In a GC society where emotions are contraband, Keith Wheeler is the perfect law-enforcement machine, until the name Eileen Hayes appears in his genetic match spouse file. This former nun was once an "excellent reformation case" in the religious purge three years ago, and the inspector himself was the one who devised that campaign to eradicate ideology. Now they must fulfill a five-year contract in a forced marriage, and face an enemy more dangerous than the wristbands worn by emotional criminals: the abnormal emotional monitoring data recorded after Keith met Eileen.