The Temporary Wife

Luca Windsor has always expected an arranged marriage. He is also certain he dislikes Valentina, the secretary his grandmother assigned him, though he cannot get through a day of work without her. She is highly professional and always a step ahead.

Then his family steers him toward an engagement he does not want, and Valentina resigns. Luca answers with a counteroffer. He has already helped her, and the price is that she marry him, in secret, in place of the bride his family has picked.

They settle on a three-year marriage with a short list of rules: no falling in love, no word of it at work, and one shared bed. The deal is meant to be tidy and temporary.

Living by those rules shows them how well they fit together. Both start to doubt the three-year limit they agreed on, and the book turns on whether either will say so first.

This is the second book in The Windsors, a series that follows a different sibling in each volume, so it reads on its own. It is a steamy contemporary romance built on marriage of convenience and boss-and-secretary tropes, with a happily-ever-after and no cheating.