Self-made Julian Ford, a ruthless entrepreneur from the wrong side of the tracks, needs to secure funding from a group of traditional investors. His solution: announce an engagement to a woman from a long-established San Francisco family...and Lily Barnes-Shah fits the bill perfectly! Julian's business proposal provides Lily with an escape from an unwanted convenient marriage. But she couldn't have envisioned the burning heat between them. Or that she'd be craving something outside of the bounds of their temporary agreement: a passionate surrender between Julian's billion-dollar sheets...-- Back cover.