The Bride He Underestimated

<p><strong>An arranged marriage. A clash of worlds. One unexpected beginning.</strong></p><p><em>He thought she was ugly. She thought he was impossible.</em></p><p>Michael Tyrone has everything a man could want-money success and a reputation so sharp it scares people into silence. But when his parents force him into an arranged marriage with Nicole Williams - a woman he'd never seen the quiet bookish woman he's been told isn't much to look at he decides it's nothing more than a business deal. A duty to fulfill nothing else.</p><p>Nicole on the other hand has learned to stop expecting kindness. She knows exactly what people see when they look at her-and she's done trying to change their minds. But marrying a man like Michael with his rules and coldness is more than she ever planned for. She just wants to survive it with her pride intact.</p><p>Then the wedding day comes. And Michael is left speechless.</p><p>What starts as a marriage built on pride fear and misunderstanding slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Between London boardrooms and quiet kitchen mornings control gives way to curiosity and strangers begin to turn into something like home. But love doesn't bloom easily where trust has been broken and both will have to choose between who they've been and who they could become together.</p><p>Now they share a roof a name and a thousand unspoken truths. If only they can face the one secret that's been standing between them all along. What could possibly go wrong?</p>