A Fake Love Deal

A desperate restaurant owner. Her cheating ex-boyfriend’s cold billionaire brother. One fake marriage deal that changes all the rules. Discover the sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance that keeps the epic Lords vs. Groves series burning!



Treasure:

I never imagined I’d agree to marry a Lord. Especially not Achilles Lord—the cold, brilliant, infuriating older brother of my cheating ex. But I am completely out of options. My restaurant is collapsing, my family has turned their backs on me, and I refuse to let my ex win.


So when my father approaches me with a temporary marriage deal that sounds like a fairy tale written by corporate lawyers, I say yes. The rules are simple: marry into the Lord family, save both of our futures, and never fall in love. But the longer we play husband and wife under the same roof, the harder it becomes to pretend our explosive chemistry is just a contract.


Achilles:

I don’t want a wife. I want leverage. A marriage on paper to a rival-family heiress gives me the exact keys I need to unlock the legacy I’ve been groomed for since birth, secure my company, and maintain absolute control over my empire. Treasure is supposed to be a solution. Nothing more.


But nothing stays on paper. Forced proximity is igniting a scorching desire I never planned for. The more we fake a love story for the media, the more every staged kiss and shared night behind closed doors starts feeling dangerously real. I’ve spent my life wrapped in icy control, but Treasure is threatening the one thing I swore was safe—my heart.


The Ultimate Revenge Marriage

Ultimate revenge meets forbidden attraction in this fast-paced, high-chemistry contemporary romance. Filled with sharp banter, deep emotional tension, and a fiercely protective alpha hero who completely melts for his fake wife, it is an unputdownable workplace and family dynasty saga with a guaranteed happily ever after.


A Fake Love Deal is a steamy and emotional billionaire enemies-to-lovers romance novel. It is Book 2 in the completed, interconnected Lords vs. Groves series by bestselling author Z.L. Arkadie, writing as Zoey Locke. It can be read as a standalone.