First published 2012
James Thicke built his life around two things: writing successful screenplays and his marriage to movie star Regina Baptiste. His mysterious past conceals a capacity for violence that he keeps buried beneath professional success. When James receives a video showing Regina in bed with her costar Johnny Bergs during filming of his latest script, his world fractures. Within hours, footage of the affair spreads across the internet and social media platforms. The betrayal ignites James's violent nature. He brutally assaults Johnny Bergs in a public spectacle that draws both paparazzi and police to the couple's estate. As the scandal explodes into tabloid headlines, James must confront not only his wife's infidelity but the dark impulses he can no longer contain. The collision of public humiliation and private rage threatens to destroy everything he has built.
Genres: fiction, drama, romance, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
400 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: domestic-violence, violence