He traveled to the countryside to propose to his sophisticated fiancée. He came back with a country bumpkin as a wife.
Sebastian Blackwood had it all. A billion-dollar empire. A beautiful society bride. A future that was perfectly planned and perfectly empty.
That was before he walked in on his fiancée, in bed with his worst enemy, Roman Sinclair.
Ten years of betrayal culminated in a single, soul-crushing moment. He drove until the city lights died and his heart went numb. Then he hit a man on a dark country road. A dying father's final wish? Marry my daughter. Protect her.
Now Sebastian is trapped with Alisha Bennett, a barefoot, sharp-tongued village girl who hates his guts and isn't afraid to show it. She's stubborn, ill-witted by city standards, and utterly unimpressed by his billions.
Back in the city, chaos explodes. Victoria Whitmore, the ex-fiancée, is spinning lies to salvage her reputation. Roman Sinclair is circling like a shark. And Vanessa Blackwood, Sebastian's powerful mother, demands a "proper" daughter-in-law, not some dirt-poor orphan.
But the girl who came with nothing is the only one who makes Sebastian feel anything at all. And Alisha? She came to the city with grief and grit. She never asked for a billionaire husband or a marble prison.
But she'll be damned if she lets them break her.
The question is: when the lines between duty and desire blur, will Sebastian protect her, or will the secrets of his past destroy them both?
