Their marriage begins with sharp words, wounded pride, and two people determined not to surrender their hearts. Hazel wants respect, not pity. Damien wants his life to remain untouched by feelings he has no intention of entertaining. But living under the same roof is about to test everything they believe. Behind Damien's cold exterior lie secrets and old wounds. Around them, family expectations, jealousy, and dangerous enemies threaten to turn their unwanted union into something far more complicated than either imagined. And as Hazel begins to discover the man hidden beneath Damien's icy walls, one question becomes harder to ignore: What happens when the man who swore he would never love his wife becomes the one person she can no longer imagine losing? She was forced to become his wife. But will she ever become the woman who owns his heart?