On his thirtieth birthday, David Hale is given an ultimatum that could cost him everything. One year. One wife. Or the family legacy he was raised to inherit will be taken from him. Power, wealth, tradition. All of it demands a choice he never wanted to make.
Mia Carter thought her life was settled. Newly graduated and engaged, her future felt secure until she walked in on the ultimate betrayal. Shattered by the two people she trusted most, she runs with no plan and nowhere to go, desperate to escape the ruins of the life she believed in.
A chance encounter brings David and Mia together at the worst possible moment. He is running from obligation. She is running from heartbreak. What begins as kindness turns into connection, and connection into something neither of them is prepared for.
