Following the death of someone close to her, Christiana discovers that her family's fortune was built on an agreement with one of New York's most powerful Mafia dynasties—and that the debt her family owes has never truly been settled. The man sent to collect that debt is Mavin. Arrogant, calculating, and dangerously influential, Mavin expects Christiana to be frightened when he enters her life.

She needed a contract. He needed a wife. Neither expected to lose control of their hearts. Twenty-three-year-old Amara Bennett has spent years building a life independent of her wealthy family's shadow. She wants nothing from the Bennett fortune except the freedom to create something of her own. But when a financial crisis threatens everything she has worked for, Amara finds herself facing an impossible choice. Enter Alexander Sterling, a powerful billionaire businessman known for his ruthless discipline and carefully controlled life. His family is demanding that he settle down before he can take complete control of Sterling Global, but Alexander has no intention of allowing anyone to interfere with his carefully constructed world. So he proposes a solution. A contract. A temporary marriage that will satisfy his family's expectations while giving Amara the financial protection she desperately needs.