Brighton always smells like salt and something unfinished. Arabella Harp built her life on the edge of the sea - ink-stained fingers, black hair down to her hips, a tattoo studio lit like a confession booth. She's twenty-five, permanently marked and permanently leaving before anyone can leave her first. She doesn't date musicians. Especially not ones who write songs like they're trying to survive something. James Marriott crashes into her life on a night neither of them were supposed to be out - rain-soaked, loud-mouthed, and too observant for his own good. And suddenly, Brighton doesn't feel like the edge anymore. It feels like a beginning.

Cora never meant to fall for James - her brother's best friend of all people. The only person that was off limits to her, according to Will. With her brother firmly against their relationship, will Cora and James risk everything to keep their 'friendship' a secret, or will everything come crashing down on them? How long can they hide before all is put on the table for everyone to see..

In which an American singer-songwriter loses motivation for her music & moves to England for one year to gain her spark back. Will one person be the reason she stays, how could she say no? - James Marriott x Reader