Today’s teaser comes from The Heart of Texas.
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“How do I do this, Jim? How do I fucking show the bastard that he can’t win, that he can’t push me to marry just to get what was rightfully mine anyway?”
Riley looked up at him, the dim light from outside the window casting shadows across high cheekbones and green-hazel eyes. He’d caught his lower lip in his teeth, and the pain on his face was something Jim had never seen before.
“I work fucking hard for this company. What more can I do?”
“We find someone for you to marry, Riley. Some quiet Texan debutante who will agree to a prenup, yeah? Someone who ticks the boxes. And then after this prescribed year is up, you can divorce quietly.”
Jim could see that Riley wanted to say he couldn’t do that, wanted to say that no woman in her right mind would agree to that, but they both knew it would be easy to find a bride. The chance of marrying the millionaire Riley Hayes was going to bring everyone out of the woodwork, begging for the chance to get rich quick.
“I can’t do that,” Riley said simply. “I won’t give Dad the satisfaction of winning.”
Jim sighed. “So you let him win by not doing it, then. For him it’s a win-win situation. Let’s face it—either you let him win by doing something, or you let him win by doing nothing. Either way, Riley, you’re fucked.”
The Heart of Texas
In a world of wealth and power, where love is a liability and family can be a weapon, Riley must decide if winning is worth losing everything. The Heart of Texas is a tale of blackmail, revenge, passion, and redemption that will leave no heart unscarred.
Riley Hayes is the golden boy of the Hayes family—wealthy, charming, and ruthless in both business and pleasure. As heir to HayesOil, his future seems guaranteed until his father’s will throws everything into chaos. To secure his inheritance and control of the family empire, Riley must do the unthinkable: marry for love and stay married for a year.
Furious and desperate, Riley concocts a plan that will both satisfy the stipulation and humiliate his father’s oldest enemy. He turns to Jack Campbell, a rugged and principled rancher—and the son of his family’s greatest rival. But Jack has no interest in being a pawn in Riley’s game. Until Riley uncovers a devastating secret that gives him leverage to force Jack into a marriage neither of them wants.
As the world watches their union with suspicion and scorn, Riley and Jack are drawn into a web of lies, betrayals, and dangerous ambitions. Enemies circle, alliances shift, and murder lurks in the shadows of the Hayes empire. Jack, with his quiet strength, becomes Riley’s only anchor—but their growing connection threatens to expose Riley’s carefully constructed façade.
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