Grace Holloway already knows exactly what kind of man Chase Carter is. Arrogant. Wealthy. Cruel when he wants to be. She learned that lesson long before fate throws them back together at a bachelorette auction she never wanted to attend. So when Chase wins her date, Grace walks out early, refusing to give him the satisfaction. She doesn't expect him to follow her into the worst moment of her life. With her mother's bakery on the brink of collapse and debt closing in, Grace is offered a solution she never imagined. Marriage to Chase Carter. No romance. No promises. Just a contract that would fix everything she's about to lose. Chase has his own reasons for proposing. Control. Image. A score he's never settled. He never planned to fall for the woman who refuses to fear him. Thrown into a high-profile marriage neither of them wanted, Grace must survive Chase's world of power, press, and impossible expectations without losing herself. And Chase must face the one thing money has never bought him... a woman who won't bend. A marriage born from resentment and necessity slowly forces Chase and Grace to confront the truth about each other, and about what it really means to choose love.