{"product_id":"the-contract-bride-allison-m-churchill-9798250402781","title":"The Contract Bride: A Dark Billionaire Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eControl built his empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove threatens to dismantle it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Vale has always operated three steps ahead. Every acquisition calculated. Every negotiation structured. When the trust that controls his family fortune demands marriage before his thirty-sixth birthday, he approaches the requirement the same way he approaches everything else: strategically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe does not need romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe needs a bride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabella Maren is not looking for a husband. She is trying to prevent the collapse of her family vineyard after years of financial strain. When her debt is quietly acquired by Vale Capital, she walks into Adrian's office expecting confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe leaves with a contract.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA temporary marriage in exchange for financial salvation. Three months of public appearances. Absolute emotional boundaries. Clause Nine ensures independence. No shared assets. No shared vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut proximity has consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving inside Adrian's world reveals cracks beneath his composure. Isabella challenges him in ways no board member ever has. She refuses to be absorbed into his empire. She refuses to be reduced to leverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Adrian-who has never miscalculated timing-finds himself falling first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Isabella discovers he purchased her debt long before presenting the proposal, she sees the truth: her crisis was never separate from his strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in his life, control feels empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo win her back, Adrian must dismantle the very tactics that defined him. No pressure. No acceleration. No engineered outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs corporate scrutiny intensifies and old power structures resist change, Adrian must decide whether permanence is something secured through contracts-or something maintained through trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Contract Bride\u003c\/b\u003e delivers slow-burn intensity, emotional tension, high-stakes power dynamics, and a deeply satisfying redemption arc where marriage begins as transaction-and becomes something chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison M. Churchill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250402781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"Allison M. Churchill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997516607743,"sku":"9798250402781","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-contract-bride-allison-m-churchill-9798250402781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}