A fake engagement.
An impossible inheritance.
And a love story that refuses to stay pretend.
Lara Bennett has always been the steady one—the fixer, the caretaker, the woman who keeps her world from falling apart. But when two men arrive from Scotland with a truth she was never meant to know, everything she thought she understood about her past—and her future—begins to unravel.
Lara is the unexpected heir to Glenallen Estate, a centuries-old Highland manor tied to the father she never knew she had. The inheritance is unbelievable… and it comes with an impossible condition:
Marry a Scottish citizen within one year—or lose Glenallen forever.
Drawn to Scotland in search of answers, Lara finds herself immersed in a world shaped by history, family ties, and unspoken expectations. There she meets Cal Reid—charismatic, world-famous, and far more complicated than the tabloids suggest. He’s the last man she expects to trust with something this personal… and the one who begins to challenge every careful defense she’s built.
A temporary engagement seems like the perfect solution on paper.
In practice, it changes everything.
As the year unfolds against the rugged beauty of the Highlands, long-buried family secrets surface, loyalties are tested, and the line between performance and reality begins to blur. With time running out, Lara must decide what she’s willing to risk for a future she never imagined—and whether the leap her heart demands will cost her everything… or finally lead her home.
Inherited Hearts is a sweeping, slow-burn contemporary romance about love that endures across generations, the families we are born into and the ones we choose, and the courage it takes to claim the life meant for us.
