In a world where love is chosen by power and obedience is mistaken for virtue, she never expected marriage to become the beginning of her awakening. Raised beneath the strict laws of Gilead, duty has always come before desire. When Cecilia is arranged to marry Garth Chapin, she prepares herself for a life already written-one built on expectations, silence, and sacrifice. But marriage is rarely as simple as it appears. Because in a world built on obedience, falling in love-and discovering who you truly are-may be the greatest rebellion of all.