Elena Carter has always been obsessed with a romance novel titled The Man She Never Loved. In the original story, Adrian Blackwood is a cold, wealthy heir who has loved the beautiful and ambitious Clara Rose for years. Clara never returns his feelings. She only agrees to marry him after he offers her a three-year marriage contract that can save her family from financial ruin. Their marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a business arrangement. Adrian loves Clara. Clara loves someone else. And according to the novel, Adrian is destined to lose everything—including his life—for the woman who never loved him. Elena has always hated the ending. But one night, after finishing the final chapter, she wakes up inside the very novel she has spent years reading. And she isn't Adrian's beloved Clara. She becomes Clara Rose herself. At first, Elena decides to change the story. She will never marry Adrian. She will stay away from him. She will make sure he gets the happy ending he deserves. But when she meets Adrian for the first time, something feels terribly wrong. The cold and ruthless man from the novel doesn't look at her like a stranger. He looks at her as if he has been waiting for her. Then Adrian says something that was never written in the original story: “You changed.” Elena realizes the story may not be as fictional as she thought. And worse— someone else may have entered the novel before her.