Cover of The Bastard and the Heir

The Bastard and the Heir

Eden Finley

contemporary romance(7k)

Two men fall for each other while the world thinks they're brothers — but only one knows the truth.

Content Warnings
death of loved onegrief

Description

DARCYThe death of my father not only rips out my heart but tears open my entire life.His funeral brings the appearance of his bastard son, the byproduct of my father’s apparent misadventures. Wren Porter is a prickly, untrusting beef cake in an ill-fitting suit, and he looks so much more the part of a Ritcherson than I do.Now it’s on me to teach him the family business while ignoring my attraction to the man the world thinks is my brother.All it would take is one misstep for him to find out the secret my father literally took to his grave.He’s not the bastard son.I am.Wren’s the true heir to the Ritcherson fortune, but I’ve fought my whole life for my place at the table. If anyone discovers the truth, I’ll lose everything.I used to think the worst thing that could happen would be losing the company, but the closer I get to Wren, I realize the biggest thing on the line is my heart.The Bastard and the Heir is a medium angst romance between two men who are absolutely, positively not related. The world just thinks they are.

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