were solid. There was a time when it was just the two of us against the world. I ignored the cracks beneath the surface. Now, everything is different. They are after us, and they are not going to give up no matter what. They have more resources, more man-power, more strength. What do we have? We used to have each other, but now...I’m no longer certain we have even that.

They can take everything from me, but they can’t take her. Mr. Black is coming back. With a vengeance. “I need you to sign a contract”. “What kind of contract”? “A contract that will make you mine”. This time she’s going to do everything...

We don’t belong together. I should have never seen him again after our first night together. But I crave him. I’m addicted to him. He is my dark pleasure. Mr. Black is Aiden. Aiden is Mr. Black. Two sides of the same person. Aiden is kind and sweet. Mr. Black is demanding and rule-oriented. When he invites me back to his yacht, I can’t say no. Another auction. Another bid. I’m supposed to be his. But then everything goes wrong....

Not long ago, there was nothing I couldn’t have. Now, I don’t even have the choice of whom to marry. To save my father’s life and our family’s legacy, I have to marry a cruel man who wants me only as a trophy. Henry Asher was just supposed to be a summer fling, but we fell in love. We thought we would be together forever, but life got in the way. After we broke up, I vowed to never tell Henry the truth about my engagement. What happens when the lies that were supposed to save me start to drown me?

Easton Bay has risked everything to protect me, but that doesn’t mean that he didn't do what they accused him of. I am in love with him. I am supposed to be his wife, but this changes everything. The king has turned on him. I’m Easton’s only hope. But it’s only a matter of time before they turn on me, too. Is my fate is sealed?