by Regina Black
First published 2025
Jake's country music career hangs by a thread. His one hit song from years ago keeps him barely afloat, but nobody knows the truth behind it. When he returns to his hometown, he comes face to face with Maya, the daughter of a legendary Black country musician and the girl he loved in high school. Maya wrote the lyrics that made him famous, but her name never appeared on the credits. Now she's pursuing her own musical path, carrying forward her father's legacy while Jake scrambles for relevance. Their reunion forces both to confront what they sacrificed for their dreams. Jake must choose between protecting his fragile career and acknowledging the woman who gave him his only success. Maya faces her own crossroads between forgiveness and justice, between the past that shaped her and the future she's building.
Genres: drama, american-fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, music, contemporary-romance
Vibes: bittersweet, emotional, intimate, introspective, thought-provoking
Tropes: forced-proximity, friends-to-lovers, hidden-truth, second-chance-romance
Setting: hometown
336 pages · Paperback · Grand Central Publishing