Kaitlyn Thomas grew up with a father who loved her and a mother who resented her. Her father became ill when she was sixteen and was put into a nursing home two years later. She's spent the last six years taking care of his medical expenses while avoiding her mother's demands. For three years, she has been Tristan's executive assistant, a great job that provides the stability and routine she craves, allows her to pay her father's medical bills, and gives her the freedom to explore her love of baking. As long as she can continue to avoid her toxic mother's constant demands, life is good. Tristan Knox was given the reins to Carolina Confections, the company his grandmother built from the ground up, six years ago. He thought everything was going well, but after his grandmother's death, he began to discover discrepancies in the company's finances. To make matters worse, he learns that he needs a wife to maintain his position as owner and CEO, and his engagement ended two weeks before his grandmother died. To help him keep the company secure, Kaitlyn agrees to be his wife, with a few stipulations of her own. The marriage will be on paper only, and will end as soon as his grandmother's will is read. As they dive deeper into the financial problems, their marriage grows into something neither of them bargained for. On top of everything else, they also have to deal with interference from his ex-fiancée and her scheming mother. Can they turn the company around before it's too late? And what happens when the marriage on paper becomes more than either of them planned for? A modern twist on a Cinderella story.