When rising author Emery Martin wakes up to find her unpublished manuscript stolen, and a viral BookTok video accusing her of plagiarism, her world implodes overnight. Fame was never the dream, but infamy? That's a nightmare. As the internet turns vicious and publishing deals disappear, Emery is left with one name on her lips: Beckett Rhodes, the ex who shattered her heart... and might be the only man who can clear her name.
Billionaire author Beckett has secrets inked into the margins of his fame. His bestselling novel Ashes of Her made him a literary icon, but what if the real author is the woman he let walk away? When a mysterious figure sues Beckett for fraud, accusing him of stealing Emery's words, the past and present collide in a high-stakes scandal threatening to destroy them both.
Forced into hiding, Emery and Beckett race against time to decrypt a stolen hard drive, expose a stalker hidden within Beckett's inner circle, and survive the digital wildfire consuming their reputations. But the deeper they dig, the more twisted the truth becomes.
At a BookTok mega-convention, a public reconciliation spirals into chaos when a hacker leaks Emery's next billion-dollar manuscript in real time, triggering a security lockdown and exposing a betrayal no one saw coming.
Just as Emery reclaims her voice and signs a life-changing publishing deal, a chilling message arrives: You think you know the ending. But the sequel's already begun.
Can Emery trust the man who broke her heart, or will her story be rewritten once again?