He was her warning. She was his war. Together, they burned it all down.
Darren Wheeler was never meant to survive his own destruction. Fresh out of rehab and barely holding it together, the infamous guitarist of August Bleeding is back on tour with a ruined reputation and ghosts he can't escape. Sobriety claws at his sanity, his past haunts every step, and the one person he ruined is just a few feet away… living a life without him. Jainie Lovatt doesn't play it safe. As the fierce frontwoman of Riot Dolls, she's spent years fighting to be heard in a world that wants to tame her sound—and her. This tour is her band's big break… if she's willing to sacrifice everything that makes her music real.
They collide, and it's war. He calls her a fraud. She calls him an asshole. And neither of them will walk away. But beneath the venom and the fire, something raw and real takes shape that's dangerous enough to wreck them both. Because Darren isn't just fighting his demons—he is one. And Jainie might be the only one reckless enough to face him… even if it destroys her in the process. On a tour fueled by music, rage, and buried truths, lines blur, secrets bleed, and not everyone will make it out whole.
