Tempting My Keeper

Tempting My Keeper — Aurelia Kingston enters a fake marriage with her father's best friend after a kiss triggers a scandal.

Aurelia Kingston crosses an invisible line when she kisses the man who has been her father's closest companion for decades. The impulsive act destroys her reputation and shatters her father's trust, leaving a counterfeit marriage as the only shield against ruin. Bound by the arrangement, they move under the same roof and perform domesticity for watching eyes. Every shared meal and ordinary hallway encounter becomes a stage where rehearsed affection blurs into genuine longing, while the original betrayal and the forbidden pull between them complicate the charade they must maintain.

Quick answers

Why do Aurelia and her father's friend marry?

A kiss creates a scandal that threatens Aurelia's reputation, so they stage a marriage to quiet gossip.

What complicates their fake marriage?

They already feel real affection for each other, making the performance of intimacy dangerously authentic.

Recommended for

Readers who want a forbidden age-gap romance built on a marriage of convenience between a young woman and her father's longtime friend.