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Cocoa & Ruin: An Enemies-to-Lovers Billionaire Romance
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.36 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
She's the one thing money can't buy. He's the one man she can't afford to want.
Anya Dumont has three things standing between her and the pastry restaurant she's been building toward for six years: a maxed-out credit card, a culinary degree she never quite finished, and one unbreakable rule - don't sleep with the man signing your checks.
Then Roman Vaughn walks onto the set of The Cocoa Standard.
Heir to a chocolate empire. Face of the competition sponsoring her career. And the last man on earth who should look at her the way he does when the cameras cut.
Roman doesn't do soft. He does mergers, quarterly reports, and damage control. He built the Vaughn Confectionery throne on the ruins of a scandal he barely survived, and one more tabloid headline could cost him the biggest deal of his decade. The last thing he needs is a sharp-tongued pastry chef who sees straight through the armor before the first commercial break.
Then a wildfire reroutes the entire cast to Roman's private vineyard estate - and proximity turns chemistry into something neither of them has a recipe for.
Every stolen moment is a headline waiting to happen.
Every touch is a career on the line.
And when a secret surfaces that redraws every line between them, Anya has to decide if the man who controls everything can learn to hold on to someone without controlling her.
Cocoa & Ruin is a steamy, slow-burn contemporary romance featuring enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, a brooding billionaire with something to prove, and a heroine who refuses to be anyone's dirty little secret. Perfect for readers who love reality-TV drama, vineyard escapes, and the kind of hero who falls first - and falls hard.
One-click if you love:
- Enemies-to-lovers with real stakes
- Grumpy billionaire × fiery heroine
- Forced proximity on a lush estate
- Reality-TV rivals with off-camera secrets
- A guaranteed HEA and no cliffhanger
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