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The Arrangement (Bancroft University Chronicles #1) by SD Lettie:
 
In the first book of a slow-burn romantic suspense duet, the only way out is to play your part perfectly and obey the rules: Don’t show weakness. Don’t ask questions. Don’t trust anyone.
Emilia Langford has been trained to please—perfect posture, perfect answers, perfect silence. It’s the only way to survive a political family that sees her as a means to an end rather than a daughter.
So when her parents force an engagement on her to secure a political alliance, Emilia isn’t shocked. She’s just done. Defeated. And furious.

Then she sees him—the man she’s supposed to promise forever to.

And her face says it all… oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.

Because standing before her is Nikolai—the boy she once befriended, the one who made her feel seen in a world full of optics, the one who vanished without a word.

She should be relieved. Instead, she’s gearing up for war.
They haven’t seen each other in years. They haven’t spoken. But their families are already pulling the strings, planning the public announcement, and weaving a story neither of them agreed to.
What Emilia doesn’t know is why Nikolai said yes. What he doesn’t expect is how much she’s changed.

And what neither of them can stop is the quiet, dangerous pull that’s been building between them long before they ever see each other again face-to-face.

The Arrangement is a dark slow burn political suspense romance and the first book in the Bancroft University Chronicles duet that ends where their real story begins: the night their engagement is unveiled to the world.