The Anonymous Artist

Aria Dawson is one step away from losing everything—her apartment, her stability, and most importantly, custody of her younger sister. So when billionaire Adrian Vancourt offers her a way out, she has no choice but to take it. The deal is simple: become his wife in name only for one year, and all her debts disappear.

But Adrian is a man carved from ice, a powerful CEO with a family as ruthless as they are wealthy. He doesnt want love—he wants a contract. Aria is ordinary, invisible, and the perfect pawn to secure his empire. Yet, from the moment she signs, nothing is simple. His vindictive ex crashes into their arrangement, his family declares her unworthy, and a dark secret from Arias past resurfaces to threaten the fragile deal.

Trapped in a gilded cage and bound to a man who is equal parts protector and predator, Aria soon realizes Adrian is hiding something far more dangerous than a business arrangement. As attraction sparks against their will and outside forces close in, their paper marriage begins to feel dangerously real. In a world where every move is calculated and every alliance is a weapon, Aria must decide if the safety Adrian offers is worth the price of her heart—and her freedom.