Description: Chloe Quinn has spent five years trapped in a marriage she never chose and a husband who never wanted her. As the future matriarch selected for the powerful Sterling family, she becomes everything Julian Sterling needs her to be: caretaker, buffer, peacekeeper, and silent support. But she is never truly his wife. Julian is a gifted composer, the heir to a wealthy family, and a man whose autism and old wounds make intimacy almost impossible. He recoils from Chloe's touch, shuts her out of his life, and leaves her to carry the weight of their marriage alone. Then another woman enters his world-and for the first time, Chloe sees Julian offer someone else the patience, gentleness, and attention he has never once given her. That is the moment she stops hoping. When Chloe asks for a divorce, everyone believes she should endure a little longer. After all, Julian is finally changing. He starts searching for her, depending on her, and revealing a possessive need he never understood until she begins to walk away. But realization is not the same as repair, and love discovered too late may not be enough to save what years of neglect have already broken. Caught between family pressure, old pain, and the life she wants to reclaim, Chloe must decide whether to stay for the man who finally sees her-or leave before she loses herself forever. Author Biography: Nora Fitzgerald is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.