Aliyah Cathcart is one story away from losing a career she has spent many years building; she needs a breakthrough to secure her job at Stella News Station. So, when her best friend's screenplay mysteriously becomes the Hawthorne Group Corporation’s latest blockbuster, Aliyah knows it is certainly more than just a coincidence. Inspired by her favourite Julie Queen spinoff series An Offer from a Gentleman and channelling a touch of Sophia Beckham’s daring spirit, Aliyah rents a gown and mask to attend the Hawthorne Masquerade ball hosted in honour of the movie. When Blake Hawthorne bumps into Aliyah in the ballroom, he mistakes her for Catherine Clyde - the actress his assistant hired to pose as his bride. Seeing this as the perfect opportunity to get closer to the family, Aliyah plays along, convincing herself it will only be for one night and...by morning, she will disappear.Despite her better judgement, Aliyah agrees to a six-month marriage contract with Blake, determined to use the arrangement to uncover the truth and prove that the blockbuster movie was stolen from her best friend. But as her feelings deepen for the grumpy but soft hearted brooding man, and truths threaten to resurface, she is forced to confront the one thing she never planned for – falling for the man whose company she set out to expose. But not every love story survives after midnight, because even Cyndara had to leave the ball eventually.