Summary

mvkramer
In the future, humanity tinkers with their own genetic code, trying to create a perfect generation. And they do -- but at a terrible cost. All generations after that first one are cursed to early death -- boys at 25, girls at 20. There is no cure. In this broken world, Rhine lives with er twin brother Rowan, trying to hold on to what little they have. That is, until Rhine is kidnapped to be a sister wife, one of three, for the wealthy Linden Ashby. Although Rhine has everything she could possibly want in a material sense, she chafes at her confinement and worries about her brother. In her efforts to earn her husband's trusts, she finds herself sympathizing with him, but at the same time she finds herself falling for a young servant named Gabriel - which could put them both in horrible danger.