Rose smith finds herself struggling to navigate life that no longer feels like hers while trying to come to terms with her grief and the emptiness her sister left behind,she suddenly has to get married to a total stranger. To Christopher Blackwood the marriage is nothing more than a business arrangement and a way to strengthen the ties with another powerful family. But as two strangers are forced to share a life together, feelings start to grow, boundaries start to blur, the truth about Rose’s sister’s death comes to light. After feeling betrayed by her parents and the stranger who she had grown to love, what was supposed to be nothing but an arrangement becomes far more complicated than what either of them expected. Can she learn to trust again and let go of the past long enough to build a future with the man she never chose?