Was hoping you'd come home. I don't care if it's a lie. - This is the sequel to Hit Me Hard.

Stella's world is a hazy blur of hangovers and hook ups. Drowning in alcohol and lost in strangers, she's just trying to forget the ache that shattered her. When she crosses paths with Billie at a wild Hollywood party, the captivating girl is meant to be nothing more than another temporary distraction.

Effy works nights at a shitty bar in a shitty part of LA, lives in an even shittier apartment with a leaky ceiling and a stray cat that refuses to leave. She's all rough edges and way too used to life handing her the short end of the stick. Nothing ever comes easy, and if it does, it probably wants something in return. Then this girl walks in. Easy laugh. Soft eyes. Looks like sin in a bandana and moves like the world's hers for the taking.

Olivia Fernando, a physical therapist with a unique understanding of hypermobility, gets a call that changes everything: global superstar Billie Eilish needs her help. As Olivia guides Billie to harness her body's full potential, their professional relationship deepens, sparking an undeniable connection that challenges boundaries and expectations.

Juliette Smith has always been the girl with the big heart. The one who puts others first, the one her brother swore to protect at all costs. Living under Jonathan's roof in LA was supposed to be temporary, just until she found her footing again. But then Billie Eilish walked into their world. What starts as harmless, the superstar hanging around her brother's studio, late-night conversations in their kitchen, quickly turns into something dangerous. Something neither of them can afford to feel. Because Billie is Jonathan's best friend. And Juliette? She's the one person Jonathan would never let her be with. Loving her means lying to him. Wanting her means risking everything. But some things are impossible to hide.

Lucy Harper is fearless, brilliant, and one of the most ruthless journalists in LA. When she lands an exclusive story on Billie Eilish, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. The problem? Billie already knows Lucy, because years ago, Lucy wrote a brutal article about her. What starts as a battle of sharp words and cold stares quickly turns into something far more dangerous. With a career-defining story on the line and a pull she can't ignore, Lucy is forced to ask herself: Is love worth betraying everything she's built? And what happens when she becomes the headline?

Everly Luna has always followed the rules. An ambitious lawyer, perfect boyfriend, and a future that is planed to perfection. But when she takes on a case for Billie Eilish, her world is thrown into chaos. What starts as professionalism quickly turns into something forbidden, something electric. And as the lines blur, Everly is faced with a truth she can't ignore-some temptations are impossible to resist.

Blair Ashford doesn't do attachments. The sharp-tongued bartender has spent her life keeping people at a distance-until one wild night ends with her waking up in Billie Eilish's bed. What starts as a drunken mistake quickly spirals into a dangerous push-and-pull of desire, tension, and a whole lot of trouble.

Elizabeth Rose is a poised and perfectly mannered British socialite, raised among tiaras, traditions, and table settings with more rules than feelings. Engaged to one of England's most powerful men, she lives a life of elegance, wealth, and quiet suffocation. But when she meets Billie Eilish at a high-profile gala in London, everything shifts. Billie is chaotic, blunt, wildly American, and couldn't care less about etiquette or expectations. Their worlds were never meant to collide, yet their connection is instant, magnetic, and far too dangerous. As the wedding draws near, Elizabeth finds herself torn between the life she was born into-and the one person who makes her feel truly alive. In another life, it could have been them. But this one is already spoken for.

Violet Winter learned the hard way that nothing lasts forever. After losing her mother and surviving a relentless battle with leukemia, she built walls around herself, walls no one had ever dared to break through. Letting people in meant risking heartbreak, and she had already lost too much. But then came Billie Eilish. With her, life became lighter, funnier, worth living again. But when your body still carries the scars of the past, how long can forever really last?