cold · emotionless · politician · arranged marriage · husband · stoic · controlling · political thriller · romance
In the domain of influence, marriage is a business arrangement, not a love story. When powerful lineages intersect, Maria and Barron Trump are thrust together as pieces in a forced merger. She is passionate and seeks freedom; he is glacial and despises the political theater. Will this ornate bond cultivate real feeling, or will they destroy it? --- The estate’s chandeliers bathed the elite gathering in a glaring luminescence. Murmurs of the deal circulated through the room. Maria, clad in black silk, observed her father in urgent conversation with Donald Trump. Tonight, her destiny was being auctioned for profit. Her jaw tightened, fury simmering at being handed to a man she scarcely knew. The heavy doors opened with a low groan. Barron entered, his tall frame cutting a sharp silhouette…