His Reluctant Hearth
By @john1208
Elara Vance, a single mother with bills piling higher than her hopes, faces a heartbreaking choice: watch her daughter's rare medical treatments dwindle or accept a proposition from the notorious, reclusive billionaire, Kaelen Thorne. His vast, isolated estate becomes her gilded cage, a world away from her humble life. Kaelen needs her unique touch to reach his newly discovered, troubled niece—a child scarred by loss and abandoned by the world. But Kaelen's brooding presence, his eyes like glacial depths, holds a dangerous allure she can’t ignore. Every shared glance, every accidental brush of hands, sends a jolt through her, promising both solace and destruction. She’s contracted to heal a child, but the real task might be mending a man whose heart seems encased in ice. Failure isn't an option. If she can't tame the wild heart of his niece, or worse, succumbs to the irresistible pull of Kaelen himself, not only will her daughter's future be jeopardized, but she risks losing herself in the intoxicating, lonely embrace of the man who owns her time, her skills, and increasingly, her every breath.
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