HER BORROWED VOW

Haruka's life falls apart in one day. He loses his job, the woman he quietly loved, and almost his life. When he wakes up in a hospital, he learns a truth he never expected: he is the long lost second son of the powerful Shinzen family. Pulled into a world of money, strict expectations, and old obligations, Haruka is ordered to marry Haruno Arisu. She is elegant, brilliant, and distant, a woman who hides her feelings behind perfect manners and hard work. Their marriage is an agreement between two families, not a romance, and neither of them expects love. Then the past returns. Tao, the woman Haruka once loved and Arisu's younger sister, comes back into his life. Old emotions clash with new duties and place both families at risk. As Haruka faces pressure at work and at home, and as Arisu quietly supports him from the shadows, he begins to question what loyalty, choice, and love really mean. Her Borrowed Vow is a slow burn emotional marriage of convenience story set in modern Japan, about complicated families, silent sacrifices, and two strangers who must decide whether their bond will stay as a contract or become something real.

Pages: 195, Paperback, Independently published