

Her stepsister ran away on her wedding day. So Vivienne Virement became the bride instead. Vivienne never expected to marry Rowan Devereux the infamous billionaire everyone whispered about. After an accident left him confined to a wheelchair, Rowan became known as the cold, ruthless, and useless heir of the Devereux family. No woman wanted him but when her stepsister disappears to escape the marriage, Vivienne is forced to take her place to save the Virement family from ruin. She expects a loveless marriage to a broken man. Instead, she discovers a husband far more dangerous than the rumors suggest. Rowan may be in a wheelchair, but he is anything but helpless. Behind his cold eyes lies a man hiding powerful secrets and a carefully planned reason for pretending to be weaker than he really is. At first, Vivienne is only a pawn in his plans. Then she becomes the one person he cannot live without but just as their forced marriage begins turning into something real, the mystery surrounding Rowan’s mother’s death starts to unravel. And the truth may connect their families in ways neither of them ever imagined. Now Rowan must choose between the revenge he has spent years pursuing… and the woman who has become the one thing he cannot afford to lose.