Nina Jones spends twelve patient years believing her upcoming wedding to childhood sweetheart Leo Castellano represents eternal loyalty. That illusion shatters completely at the altar when Leo defends a malicious childhood friend, striking Nina across the cheek in front of two hundred stunned guests.
Tossing her diamond ring into the aisle, Nina walks away from the ceremony and relocates to Manhattan to rebuild her life as a high-end fashion designer. As an agonizingly regretful Leo attempts to reclaim her heart, Nina must master a cutthroat creative world while refusing to surrender her hard-won autonomy.
