One Year with the Billionaire Grump: A Marriage of Convenience Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Gwynne Hart

Step 1: Seize majority control of her company. Step 2: Bury the Hartley name. Step 3: Don't fall for the CEO you just conquered. Kate Hartley meets me with an ice-blue stare that’s like a match to dry kindling. Her counter proposal—one-year as my wife. I get a fast, uncontested path to finish my takeover, and her startup stays outside my reach. I say yes. She arrives at my penthouse with a dog and a list. We’re sparring before her bags are unpacked. She wants an office; I park her in a closet by my gym. Cameras demand chemistry and a PR shoot delivers it. She calls me smug. I prove her right by kissing her senseless backstage. After that, the slide is unstoppable. Our “pretend” honeymoon in Tuscany? Ends up all heat. Zero acting. Now I’m hooked on her laugh, her fire… everything. But I’m still set to erase the Hartley name for what her father did to mine. If I can’t protect her start-up and prove I’m not the enemy before the clock runs out, I’ll win the war but lose Kate forever. ---- Read more