Awakening by Fallon Hart

First comes marriage, then comes desire…

The truth is out and now Griffin knows about my deception. Convincing him to continue our arrangement to keep my sister safe was relatively easy. Convincing him to put his faith in me again was near impossible. Griffin’s not a man who trusts easily and my betrayal cut him deeper than he wants to admit.
I never intended to develop feelings for this man—this sexy, complicated, intriguing man. Feelings that are a betrayal to the man I lost long ago. And with Griffin taking wounded, caustic verbal swipes at me every chance he gets, those feelings feel like a betrayal of my self-worth. Just when I’ve decided I’ll find another way to save Mel—that I can’t live with a man who won’t forgive me—everything I thought was truth turns into bitter lies.

Now everything is different but still the same. Griffin may have forgiven me but I’ve never felt more alone. Free to be who I really am with my new husband, it isn’t long before the undeniable attraction between us sparks to life again. Suddenly I’m falling into a world of passion that has awoken me in ways I never imagined. I drown out my loneliness in his arms and as I finally discover who Griffin really is, we grow closer than I ever thought possible.

Desire. That’s all Griffin says he wants from me. But desire has a way of awakening deeper emotions in us both and when jealousy and possessiveness are flamed by people determined to break us, Griff’s fear of love threatens everything we’re building together. If I push, if I ask too much of his heart, he’ll end our arrangement. I know it.

After all I was never supposed to make our marriage real.