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On the brink of a global tour, Phoebe Monroe is one of the most recognisable popstars in the world - polished, disciplined, and emotionally unreachable. Fame has taught her how to perform connection without ever truly offering it.

Her life is carefully compartmentalised. There's Finlay Bennett, a long-time friend with benefits who asks nothing of her beyond what she can give. There's Charlotte Clarke, her best friend and anchor, who understands the rules Phoebe lives by. And then there's Harry Lewis - a YouTube sensation whose growing fame mirrors her own, but whose openness and sincerity unsettle her from the moment they meet.

Harry falls for Phoebe slowly and sincerely, seeing past the persona to the woman beneath it. Phoebe, unaccustomed to being wanted without conditions, lets him closer than she intends. As rehearsals intensify and the tour approaches, the fragile balance of her life begins to fracture. Her emotional withdrawal collides with Harry's hope, while her history with Finlay becomes harder to justify - even to herself.

Haunted by a childhood that taught her love must be managed rather than felt, Phoebe is forced to confront what it means to need someone at the very moment the world expects her to give everything to the stage.

Set against the pressure of global fame and the quiet damage of emotional neglect, this is a story about love offered at the wrong time - and a woman who must decide whether she is willing to risk vulnerability, or disappear behind the performance forever.