leather and lead
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Faith never planned to break down in the middle of nowhere-let alone in the sweltering heat of a Southern backroad with nothing but a dead phone, a busted tour bus, and a bad attitude. As the frontwoman of a rising rock band, she's used to arenas, flashing lights, and never staying in one place too long. But when a sharp-tongued cowgirl on horseback rides past, everything stops.
Aj is all sun-drenched strength and stubborn charm-taller, steadier, and with a smile that cuts deeper than any lyric Faith's ever written. Their worlds were never meant to cross, but one glance is all it takes to shake Faith to her core.
Haunted by the moment she let slip through her fingers, Faith throws everything into chaos to chase a ghost in denim and dirt roads. But going back means more than just finding Aj-it means facing the woman she's been running from all along.
Leather and Lead is a fierce, slow-burning queer romance about second chances, wild hearts, and the explosive collision of fame and freedom.
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