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He needs a wife. She needs a miracle.

Kadeem Baptiste's father vanished two years ago, leaving him an empire to run and associates who won't trust him until he's married and settled. Shanay Carter is drowning in her grandmother's medical bills with no way out. When Kadeem's mother brokers a deal...marry my son, I'll take care of the rest...Shanay agrees to save the only family she has left.

The arrangement: separate lives, clean boundaries, divorce in two years. But when Brooklyn's coldest crime lord and a desperate church girl start living under the same roof, the lines blur fast.

He's hunting for answers about his pops. She's navigating a world she doesn't belong in. And when danger finds them both, Kadeem discovers there's nothing he won't do to protect his fake wife.

Three brothers. One missing father. An empire built on secrets. Kadeem kicks off The Baptiste Brothers series. Complete romances connected by the mystery of what happened to Pops, Malik Baptiste.Despite the world they were born into, the most dangerous thing these brothers will ever do is fall in love.

Tropes: Marriage of Convenience • Grumpy x Sunshine • Forced Proximity • Fake Marriage Becomes Real • He Falls First • Morally Gray MMC • Opposites Attract • Touch Her and Die

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