Ruthless Heir

<p><strong>Agreeing to fake date my older brother's best friend-the first man who ever broke my heart- was a disaster waiting to happen.</strong></p><p>Asher Le Blanche is heir to a multibillion-dollar empire.</p><p>He has the flawless face of Adonis the body of a Greek god and the soulless heart of the devil.</p><p>The tabloids crown him the most desirable bachelor in the country.</p><p>To me? He was the guy I'd been in love with since I was ten.</p><p>Three years ago I made the foolish mistake of throwing myself at him only for him to turn me down without a second thought.</p><p>Fast-forward to today when I make another mistake that sees him bailing me out of a county jail.</p><p>Things spiral further when I'm denied campus housing and my brother asks Asher if I can stay with him for a few months.</p><p>What neither of them knows is that I'm running from a loan shark a secret that explodes in my face when Asher discovers it.</p><p>That's when he makes me an offer I can't refuse.</p><p>He'll pay off my debt if I agree to one condition:</p><p><em>Fake date him for three months.</em></p><p>Pretend to be his girlfriend to keep his father from arranging his marriage to the daughter of his biggest rival.</p><p>It was supposed to be simple.</p><p>We just had to make everyone believe we were real.</p><p>But soon every touch and every kiss starts feeling all too real.</p><p>And the rules we set become harder to follow. <em>For both of us</em>.</p><p>I swore I wouldn't fall for him again.</p><p>Then we become so wrapped up in each other that I can't even see the line we weren't supposed to cross.</p><p>Just when we think we've outsmarted everyone everything blows up in our faces.</p><p>What started as a temporary fix quickly turns into the biggest risk I've ever taken.</p><p>And this time more than my heart is on the line.</p>