The Bride Who Knew Too Much

"She married him to burn his empire to the ground. He married her to secure his throne. Neither of them expected the lie that would tear their world apart."

For ten years, Isla Bennett carried the ashes of a destroyed life. Her father, Daniel Bennett, was branded a criminal, thrown into a high-security prison, and died in disgrace, all at the hands of the untouchable Ashbourne family. So when Sebastian Ashbourne, the ruthless, ice-cold billionaire CEO of the family empire, demands a convenient marriage to satisfy an archaic inheritance clause, Isla accepts. The rules are simple: twelve months, separate bedrooms, total detachment. In exchange, Isla gets the one thing money can’t buy: unlimited access to the Ashbourne vaults to unearth the proof that will ruin them. Except the rules shatter on their wedding night. Slipping through the shadows of the Ashbourne estate, Isla overhears a conversation that freezes the blood in her veins: “Daniel Bennett wasn’t supposed to survive.” When she corners Sebastian for answers, he drops a revelation that changes everything: “Your father didn’t die ten years ago. The man buried under his name did.” And that is only the first lie. As an anonymous killer circles, an open grave is found empty, and a twenty-five-year-old murder conspiracy begins to unravel, Isla realizes the man who raised her was never who she thought. Even worse? The arrogant, dangerous billionaire she swore to hate is no longer standing across the battlefield. He’s standing in front of her, taking the bullets meant for her chest, and proving that the only thing more lethal than an Ashbourne vendetta… is an Ashbourne who has fallen completely, hopelessly in love.