The day Canaan walked into her life was the day it imploded.And the only way to fix it?Marry him.As heir to his family's hotel empire, Canaan's always expected to lead the company one day. What he doesn't expect is the eleventh-hour clause in his father's will - the one that requires him to marry before taking over the company.After losing her father, all Lila has left in the world are her sister and their family's charming, if crumbling, seaside inn. Grieving but determined, she throws herself headlong into restoring the inn to all its former glory.But when Canaan's company acquires Lila's inn, their unexpected introduction is an unmitigated disaster - until Canaan offers a solution that could save - or destroy - them Marriage. Marrying gets him his company, so he can give Lila her inn. And they both agree - this is strictly a business arrangement.Except their arrangement is thrown into chaos when an outside threat forces them to pretend their marriage of convenience is a true happily ever after; the longer they pretend, the less business-like it feels. Instead, what blooms between them feels dangerously like love.And there's nothing simple about that.