The poor aristocrat Viola suddenly received an unexpected marriage proposal from the prestigious noble household of Duke Physalis. An average noble daughter and the handsome duke. She had been confused, thinking that nothing made sense, but the duke had his own personal reasons. A political marriage with ulterior motives, both having their own circumstances. Will this path lead to happiness or sorrow?

Viola had almost resigned herself to dying not only as the daughter of a penniless earl but as a spinster too when her family received a letter from a wealthy duke asking for her hand in marriage! What will his fiendish proposal mean for her family?

If you thought regular marriages were insane, wait until you see the contract Viola signed! Our heroine, the daughter of an earl, signed herself away in a marriage contract to an aloof duke, Cersis, in order to save her family from a lifetime of poverty. All of a sudden, Viola's life is turned upside down when she moves into the Fisaris family's manor and is left to negotiate her new life as a ""show wife"" in a world she had only ever caught glimpses of before. How will she shake things up at the Fisaris estate?

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