Twelve years after a life-changing encounter, Luciana Pembroke enters a contract marriage with Baptiste, the feared heir to New York’s Lion Crown family, to save her family from ruin. Their arrangement is supposed to be strictly business, but neither realizes how closely their pasts are connected. As Luciana settles into the Lion Crown estate, a familiar bracelet, an old violin, and Baptiste’s unexpected reactions begin to blur the boundaries of their carefully controlled deal.
