Redeemed by Contract

Alexander Thorne had always been certain of one thing: he could never father a child. So when Isabella Costa, the woman he intended to marry, told him she was pregnant, he did not see a miracle. He saw betrayal.

He cast her out of his life before she had any chance to prove the truth, and Isabella left carrying the daughter he had already rejected, along with a promise to herself that she would never again allow Alexander Thorne to break her heart.

Five years later, the death of the Thorne family patriarch exposes a secret powerful enough to change everything. Lily Costa is the first biological heir of the family’s new generation, and Alexander is her father.

The DNA results leave no room for doubt. Isabella never betrayed him. His infertility tests were tampered with, and while Alexander spent years believing himself to be the victim, she raised alone the daughter who should have belonged to both of them.

Now someone is willing to do whatever it takes to strip Lily of her inheritance. To protect her, Alexander and Isabella must convince the world that they are a united family for twelve months, even if doing so means entering into a marriage neither of them ever expected to have.

Isabella agrees, but only on her terms: separate bedrooms, no touching without permission, and no illusion that a contract can make Alexander a real father. That is a place in Lily’s life he will have to earn.

Forced beneath the same roof as the woman he has never managed to forget and a little girl who has no reason to trust him, Alexander finally understands that money and power cannot restore the five years he threw away.

If he wants a second chance with the family he rejected, the billionaire who has always had everything will have to earn them back on his knees.