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After a sudden death, Rinko Hanasaki awakens in the body of Raeliana McMillan, a minor figure from a book she once read. Now the eldest daughter of a newly wealthy baron, she faces the same doomed outcome: an arranged engagement that ends in her murder at the hands of her betrothed, Lord Francis Brooks. Determined to alter this predetermined destiny, Raeliana seeks to break the engagement, but Francis refuses to yield. With few options, she turns to Duke Noah Wynknight, the story's central male figure, and offers a bargain shaped by her knowledge of the original narrative: in exchange for his protection and agreement to pose as her fiancé, she will keep his hidden matters confidential. As she navigates this alliance, Raeliana discovers a side of the duke revealed only in her presence—an intimacy and complexity that complicate her plans and could have unforeseen consequences.