Imani West built her Hollywood career from the ground up. At twenty-eight she is one of the biggest stars in the industry, admired by millions, and controlled by none. Until her father loses everything at the gambling table. When Richard reveals that he owes fifty million dollars to the powerful Hoang family in Vietnam, Imani expects the debt to cost him his company, his home, or his freedom.  She doesn’t expect him to offer her in return. When Imani’s father first mentions the name Khai Hoang, it means nothing to her. She’s never seen his face, never heard his voice, never had any reason to think of the man on the other side of the world. Then calls in Khai. ‎Imani has agreed to a contract marriage with a complete stranger and agreed to leave her life in New York behind by the end of the day. ‎She only looks up his name after she signs. ‎The results make her blood turn to ice. Khai is head of Vietnam's most feared business dynasty, a private and ruthless man with links to the unsolved murder of a Vietnamese senator. ‎She’s expecting a monster. ‎Instead she finds a husband who is quiet, controlled and unsettlingly attentive. He knows what tea she likes. He waits for her every move. For years he has been watching her career and protecting her life from a distance. ‎But protection feels too much like possession when Imani signed up for neither of them.Khai’s ex-fiancee teams up with his most dangerous enemy, and Imani begins to learn the truth about her marriage, her success, and the stranger who knew her long before she ever heard his name. ‎Khai may have loved her before she even knew he existed. ‎But if he wants to keep her, he has to learn that love isn't another kind of cage.