Solange Green possesses a wit as sharp as her quill, using her poetry to skewer the vapid elite of London. But when her father's financial ruin looms, her words cannot save her. Enter Hayes Ali, a brooding magnate with a legacy to secure and a disdain for scandal. He holds the deed to her family's estate and offers a chilling ultimatum: total ruin, or a marriage bound by a single, primal contract.Hayes requires an heir, not a partner. He demands her hand and her body to fulfill a debt that gold cannot pay. Solange agrees to the loveless union to save her family, stepping into the gilded cage of Ashworth. But as the nights grow longer, the cold transaction ignites into a battle of wills. Hayes intends to tame his defiant bride, but he finds himself captivated by the fire beneath her corset.
