Reluctantly His

Their marriage was supposed to be temporary. Their feelings were supposed to be pretend. Nothing about this was supposed to get dangerous.

Lila Harper is done pretending she fits into the glittering world of the Hawthorne fortune. After a sabotaged fall nearly ends her life, she’s ready to walk away from the mansion, the lies, and—most of all—her infuriatingly irresistible husband.

But Miles Hawthorne isn’t ready to let her go.

He needs a wife until the inheritance is secure. She needs distance from the chaos closing in on all sides. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when Miles’s father is found murdered in his office—shot twice in what detectives are calling an execution.

Suddenly, Lila becomes the calm in a storm Miles can’t control.

And Miles becomes the one person determined to protect her—whether she wants him to or not.

With a jealous rival circling, a charming enemy determined to steal her away, and a family empire cracking under pressure, the line between “fake marriage” and something dangerously real begins to blur.

As secrets rise, loyalties fracture, and the Hawthorne dynasty teeters on the edge of collapse, Lila and Miles must decide:

Are they still acting?

Or have they fallen into something they can’t escape?

High glamour. High betrayal. High emotion. A modern, addictive soap-opera romance perfect for readers who crave luxury, scandal, and a love born from chaos.