Book two | Grace Milton is living the dream-an 18-year-old pop star with a voice that captivates millions, a chart-topping debut album, and a romance with Aiden Carter, the music industry's golden boy. Together, they are the power couple everyone envies, their love songs dominating the airwaves and their chemistry lighting up every stage. But beneath the glitz and glamour, Grace's world is built on a fragile trust, one that crumbles when a private video she sent to Aiden is leaked to the world.
The video spreads like wildfire, and the media frenzy threatens to consume everything Grace has worked for. Betrayed, humiliated, and questioning who she can trust, Grace's once-perfect life is now a minefield of suspicion and deceit. As she retreats from the public eye, seeking refuge from the relentless scrutiny, she's blindsided by Jobe Bellingham, the charismatic football prodigy who's no stranger to fame's double-edged sword.
Jobe offers her an escape-friendship in the midst of chaos, and an unexpected connection that feels more real than anything she's known. But as Grace gets closer to Jobe, the pressure to find out who leaked the video intensifies, and every clue points to someone she never wanted to doubt. Could it be Aiden, the boy she thought she knew better than anyone? Or is the betrayal lurking closer than she ever imagined?
As the line blurs between love and betrayal, Grace must decide who's worth fighting for-and whether she can ever let her guard down again. For anyone who's ever felt the sting of betrayal, this is a story of resilience, redemption, and the courage to find out who's really in your corner. Once you step into Grace's world, you won't be able to leave until the very last note.
Over the past two years, twenty-one-year-old Tessa has been struggling to shove the pieces of her life back together. It's not an easy task, given that her mother is an alcoholic mess, her father is dead, the rest of her family is determined to pretend she, her mother, and her younger sister, Grace, don't exist, and feels like she's drowning in the responsibilities that come with adulthood without having her parents there to help her.
But Tessa can deal. She has Grace, and that's all she needs to survive.
When Grace starts dating Julia, a charming and pretty girl from her physics class, Tessa is overjoyed for her. She loves that Grace is happy, despite the pain life has inflicted.
But then Julia breaks Grace's heart, and everything falls apart.
Now, Grace is gone. She's locked away in St. Montgomery's, a mental hospital, and the doctors keep saying she's delusional; that her entire relationship with Julia was a lie.
But Tessa knows better. And with each day that she sees Julia around campus, a boy on her arm as she laughs with her friends, she feels a surge of rage. This girl destroyed the last good thing she had in her life. She can't just sit back and watch her get away with it.
Julia needs to pay.
And she will. Those friends she loves? Gone. That boyfriend? Gone. That reputation? Gone. Tessa will take everything. And there will be nothing Julia can do to stop her.