Jake Priest learned at an early age to take anything he could get and never look back. With the help of his foster sister Bea, and the catchy song she wrote, he finally gets a stroke of luck and becomes the hottest new entertainer in the industry. He's always felt a little guilty for using Bea's song as his ticket to fame, but after years of hiding her talent, Bea's finally crafting musical masterpieces again. Jake credits one woman with inspiring her to do it.

When that woman, Octavia Rothschild, shoved Beatrice Cipriani into the limelight, she really had no idea that Bea would try and drag her on stage too. Octavia's finding the attention uncomfortable. Ever since an accident that left prominent burns on one side of her face, Octavia has attracted too much attention, none of it good.

And now the studio's insisting that Octavia perform one of Bea's songs with Jake Priest. The label's wild for the kind of publicity a duet would create, even if Jake's famously impossible to deal with. Only, the more time Jake spends with Octavia, the more he's drawn to her voice and her unique beauty.

But Jake's shady past was only contained, not erased.

When Jake's father finally walks out of prison, the first person he wants to see is his newly rich and famous son. And good old dad has some demands?and some secrets?that may just change everything. Can Jake and Octavia heal from past trauma in time to deal with everything the world's about to throw at them?