The Contract Between Us: A billionaire arrangement that was never supposed to become love

It was supposed to be a simple business transaction. Falling in love was never part of the deal.

Mara Castellano is out of time. With her mother’s life hanging in the balance and medical bills piling up, she is desperate for a miracle. Enter Julian Cross—Seattle’s most ruthless tech billionaire. He doesn’t offer charity; he offers a contract. He will pay the quarter of a million dollars needed to save her mother's life. In exchange, Mara must play the role of his devoted wife for exactly one year.

Julian doesn’t believe in love; he believes in leverage. To secure his grandfather’s legacy and protect his eight-billion-dollar empire from a scheming relative, he needs a bride before his thirty-second birthday. Mara is the perfect candidate: unconnected to his elite world and desperate enough to sign an ironclad non-disclosure agreement. It’s a clean, mutually beneficial transaction with strict boundaries. No emotions. No complications.

But playing house with a billionaire is a dangerous game. As Mara is swept into Julian’s glittering, cutthroat world of high-society galas and ruthless boardrooms, the icy CEO begins to thaw. Rehearsed kisses become breathless, stolen moments. Late-night business briefings turn into whispered confessions. Soon, the lines between performance and reality blur entirely.

When a malicious leak threatens to expose their fake marriage to the press, Julian and Mara stand to lose everything—his company, her privacy, and the undeniable, terrifying love growing between them. They survived the contract, but can they survive the truth?

The Contract Between Us is a swoon-worthy, high-stakes billionaire romance packed with forced proximity, gripping drama, and a beautifully earned happily-ever-after.

Grab your headphones, hit play, and get swept away by the ultimate marriage of convenience today!

© 2026 Heatwave Books (Lydbog): 9780466347031

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Lydbog: 5. maj 2026