Obligation is a story of hidden truths, unexpected desire, and the quiet unraveling of a life built on silence.

Eleanor Montgomery has spent decades disappearing into the walls. After all, if anyone found out about her parents' secret romance, they'd be thrown out of the church. But that was all sorted out, and while her parents are happily married and her dad even got his title back, Eleanor is still living in fear of...something. But when she meets Father Peter, a transfer to the archdiocese, Eleanor begins to question everything: her feelings about her late husband, her parents' legacy, and the rules she's lived by without ever choosing.

As her parents decline and secrets resurface, Eleanor must confront the truth about her origins, her jealousies, and her right to joy.

And everyone at Marduke Manor is determined to make sure Eleanor gets her own love story, even if they have to drag her to the altar.