Terms & Conditions - Book 1

Natalie Mercer is a Denver crisis-communications strategist whose career is one headline from collapse—until a viral photo pairs her with Elias Shaw, an LA privacy ethicist about to expose a powerful tech empire. They agree to a long-distance, public-facing fake relationship with strict rules: no private meetings, no real feelings. But midnight calls turn into craving, and the lie becomes leverage when a devilishly charming founder targets them both—forcing Natalie to choose between control and truth, reputation and love. ✨ POV: First-person (Natalie) ✨ Chapters: 12 ✨ Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥 (3/5 – descriptive yet tasteful, emotional, consent-forward) ✨ Tropes: Fake dating · Long-distance slow burn · No-meeting rule · Public vs private · Power & blackmail · Ethics vs optics

Heat Level: 🔥🔥🔥

Interactivity: Medium