When Hearts Surrender

A cold, reclusive billionaire, a dark family curse, and an arranged marriage with the one woman he's forbidden to love.All my life, restlessness has haunted me, as if a piece of my soul were missing. Then, I met him.A mysterious, charismatic bad boy in a leather jacket who whisked me away on the ride of a lifetime.For the first time, I felt truly alive.But as suddenly as he appeared, he vanished, taking my heart with him. I thought I wouldn't see him again until I walk into a room to meet the man my parents arranged for me to marry to save my family's business.Maxwell Anderson is one of the city's most powerful men. The reclusive billionaire-the frigid king, as the press calls him-is cloaked in shadows and secrets. He's overbearing and mercurial, his moods giving me whiplash. He's the complete opposite of the man I met that magical night.He tells me he's cursed, that he can never love me-his love is a literal death sentence.But what if I'm willing to risk everything-my body, my heart, my very life? And judging by his heated gazes and scorching touches, he's just as desperate to defy fate?Can we conquer the curse or will our love be our undoing?Tropes:Arranged marriage turned into marriage of convenienceGrumpy x sunshineGothic vibesBillionaireFamily curseAge gapTouch her and you'll regret itSoulmates