Divorced and homeless, Elena becomes live-in caregiver for Don Dante's bedridden mother, who has driven away twelve caregivers. When the matriarch accepts her, Dante proposes a marriage of convenience to keep her close—but can Elena turn a fake contract into real power before her past catches up?
The night I got divorced, my husband took everything and threw me out with nothing. Take your junk and get out. You're nothing here. All I had left was an old laptop his sister-in-law smashed and $23. I wandered the streets until I spotted a caregiver ad on a utility pole.
The words room and board were all I needed to see. I didn't care what the job was. I only cared that I'd have somewhere to sleep tonight. I had no idea that one little flyer would change my life
and put me forever beyond my ex-husband's reach. I asked for numbers. You brought me excuses! I quit! I quit! That same night, New York's most feared mafia dame met the one person even he couldn't
His mother. Don, that makes 12 caregivers who fled this month. Just drink a little. Your sister Sophia is gone.
Before I die, I want to see you bring a wife home. Dodd, another caregiver is here to interview. Will you see her? If you can get my mother to eat dinner, the job is yours. Get her dry clothes, then bring her in.
Yes, Don. another caregiver no she's my girlfriend I came to apply for a live-in job less than a minute after meeting me he'd already assigned me a mother-in-law are you able to drink from a regular cup I'm grieving my hands aren't broken then you
shouldn't be drinking from this Excuse me, I'm starving so I'm going to eat. she took three bites before the fourth she put the gun away don't leave when you're done eating have coffee with me so did I pass which room is mine what's the
salary I can start tonight it had taken me three years to escape one marriage my My new employer needed only three hours to push me towards another. If you're going to stay and care for my mother,
you need a title she won't reject. Marry me, take care of my mother as her daughter-in-law.