He gave her a fake name. She has been hating him for four years. Their daughter is three.
Lila Beaumont
I am twenty-five. I am an American art appraiser working in Athens. Four years ago I spent one night in a Mykonos hotel with a man who gave me a fake name and disappeared at dawn. I came home pregnant. I have not let myself think about him since I held our daughter for the first time.
I have been hired to appraise a private collection on a private Greek island. The fee is obscene. The client wanted me specifically. The door opens. He says my name. He has known.
Adrian Drakos
I have been keeping her alive at a distance for forty-four months. Rent paid through a holding company. Her daughter’s preschool tuition. Her immigration filings. An investigator parked at the end of her street since 2022. I made the wrong decision four years ago. I am asking her for the right one now.
I am not going to apologize for the choices. I would do every one of them again.
Book 1 of 5 connected standalones. Each book is a complete short read, devoured in one sitting, featuring a different couple. Each book ends in HEA.
✓ age gap (19 years) · ✓ secret baby / single mom heroine · ✓ patient hero / “I always knew” · ✓ one-night-stand consequences · ✓ silver fox billionaire · ✓ Greek dynasty · ✓ slower-burn instalove · ✓ explicit / high heat · ✓ HEA · ✓ novella