The Bride of the Bazaar

Nadia Qureshi has three months to prove her market stall is worth more than the land it sits on. The men demolishing it have other ideas. Marlow Bourne, the developer's son who cannot sleep. Tariq, the architect who grew up three streets away and never came back. Leo, the lawyer who eats her samosas and leaves the money on the counter out of guilt. Nadia offers them a bet. Six months, her food hall against their development, winner takes everything. The men agree because they are bored, and then find themselves selling onions on a Saturday morning to prove they meant it. Tariq's father owns the freehold. Nadia does not know that yet, and neither does Tariq, and when the planning hearing arrives, the market's future will depend on a land registry error and three men who chose the wrong side and then chose her.