{"product_id":"the-startup-marriage-rocki-morrison-9798199437165","title":"The Startup Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eArielle Johnson built her company from nothing and lied to save it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix months ago, in the pitch room of her career, she told a top D.C. venture capitalist that her husband had been supporting her behind the scenes. There was no husband. There was barely time to sleep. The lie was supposed to be forgotten by morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the lie is at risk of being exposed during a key investment meeting. And the only man who knows enough to help her sell the lie convincingly is Malcolm Reed, her executive assistant of two years, and the quietest, most brilliant man in the office. Arielle is faced with giving Malcom fifteen percent equity and a wedding ring, or risk losing it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix months. One closed-door arrangement. One ticking clock.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne Black female CEO standing at the edge of her own runway with the man she'd been overlooking for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strategy was clean. The contract was airtight. The marriage was supposed to dissolve.\u003cbr\u003eAnd then it stopped being a strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers will love: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Black-led contemporary romance with a Black female CEO and Black male lead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA boss-and-assistant power-shift trope with full reader payoff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSharp, character-driven prose set in D.C.'s tech and venture world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA slow-burn, closed-door romance with no explicit content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA satisfying HEA that earns every word of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rocki Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199437165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Rocki Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997767053567,"sku":"9798199437165","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-startup-marriage-rocki-morrison-9798199437165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}