The Duke's Contract Wife

Desperate to save her pharmacy and support her adoptive mother, commoner pharmacist Evelyn accepts an outrageous offer from Duke Lucian Devereux: pretend to be his wife for thirty days in exchange for a thousand gold coins. What begins as a cold contract quickly turns dangerous when Evelyn discovers she may be the long-lost heir to Greenvale, a noble estate House Roland has spent years trying to control. As buried family secrets, forged debts, poisonings, kidnappings, and an old royal marriage deal come to light, Evelyn must fight for her true identity and reclaim everything stolen from her family. But the hardest truth is the one neither of them planned for—the fake marriage is becoming real. When the contract expires, Evelyn and Lucian must decide whether love is worth choosing without money, power, or hidden terms.