Everyone knows The Registry saved America from collapse. Which is why, girls are raised to be brides auctioned off to the highest bidder, and boys are raised by the government to be hardened soldiers. Everyone accepts this as their patriotic duty, except for two girls who are determined to find a way out.
Mia has been dreading her eighteenth birthday for as long as she can remember. It marks her coming of age and the time for her appraisal as a potential bride. She's one of the pretty ones, and she passes her appraisal with flying colors. She's what every man desires- beautiful and sheltered. Snapped up in record time with her parents' blessing for more money than she ever imagined, Mia will not succumb to this life. She escapes with her best friend Whitney, who's been on the marriage block with no takers for a year and will end up a slave working for the government if no one chooses to marry her. They trick Mia's father's farmhand with dark, stormy eyes into helping them, and soon the three are running for their lives as government agents, bounty hunters, and Mia's intended are hot on their heels. They'll make it to Mexico, where a free if uncertain future awaits -- or die trying.
