The Music That Ties Us

Some connections are electric.
But what happens when the one who sets you free… is the one you can never have?

Cadence: I lived in a golden cage until the music set me free.
I don’t break rules. I follow them. I’m Cadence Copeland—finance analyst, perfect girlfriend, and the girl who learned to make herself smaller to fit someone else’s dreams. But my carefully orchestrated life is falling apart, and the last thing I need is complications.

What I don’t need… is him.
Damien Walker is a tattooed rockstar with too much attitude and a voice that makes me remember who I used to be. Our first meeting? A disaster. Our second? He’s on stage, and suddenly, he’s everywhere I shouldn’t want him—but exactly where I can’t stop looking.

The attraction is instant. The connection? Dangerous.
And as my world crumbles and old wounds crack wide open, I’m faced with the one thing I can’t control: the music in my soul. Because the more he sees the real me, the harder it becomes to go back to the life that’s slowly killing me.
I wasn’t supposed to want more. He wasn’t supposed to make me brave.
But now? I’m not sure I can survive going back to silence.

Damien: She’s the good girl. I’m the rockstar who’s supposed to corrupt her, not fall for her.
I didn’t mean to get tangled up with Cadence—or realize that behind her perfect smile is a fire that calls to mine. One look across a crowded bar, and suddenly I’m breaking every rule I made to protect myself.
She’s caged. Beautiful. Impossible.
But she sees through my armor like I’m made of glass… and I’m starting to think that letting her in might be worth risking everything I’ve fought to protect.