The Gilded Cage Gambit

Akari Fuyuko, known for her dazzling smile and empty-headed chatter, is the laughingstock of high society. After a devastating public humiliation, she's bartered away in a marriage of convenience to the cold, resentful heir of the megacorporation, Shima Heavy Industries, Kenji Shima. To his family, she's a decorative but useless pawn. To their rivals, the Takamura clan, she's a weak link to be exploited. But beneath the veneer of a cheerful airhead lies a prodigy of Kaidō - the Way of Flowers - a discipline of strategy and influence disguised as art. Guided by the enigmatic family matriarch, Akari begins a lightning-fast campaign, using her skills in ikebana and tea ceremonies to outplay her ruthless in-laws and the Takamuras in a battle for control of the company's future. As Kenji is forced to witness his 'idiot wife' dismantle his family's schemes, a grudging respect forms. But the ultimate prize, the position of Chairwoman, holds a terrifying secret. Can Akari win the game before she realizes she's not seizing a throne, but walking into a gilded cage?