A steamy billionaire marriage-of-convenience romance with fake engagement chaos, family drama, and irresistible slow-burn chemistry.
I never thought I’d marry someone to save my business—let alone my ex’s older brother.
After a career-crashing meltdown on a film set in Iceland, I’m broke, desperate, and barely keeping my restaurant alive. Then my father shows up with an offer straight out of an old-money fairytale: marry a Lord—yes, one of those Lords—and I get my trust fund back.
One problem: the only available Lord is Achilles.
My ex’s older brother. A billionaire tech mogul with the emotional warmth of an ice sculpture and all the charm of a tax audit.
Now we’re living in his immaculate Manhattan penthouse, staging a romance for the press to satisfy our feuding families’ legacy contract. I’m fire and chaos. He’s cold steel and spreadsheets. We’re opposites in every way—but the more time we spend faking this engagement, the more I start to feel things that weren’t part of the deal.
This was supposed to be business.
No feelings. No strings. No surprises.
So why does my fake husband keep looking at me like I’m the one thing he never knew he needed?
Zoey Locke writes fun, slow-burn billionaire romance novels featuring
Zoey's stories blend witty banter, emotional depth, and high-heat romance, creating an addictive reading experience. She loves crafting books with popular romance tropes that readers adore, including enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, friends to lovers, second chances, boss/employee, and forced proximity.
Her books are perfect for fans of romantic comedy with heart, spicy billionaire romances, and lighthearted contemporary love stories.
Z.L. Arkadie writes steamy, twist-filled romances where power collides with passion and no secret stays buried for long. Her stories are known for their emotionally intense heroes, strong heroines, and the kind of jaw-dropping suspense that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
When she’s not unraveling forbidden love stories on the page, Z.L. loves traveling, hiking with her dog, and adventuring alongside her real-life hero—her handsome boyfriend, who’s every bit as sexy and complicated as the billionaires she writes about.