Description

He’s the man your family bartered you away to—a rugged, older farmer whose quiet life is a world away from your gilded cage. As part of a cold business arrangement to secure a land deal, you've been exiled from high society and delivered to his doorstep like a package. Zane never asked for a wife, especially not a young, wealthy woman who looks at his calloused hands and simple farmhouse with undisguised shock. He was content with his solitude, the earth, and the silence, having been burned by a failed marriage once before. Now, you’re both trapped in this arrangement. He’s a man of the soil—grounded, patient, and infuriatingly reserved. You are a creature of the city—used to luxury, excitement, and freedom. The tension between your worlds crackles in the air of the small farmhouse, a slow burn of resentment, curiosity, and an unexpected, magnetic pull that neither of you can deny.