The deal was simple. The love was never part of the contract.
Ivy Chen is out of options. Drowning in her father's medical debts and stuck in a failing architecture firm, she attends a glittering Manhattan gala hoping to save her career. Instead, she spills champagne on Lucian Voss - billionaire heir to a secret dynasty whose fortune isn't just old money. It's ancient magic.
Lucian has spent his life frozen in isolation, convinced that love is a death sentence. The Voss bloodline carries the Vein - a gift that twists emotional bonds into fuel for a centuries-old curse. But when Ivy's fingers brush his, the Vein falls silent. She is immune. She is the key. And Lucian offers her an impossible deal: one year as his wife, in exchange for clearing her family's crushing debts and handing her the architectural project of a lifetime.
It's supposed to be a cold, contractual arrangement. No feelings. No intimacy. Just a convincing performance for the cameras and the boardroom. But as their fake marriage deepens into a slow-burn passion neither of them expected, Ivy uncovers the terrifying truth behind the Voss curse - and the ancient prophecy that says she might be the only one who can break it.
With a ruthless grandfather plotting in the shadows and a darkness that has destroyed every Voss love for a thousand years closing in, Ivy must make an impossible choice: walk away and save herself, or risk everything to fight for a love that was never part of the deal.
The Billionaire's Contractual Obsession is the sweeping first book in The Voss Empire trilogy - a billionaire romance woven with magical realism, slow-burn steam, and a heart-stopping happily ever after. Perfect for readers who crave fake relationships that become devastatingly real, ancient family secrets, and heroes who learn that love is the most powerful magic of all.
For readers who love:
✓ Marriage of convenience
✓ Enemies to lovers
✓ "Who did this to you?" moments
✓ Ancient curses and hidden magic
✓ Slow-burn passion
✓ A heroine who refuses to break
