At twenty three, Bella Zander believes marriage is a prison built by families, not a union built on love. When her father proposes an arranged marriage to Ethan Zaroth, the ruthless heir of the influential Zaroth family, Bella reluctantly agrees for the sake of her father's company. She expects nothing more than a cold marriage of convenience, bound by duty and obligation. Instead, she meets Emily Zaroth, Ethan's gentle and compassionate mother. For the first time in her life, Bella experiences genuine maternal love, something she has desperately longed for, aside from the affection she once received from Maria. As Bella slowly adjusts to her new life, she begins uncovering disturbing truths. The husband she believed was nothing more than a ruthless mummy's boy is hiding painful scars of his own. The father she trusted above everyone else is not the man she believed him to be. And the woman Bella has spent her entire life trying to please may not even be her biological mother. As long buried family secrets rise to the surface, Bella and Ethan must confront the truth about their families, their marriage, and themselves. Their arranged marriage may have been built on lies, but can the love they have found survive the truth?