Amara Bennett never imagined she would marry a man she didn’t love.But desperation changes the choices people make.When her younger sister’s future is at risk, Amara accepts a one-year marriage to Damian Blackwood, a billionaire she barely knows and a man who seems determined to keep his heart locked away.Their marriage begins with rules.No love.No questions.No expectations.But rules become difficult to follow when two strangers begin to see the wounded people hiding beneath their walls.Amara slowly discovers a tenderness in Damian that no one else seems to know.Damian discovers that the woman he married for a reason has become the one person he cannot imagine losing.Then Amara discovers the truth.Damian didn’t choose her by accident.He chose her because of something that happened five years ago.Something involving their fathers.Something that could destroy everything they’ve built together.