Lira thought arranged marriages were a thing of the past until it happened to her. At the tender age of ten, her parents promised her hand in marriage in exchange for financial stability. As the wedding date vastly approaches, she searches for a way out, not realizing she’d already found it. Beau is forbidden fruit. In her eyes, he’s God in human form. In the midst of all the chaos, he’s her peace—her safe place, but no one wants to see them together. Wade is terrified of commitment and has been ever since his mother walked out on him and his father. What happens when the timid, bookworm Noel’s world collides with playboy Wade and she gives him her most prized possession?