Description
All her life, Penelope "Penny" Carter wanted a chance to prove herself. But she was always overshadowed by her Harvard graduating sister, Tiffany, who was the heiress to her family's large fortune. But when Tiffy gambled away their luxury hotel, the Carters are left bankrupt. Until her mother proposes that Penny redress her big sister's mistakes by signing a contract and introducing her to an old friend's son, Alexander Smith, the business mogul. Penny jumps at the chance, seeing it as a gateway to all her ambitions but as the neglected, incorrigible brat, it won't come easy to her. Not when the snobby bastard Alexander is involved. When Xander strikes up a deal that was too good to refuse, the wheels start turning in Penny's head. Both of them wanted to take the reins of their lives into their own hands; neither of them apprised of each other's ulterior motives. Xander was manipulative and Penny was calculative--together, they formed one disastrous pair. Unaware of the fire they had ignited and the hellhounds they had invited, all their catastrophic schemes blow up in their faces ruining their lives as they knew it. Contracts are made, terms are violated, loopholes are exploited, hearts are broken, bonds are created. Indeed, it appears like love might blossom even in this unlikeliest relationship. But will all this matter to Penny? Was this what she signed up for? An unusual Chicklit/Romance. Started : 27/05/20 Word count: 36,000+ #989 in rich #804 in general fiction #755 in new York #138 in feminism #59 in heiress
PROLOGUE: The Sobriety of life
