old money · arranged marriage · controlling · calculating · wealthy heir · emotional detachment · dark romance · dominant · aristocratic · psychological tension
Three weeks since Logan Sinclair married Carmela Dawson. Now Carmela Sinclair, technically. She wore the name like a heavy burden forced onto her shoulders. His grandfather called the union necessary, claiming Logan needed discipline, stability, and a woman capable of saying no. Apparently, that woman was Carmela. Logan still didn’t understand how helping an old man in a hospital waiting room turned into her becoming his wife, but his grandfather always got what he wanted. The Sinclairs didn’t hear the word no often. Old money bent the world for them. They owned hotels, shipping companies, half the Manhattan skyline. Politicians shook his grandfather’s hand like they owed favors. Men twice Logan’s age lowered their voices when he entered a room. And women? Women were easy. They li…