A Contract for One Kiss - They meant to fool everyone but their own hearts

De Laura Bellini
Ouça com Sir Michael Caine™ e mais de 1.000 vozes
Duração6h 23m

Sobre este audiolivro

One weekend. One carefully planned lie. One kiss that changes everything. Iga Malec has spent years building a life that belongs entirely to her. At twenty-eight, she's an ambitious costume designer with her own studio, a demanding career, and a chance to win the theatre contract that could transform her future. She knows how to create convincing costumes, how to work under pressure, and how to protect her independence. What she doesn't know is how to protect her heart from her best friend. Paweł Sadowski is thirty-three, a talented theatre actor, and the one man who can make Iga laugh even when everything is falling apart. They've been friends for five years. They know each other's habits, ambitions, disappointments, and weaknesses. Or at least they think they do. When Paweł allows his family to believe that he and Iga are finally a couple, an innocent misunderstanding becomes a dangerous arrangement. His mother is delighted, a family weekend is approaching, and correcting the mistake suddenly seems much harder than simply playing along. Paweł asks Iga for one favour: pretend to be his girlfriend for two days. Iga agrees, but only after establishing strict rules. Separate bedrooms. No invented romantic history. No unexpected displays of affection. No promises about the future. And, most importantly, the truth must be told when the weekend ends. It should be simple. After all, Paweł is an actor, and Iga knows everything about creating believable appearances. But when their hands meet beneath an autumn sky, when a quiet conversation becomes an intimate confession, and when a kiss happens without anyone watching, the boundaries between friendship and desire begin to disappear. Suddenly, the greatest danger isn't that Paweł's family will discover the deception. It's that Iga might fall in love with the man she's only supposed to be pretending to love. As their attraction deepens, the two discover a closeness neither expected. Paweł sees the vulnerable woman behind Iga's fierce independence. Iga begins to understand the emotional cost of his lifelong determination to keep everyone he loves happy. Yet real feelings don't automatically make an old lie harmless. When Paweł wants Iga beside him at his upcoming theatre premiere as his genuine partner, the unresolved deception threatens everything they're beginning to build. Iga refuses to become another character in a story designed to satisfy his family's expectations. She wants love, but not at the expense of her freedom. He wants a future with her, but must learn that protecting people from disappointment isn't the same as being honest with them. Can two people who know how to make everyone believe in a love story learn to live one without pretending? Set against the atmospheric streets of Łódź, intimate theatre spaces, and an autumn family home surrounded by an old orchard, A Contract for One Kiss is a passionate contemporary romance about friendship becoming love, emotional vulnerability, trust, personal independence, and the courage to tell the truth. A standalone love story for readers who enjoy fake dating, friends-to-lovers romance, slow-burning attraction, heartfelt intimacy, and emotionally complex relationships with adult characters who must earn their happy ending. This publication was prepared using tools that support the creative process, including artificial intelligence solutions. The final concept, structure and editing are the responsibility of the author.

Detalhes do audiolivro

GêneroRomance
Duração6 h 23 min
Narrado porOuça com mais de 1.000 vozes
FormatoeBook com áudio
Data de publicação9 de nov. de 2026
IdiomaInglês

Sumário

1INTRO
2Chapter 1 - The Rules of the Performance
3Chapter 2 - A Contract Without Fine Print
4Chapter 3 - Everything That Cannot Be Directed
5Chapter 4 - Beyond the Spotlight
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6Chapter 5 - The Line That Must Not Be Crossed
7Chapter 6 - A Kiss Outside the Agreement
8Chapter 7 - The Truth Between the Words
9Chapter 8 - On the Other Side of the Stage
10Chapter 9 - The Price of a Shared Decision
11Chapter 10 - Without a Role to Play
12Chapter 11 - A Morning Without a Mask
13Chapter 12 - Two Invitations
14Chapter 13 - Under My Own Name
15Chapter 14 - What We're Afraid of Losing
16Chapter 15 - The Last Scene of the Lie
17Chapter 16 - Silence After the Applause
18Chapter 17 - Courage Without an Audience
19Chapter 18 - The End of the Performance
20Chapter 19 - An Evening Without Pretending
21Chapter 20 - No Contract
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