Length5h 4m
About this audiobook
At prestigious St Jude, reputation is the only currency that counts. Amelia Vance, a brilliant scholarship student fighting to stay afloat, knows this system all too well – she is the one writing essays that go out under the names of the country’s richest children. James Thorne, son of a Supreme Court judge and the system’s golden boy, runs this underground intellect factory.
When a looming disciplinary proceeding threatens them both, the only way out is a deal. James needs the impeccable image of a settled, responsible student, and Amelia needs protection from being kicked out of college. The condition is simple: for the next term, they have to pretend to be a couple.
In a world of oak‑panelled rooms and cold calculations, where every word has its price, Amelia and James start to realise their agreement may come with one clause they never anticipated: real feelings. In a system built on appearances, is there room for a truth that doesn’t come from the case files?
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length5 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 – The Essay Factory
2Chapter 2 – The Guardian’s Traits
3Chapter 3 – The Bug in the Code
4Chapter 4 – The Judge’s Ultimatum
5Chapter 5 – Legalising the Sin
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6Chapter 6 – The First Negotiation
7Chapter 7 – The Founders’ Gala
8Chapter 8 – A Moment of Honesty
9Chapter 9 – The Information
10Chapter 10 – The Call
11Chapter 11 – The Confrontation
12Chapter 12 – The fracture in the deal
13Chapter 13 – Off-contract
14Chapter 14 – Lucia
15Chapter 15 – Something of his own
16Chapter 16 – End of term
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