Vivienne Sterling thinks dinner is the beginning of her happily-ever-after. She couldn't be more wrong. When her obscenely wealthy, devastatingly handsome new suitor, Alexander “Xander” Blackwell, comes to dinner at the Sterling estate, he is supposed to be there for Vivienne. Instead, he notices Blythe—the quiet, overlooked adopted daughter who has spent her entire life trying to earn the love her family gives so freely to everyone but her. One look becomes two. Two becomes three. And by the end of dinner, Xander has made up his mind. He wants Blythe. Unfortunately, Blythe has absolutely no idea what to do with a man like Xander genuinely wanting her. So Xander decides he'll simply have to show her. He courts her thoroughly, shamelessly, and with the kind of determination usually reserved for hostile takeovers. Flowers appear at her apartment. Dinner invitations become dates. He learns everything about Onyx, shows up at the stable, remembers her favorite coffee, reads the books she recommends, and somehow always finds another reason to see her. He makes her laugh, listens when she speaks, compliments her without expecting anything in return, and steadily chips away at every lie her family ever taught her about her own worth. Blythe tries to resist. Xander finds this adorable. He isn't interested in rushing her or forcing her hand. He simply intends to romance her so relentlessly, so genuinely, and so completely that eventually Blythe will have no choice but to admit what he already knows. She's falling for him. And while Vivienne watches the man she thought would become her husband fall hopelessly for her sister, Xander has only one goal: Make Blythe Sterling his wife—and make damn sure she knows she was worth choosing all along.
