A curse, a mafia boss, and the girl who can’t say no.

When River stumbles upon a bloodied man in an alley, her instincts tell her to run. Instead, she drags him home, patches him up, and asks him for a favor, pretend to be her boyfriend for one very awkward family dinner.

Too bad the man wakes up furious and arrogant. Even worse, he turns out to be Lucien D. Sayt, the head of the city’s most dangerous mafia syndicate.

Panicking, River uses the only thing she has left: a strange talisman from a flea market, rumored to “bind fates.”

Now, Lucien is magically tethered to her, unable to move more than five feet away. He wants the curse broken. She just wants her life back.

But the universe? It might have other plans.