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She was built for noise. He was made for quiet. Together, they spent a decade tearing each other apart-and singing through the wreckage.
To the rest of the world, Maria is the sharp-edged, heavy-hitting force behind one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. Smudged charcoal eye makeup, a lit cigarette dangling from her lips, messy curls, and a dark-stained cherry mahogany guitar strapped across her chest-she lives on high voltage and endless caffeine. A licensed medical doctor who once dreamed of flying to Sudan to heal people in crisis, Maria walked away from the sterile safety of a hospital after a devastating breakup rewired her entire mind. Choosing noise over tranquility, she traded a traditional practice to become her band's electric guitarist-and their quiet, off-the-clock tour doctor.
But Maria and her band aren't on the road for fame, luxury, or the money-in fact, none of them keep a single cent of what they make. Touring endlessly with barely a moment to breathe or settle, Maria uses the roar of sold-out stadiums and world tours to deliver a far bigger, unspoken message.
With a tough outer shell and her gravitating energy, no one could have guessed that her biggest weakness was a soft-spoken singer with a gentle soul and a completely different background. He is everything Maria isn't-tender, patient, and grounded-a stark contrast to her chaotic, violent energy. Drawn together by music yet constantly pulled apart by their deep-seated communication barriers, vastly different worlds, and the relentless pressure of life on the road, Maria and Michael engage in an explosive, ten-year slow burn.
In a life lived in static, noise, and back-to-back stadium lights, can two people who clash at every turn ever learn to speak the same language before their time runs out?