10/16/2026
Mara Ellis has seventy-two hours to save her family’s coastal property—or lose it to the corporation that destroyed her father’s name.
Julian Cross, the enemy lawyer representing that corporation, offers her one solution: marry him.
Their wedding takes eight minutes. Their rules are simple: separate rooms, no lies, no falling in love.
Then they discover an old marriage contract bearing both their signatures—dated ten years before they ever met.
As storms close in, hidden files surface, dinner turns into courtroom strategy, and even fixing a broken door becomes a test of trust. Julian knows more than he admits. Mara remembers less than she should.
To save Port Mercy, they must uncover who erased their past.
To save their marriage, they must decide whether love can survive the truth.
