On the eve of their engagement, Nina Sinclair’s fiancé fakes his death to test her love—with his childhood friend helping stage the cruel deception. Driven to despair, Nina nearly loses her life. Rescued by her mother’s closest friend, she starts over as Chloe Chenier. Then the man who pretended to die receives a death notice for her. When they meet again, he’s desperate for a second chance. But she’s building a future he has no place in.