Braelyn West has a problem. Her café, Westhouse Coffee, is slipping through her fingers, one unpaid bill at a time. And as much as she hates to admit it, she needs help. She’s worked too hard to lose the one thing she's worked so hard to build.

Jeremiah Aves knows what he wants: to become CEO of Crestwood Hotels. He spent years being controlled, putting in the effort, and showing discipline. The board wants more stability and a polished published figure. They want him married. Jeremiah refuses to let this be what gets in his way.

When a solution presents itself in the form of marriage, it’s supposed to be simple: sign the papers, protect what matters, and walk away untouched. But living together makes it impossible to ignore the tension that simmers beneath their arrangement. And the longer they play husband and wife, the harder it becomes to remember it was only ever business.

With outside pressure and mounting expectations, their carefully crafted lie threatens to unravel. And Braelyn and Jeremiah are forced to confront the one thing neither of them planned for—falling in love.