"I'm Jeremiah Stevenson, I think. I'm 78 years old, I have arthritis, back issues and trouble sleeping. Three days ago, under the kind of Moon that drives men crazy, I murdered my wife."
Jeremiah Stevenson is barely the shadow of a man. Three days ago, he recalls, he murdered his wife. From then, he has not stopped playing, just so she'll hear him in heaven. This is how begins his tale of wandering in an oniric dimension, searching for the words to write the most heart-breaking song, so brillant it could reach the sky... This, is the journey of his love, and how tragedy has shaped him into a hero.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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