Her Substitute Groom
READING AGE 18+
Carys Blake has a problem. Her family is drowning in debt due to her mother’s selfish spending. Faced with possible homelessness, Carys is compelled to accept an old friends proposition. Marry him so he can inherit his trust fund from his grandfather. The wedding is a big deal as her groom, Lorenzo Taylor is a billionaire heir ladies man who has broken off two engagements in the past. But when he ghosts her two days before the wedding with a single text message, what will she do? Their wedding has been splashed all over the world. And she needs to save her family. Enter her groom’s cousin, Maxim Taylor, a billionaire businessman who is known as the dark horse of his family due to his reserved nature and usual absence from the spotlight. He offers to step in and marry Carys to save her family and to save face for her. He also has to marry to inherit his trust fund. His family is against the union saying Carys should be cut loose. The press and the gossip world tear them apart alleging they must have been cheating behind Lorenzo’s back. Even Maxim’s investors and business associates look at their relationship with waggling tongues and disdainful words. Will their union survive or will the opinions of others tear them apart? Family secrets will come to light during their journey together throwing different challenges in their path.
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I walk into the loud club, the air positively pulsing with the soundwaves and the bright waves of light. This is so not my scene. I head for the back area by the bar. That’s where he said he’ll be. I find my cousin, Brad sitting at a table with a very bored looking girl. He’s slumped back in the chair and I realize he’s had more to drink than he……
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