"She is his wife in name only, yet in truth a captive secret locked away.Twenty-eight-year-old business tycoon Leonardo Black is required to enter a stable marriage before turning thirty to claim his family inheritance. He sets his sights on Clara Evans, the twenty-five-year-old daughter of his father’s old friend—a regular young woman working at a neighborhood bookstore buried under mounting debts.A single contract binds them: three years of marriage, each getting what they want. Clara maintains the facade of Leonardo’s spouse, and Leonardo pays off every last one of Clara’s debts. Clara believes this will be nothing more than a transaction: move into the lavish mansion, play the part of his wife, and walk away with a check once the three years are up.But she is dead wrong.Leonardo does not treat her like a wife—he treats her like a prisoner. She is forbidden from stepping outside the estate, barred from contacting the outside world, and must never let anyone learn she is Leonardo Black’s wife. The sprawling mansion becomes a gilded cage; the butler acts as her warden. She is not even allowed to post a single photograph on social media. This is a marriage hidden from the entire world."
