The Billionaire's Bridal Bargain

Lynne Graham

Book 1 of Bound by Gold

Yorkshire farmer Lizzie Whitaker is struggling to keep her family's failing farm afloat when Italian tycoon Cesare Sabatino offers her a deal: marry him and bear his heir in exchange for financial security and a stake in a Mediterranean island her mother left her. What starts as a cold, transactional arrangement between two guarded people slowly warms into real attraction and emotional vulnerability as they navigate family obligations, old wounds, and an unplanned pregnancy. It's a classic Harlequin Presents marriage-of-convenience story built around a self-sacrificing heroine and a controlling, wealthy hero who must learn to open up.