The Paradise Problem
A delicious romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.
1. THE PARADISE PROBLEM by Christina Lauren
SYNOPSIS
Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam βWestβ Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought sheβd signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.
Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. Thereβs just one catch.
Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfatherβs will, Liam wonβt see a penny until heβs been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks heβs in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person heβs afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parentsβhis unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.
But in the presence of his family, Liamβs fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.