Morenike Adeyemi never believed love was meant for her.
Life had taught her one painful lesson after another debts she couldn’t escape, a landlord ready to throw her out, and a younger brother whose life depended on money she didn’t have. She prayed, she worked, she begged God for help… but heaven stayed silent.
Until the day she met Ethan Daramola.
Cold. Wealthy. Arrogant. Untouchable.
Ethan doesn’t believe in love. He believes in control, business, and power. But when his late father’s will demands that he must get married within 90 days or lose everything including the company built with blood and sacrifice Ethan is forced to do the unthinkable.
He needs a wife.
Not a soulmate.
Not a lover.
Just a woman willing to sign a contract.
And Morenike is the perfect candidate.
A struggling girl with too much pride… and too many problems.
When Ethan offers her a deal a fake marriage for three months with enough money to change her life Moren is insulted. Furious. Heartbroken.
But when tragedy knocks harder than pride can fight, she realizes she has no choice.
So she signs.
A marriage without love.
A home filled with enemies.
A contract with strict rules:
No feelings.
No attachment.
No intimacy.
No pregnancy.
But fate has its own plans.
As Moren begins to see the broken man behind Ethan’s coldness, and Ethan begins to crave the warmth he never thought he deserved… the lines between pretending and truth begin to blur.
Then one night changes everything.
A pregnancy.
A secret.
And a warning that comes too late:
“Remove the pregnancy… or you will be removed.”
With a wicked stepmother hungry for power and an obsessed ex-lover willing to destroy anyone standing in her way, Moren realizes she didn’t just marry a man…
She married into a family where love is dangerous and survival is not guaranteed.
Now Ethan must decide:
Will he protect Moren…
or protect the empire built on lies?
Because this time, the deadline is no longer about marriage.
It’s about life… and death.
MARRIED BY DEADLINE is a gripping emotional romance filled with suspense, betrayal, pregnancy drama, redemption, and a love story that proves that sometimes God begins your destiny with pain… just to reveal your purpose.
