shane dawson is the world's most famous music producer; surrounded by girls, sex and money 24/7. the world seems infatuated by his strong jawline and charming demeanour, yet little does society know that it's a blinding facade of who he truly is. ryland adams, on the other hand, is entirely lovely. well, not just that - ryland is a lot of things. he's sweet and he's naive and he's engaged to the first boy he met after moving to la. when ryland loses the job that's kept him afloat for the last five years as the company crumbles in fraud and sexual harassment cases, he is left redundant and poor and clueless as to how him and his fiancé are going to survive the next few months, let alone plan a wedding. so he goes for an interview to become shane dawson's assistant, not realising that he's laying out his own murder weapon and preparing to let the most adored man in music destroy all hopes of his life ever being normal again, piece by piece.