Leo Sanders, the son of an Upper East Side banker, is forced by his father into an arranged marriage with the patriarch of the Corleone crime family — rumored to be a middle-aged man covered in scar tissue — in exchange for a $100 million investment. Refusing to be treated as a pawn, Leo flees in anger and ends up stranded in the gritty Lower East Side.
Penniless, he has a one-night stand with the mysterious, handsome Alex at a cheap motel. Unable to settle his bar tab afterward, he is forced to work off his debt at the run-down Rusty Nail Bar. He shares a leaky attic apartment with Alex. Raised in luxury, Leo stumbles through countless mishaps adapting to life at the bottom of society. Yet for the first time, he finds the dignity of earning his own living and experiences genuine human warmth. The quiet, reserved Alex stays by his side silently, offering him a steady embrace whenever he breaks down. The two gradually fall in love.
What Leo does not know, however, is that the penniless bartender he thinks Alex is, is none other than the head of the Corleone family he tried so desperately to escape — his official fiancé. When the truth finally comes to light, torn between rage over the deception and an inescapable love, where will Leo’s journey lead him?
