The Celeste Heartswell The CEO's Convenient Wife Paperback

Corporate lawyer Claire Kensington enters a calculated one-year marriage of convenience with commanding CEO Lucas Beaumont to help him win custody of his young niece from ruthless relatives. Bound by strict contractual terms and separate lives, their professional arrangement demands flawless public performances as a devoted couple while maintaining private distance.Yet as shared routines around the child deepen their connection, forbidden attraction simmers beneath every measured glance and charged dinner conversation. Lucas's authoritative presence chips away at Claire's carefully guarded emotional walls, igniting a slow-burning tension that threatens to consume them both. With the custody battle intensifying and hearts becoming entangled, the pair must confront whether their convenient union can survive the shift from contractual obligation to profound, passionate attachment.This seductive contemporary tale explores the erotic pull of power dynamics, vulnerability, and the irresistible transformation from strategic alliance to undeniable love.