After Keith's ex left him, leaving scorched earth where he had once had a happy life, he's offered a chance to rebuild everything within three short years. The only problem—he must be married to accept the job. Keith needs a temporary wife in the worst way.

Andrea is reeling from her father's death. Alone in the world, she can't help but feel life's passed her by while she cared for her father. When Keith presents his outlandish idea that they marry—in name only— and move to a foreign country, she actually considers it. What does she have to lose?

Their arrangement works perfectly the first year. But when a tragedy sends them back home to settle family affairs, can their relationship continue in name only? And what happens when one of them wants to change the rules?