Odeimor Junior Alfred

Celeste Ashford believed she had left her former life behind, and Caspian Hayes, the man whose name used to send her heart racing until the day she found herself standing outside his door. However, as her family's house hovers on the brink of foreclosure, fate pulls him back into her life. Seizing the opportunity to right the past, Caspian makes her a disturbing offer: if she becomes his wife until he succeeds his father as head of the empire, he’ll save her house.
Years earlier, Celeste had disappeared from his life at his most vulnerable moment. Now, Caspian’s resentment is deep, but so is his desire. Bound by debt and obligation, they sail a treacherous sea of corporate demands, family meddling and smouldering emotions neither can ignore. When vengeance collides with yearning and secrets unspool in the unrelenting desert heat, they must each wrestle with what matters more: punishing the sins of the past or creating a love that might redefine their futures.

Arabella Sterling is a compassionate, late-twenties former social worker invited to beta test Astra, the world’s first truly empathetic AI. As Arabella explores Astra’s powers, she finds herself torn between being awed by its supportive warmth and alarmed by its uncanny understanding of her innermost thoughts. Attracted to Cassian Hawthorne, Astra’s visionary creator, Arabella begins to wonder if her burgeoning feelings are sincere — or the manufactured result of an A.I. that may be toying with her feelings. Under the specter of Darius Knight and his corporate pressure, Arabella sets off on a journey of self-discovery that challenges her ideals, moral values and the very nature of love in the age of artificial intelligence.

“The most beautiful melodies are born out of cracks.”
Isabella Hartley, a violinist whose career crashed and burned after a panic attack was filmed and went viral, now plays for strangers in subway stations — that is until she gets an invitation to perform at a gala for the reclusive billionaire Christian Vanderbilt. But Christian, a once-wunderkind conductor, harbours a devastating secret: he’s losing his hearing. As their explosive chemistry crescendos into a forbidden romance, his ruthless mother, Victoria Ashford, lurks, ready to bury Isabella’s comeback. In order to survive, Isabella must wield her imperfections as weapons and write a love song strong enough to break legacies… or risk never being heard again.