Monique Sawyer.
Dark-skinned beauty. Bad boy tamer.
And now? My wife.

When I asked Monique to marry me, it was a desperate ploy to be free of my parents. We said the vows, exchanged the rings and now—in the eyes of God and the state—that woman is mine.

I’m eager to start our new life together, but living on our own brings unforseen complications. Between a bitter school principal plotting to make an example of our love and a tragic death in the family, Monique and I are stretched to the limit.

Will juggling school, work, our bills and our dreams cause our fragile relationship to snap?