When your dad's illness makes him desperate to see you happily married, your brother's best friend Abel—the brooding, gorgeous bad boy you've secretly wanted forever—shocks you by offering a fake marriage to ease your father's mind. Moving into his luxe bachelor pad as his wife-in-name-only seemed manageable until one steamy accident changes everything, and suddenly the chemistry you've been fantasizing about becomes scorching reality. Abel insists he's too much of a playboy for the forever kind of love you deserve, but your heart has other ideas about the man who's always been your person. Will you be able to convince him that beneath all that bad-boy swagger, he's exactly what you've been wishing for all along?

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Intense R&B and pop with sultry indie vibes—think smoldering chemistry, late-night tension, and the burn of desire finally unleashed. Sensual beats meet vulnerable moments. Contemporary, passionate, and unapologetically steamy.