THE PROXY HUSBAND
At just twenty-four, Harper Thorne is the heiress to Ashford Industries, but power comes with a deadly price. With her parents gone and her ruthless uncle, Clark Thorne, circling like a vulture, Harper must fight to keep her family's legacy. According to her late father's will, she has ten days after her twenty-fourth birthday to get legally married, or lose control of the company forever..
Emotionless. Calculated. Desperate. Harper needs a husband fast, someone quiet, unthreatening, and easy to disappear when the time comes. She finds her answer in the kitchen of a luxury hotel: Jay, a soft-spoken, kind-eyed chef. She offers him five million dollars to marry her. No strings, no questions, just a signature.
But Harper’s carefully built plan is a lie built on a bigger lie.
Because “Jay” is actually Julian Rhodes, the reclusive billionaire CEO of Titan Enterprises and the most powerful man in the country. He’s been silently investigating Clark for years, and Harper’s offer gives him the perfect excuse to infiltrate her world and bring down his target.
What begins as a fake marriage becomes a high-stakes war of secrets, control, and unspoken emotions. Harper thinks she hired a shield, but she unknowingly invited a predator into her home.
If the world discovers Jay's real identity, Harper’s empire will crumble. But if Julian fails, Clark will destroy everything, and Harper’s life may be the price.
She paid for protection.
She got a man who plays by no one’s rules but his own.