ONE LIST. ONE SECRET PAST. ONE SPECIAL LITTLE BOY. Jake Emmons has a well-known list of requirements for a wife. Love isn’t one of them. He simply wants a partner to make a life with and is confident that Estelle is a perfect fit. Estelle is torn between her attraction to Jake and the need to protect secrets. Even at the cost of her heart, she must keep her nephew, Malachi, safe. Marriage would seem a reasonable solution and yet it could be the very thing to destroy everything. When the past catches up and her secrets are exposed, Jake must decide what is more important; his list of requirements or his heart.