Marriage Papers

Premise

You are a struggling archivist at a prestigious historical foundation, and Harlan Ashcombe is the cold, calculated heir to the estate currently funding your research. When a legal technicality in an old family deed threatens to dissolve his inheritance—and your career along with it—Harlan Ashcombe approaches you with a cold-blooded proposition: a marriage of convenience. The rules are simple: Two years of public appearances. Separate lives behind closed doors. No feelings involved. However, on

The air in Harlan Ashcombe’s private study tasted of expensive cedar and old secrets.