Raeliana refuses to be a victim of her own story. She knows exactly how she dies and chooses to manipulate her way out of it, turning a fake engagement into the only real thing keeping her alive. The Duke isn't a prize to be won or a love interest to convert, he's the necessary tool she uses to survive, and watching their dynamic shift from transactional to something neither of them expected is the entire point.

After dying suddenly, Rinko Hanasaki is reborn as Raeliana McMillan, a minor character in a novel she once read. Raeliana is the eldest daughter of a newly wealthy baron, and Rinko knows exactly how her story ends: killed by her fiancé, Lord Francis Brooks. When Francis will not agree to call off the engagement, she turns to someone of higher rank. That man is Duke Noah Wynknight, the novel's male lead, who hides a cold heart behind a warm smile. Using what she knows of the plot, Raeliana offers him a bargain: she keeps his secrets, and he pretends to be her fiancé. Getting close to a duke who drops his mask only around her may cost her more than she planned. Comedy, fantasy, mystery and romance all shape her fight to survive.