Aria Betty Taylor spent her entire life surviving. Between medical school, endless part-time jobs, and crushing debt left behind after her parents’ mysterious deaths, sleep became a luxury she could no longer afford. The only family she has left is her sick grandmother—the woman keeping her world from completely falling apart. But when debt collectors threaten to throw her grandmother out of the hospital, Aria’s carefully controlled life shatters. Then he appears. Kael Verrano. The cold billionaire CEO dominating New York’s financial world. Powerful. Untouchable. Dangerously handsome. Years ago, Aria unknowingly saved him during the darkest moment of his life. Kael never forgot her. So when he discovers the fearless girl from his past drowning in debt, he offers her a deal that changes everything: Marry him for one year. In exchange, he’ll erase every debt haunting her family. But the deeper Aria enters Kael’s luxurious and ruthless world, the more dangerous secrets begin unraveling. A hidden inheritance. A stolen legacy. A mysterious silver locket tied to an ancient bloodline. And a power sleeping inside her that was never meant to awaken. Now surrounded by enemies, betrayal, and a husband who slowly becomes impossible not to love, Aria must decide: Will she remain the poor girl fighting to survive… Or reclaim the throne she was always destined to rule?