Soraya is a nurse, trying to save money to sponsor her family and get them out of a war-torn area. Mase is a man, trying to hold on to the one bright spot left in his world--his beloved grandmother. The two of them collide when Mase's grandmother tells him that to get the trust she has for him, she needs him to marry her nurse, Soraya. And a arrangement was born.

I loved Mase's grandmother and their relationship. I also love that Mase immediately went into husband mode and was a provider and protector. He stumbled emotionally, but that was expected given his past and how he and Soraya ended up together. I enjoyed how their relationship grew. Soraya was such a good character to me. She was loyal to the people in her life, and loyal to her feelings for them, including Mase. I did like the cultural elements added to the story, although I wasn't all the way sure about the religious aspects of those cultural elements, and I think the expectations for marriage Soraya's father had was also a cultural element that maybe could have been explained better. Also, it was an arranged marriage but that wasn't really a fleshed out plot point. There was really nothing compelling Mase. He'd resisted his grandmother for this long and he didn't want or need the money. plus, she could have changed the conditions of the trust at any time. So I wish that piece of the story arc had been more solid. But this was still a good read.