Her father's shipping empire needs Corona Development's capital. The wedding is already on the calendar — the prenup was drafted before the proposal. All Clara has to do is wear the right dress and smile for the cameras.
But every morning at 5:40, before the house wakes up, she meets Dean Luna at the rose garden — the estate's groundskeeper, a man with nothing to offer but honesty, and a face that's quietly become the new billboard for a national cologne brand. When her fiancé follows her to a bar he was never invited to, and a jealous influencer decides Clara's private life is worth four hundred thousand followers, a quiet arrangement between two powerful families turns into the kind of scandal neither of them can spin their way out of.
A modern, Sabrina-inspired romance about class, jealousy, and choosing the harder, truer thing when the whole world's built to reward the easy lie.
Jose A. Martinez is an independent author who writes across genres, including suspense, mystery, faith-based fiction, and family drama. His stories blend compelling characters with thought-provoking themes, drawing inspiration from history, folklore, faith, and everyday life. When not writing, he enjoys researching unusual historical events and developing new story ideas to share with readers around the world.