Cover of Gilded Promises
Book 5 in the Suite Seductions series

Gilded Promises

A Grumpy Best Man, a Sunshine Maid of Honor, Forced-Collaboration Romance

Published February 9, 2026

Synopsis

The Best Man is a Grumpy Disaster, and Now I’m Stranded in Paradise with Him.

How did I end up sharing a "stormy night" suite with Caleb Cross, the one man who finds my optimism obnoxious?

I secretly teamed up with the world’s most frustrating best man to save this wedding. We're the only ones standing between this ceremony and the groom's father’s legal sabotage and we'll do whatever it take to protect my sister and his best friend.

Sun-drenched, steam-lit, and emotionally charged, GILDED PROMISES brings a grumpy best man and a radiant maid of honor together on the edge of paradise—an ultra‑luxury Adler resort in the Maldives—where wedding chaos, family sabotage, and stormy nights force them into impossible proximity.

Tropes: Opposites Attract, Forced Proximity, Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family - for readers who love wedding chaos, opposites‑attract chemistry, and legacy‑versus‑choice stakes.

Spice Level: Sweet / Slow-Burn

HEA: Yes

If you like the luxury settings of Kevin Kwan and the emotional heart of Katherine Center, you'll love this!

About the author

Peyton Lux

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Peyton Lux

About Peyton: Trading boardrooms for bedrooms (of the fictional kind!), Peyton Lux is now fully dedicated to writing steamy workplace romance that leaves readers utterly satisfied. Her former life in marketing taught her how to craft compelling narratives – a skill she now devotes entirely to her steamy workplace romance novels. Peyton lives and breathes romance, infusing her stories with undeniable heat and fiercely earned happily-ever-afters.

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