Soldier-turned-composer Beau DuBois flies to America to protect musician Molly Wellington after her royal family home is attacked by a nebulous faction. Beau questions this assignment as he's attracted to Molly and is concerned his newly discovered past could thrust her into additional danger.

Molly shares Beau's attraction and understands he's torn between duty and love, but has her own ideas on their relationship. While together, they learn that Molly's best friend and pop star boss also grapples with dark family secrets that are eerily similar to Beau's.

Combined with the ever present feeling of being watched, a thwarted kidnap attempt, and a bombed tour bus, they escape to the safety of Molly's native Rurikstan. But how soon before those dark secrets and that murky faction pursue them?

***A standalone book with a happy ending. This story is closely connected with Bad Nerd Falling (Book 8) and Baking with Nerds (Book 13) but you don't need to read them together.