Overview

He's hired to protect the leader of a K-pop boyband. He never expected one of them to save him.

One catastrophic failure ended Griffin Hale's career with an elite protection unit and left him sleepwalking through dead-end security shifts in Seattle, trying to forget the man he used to be. When Eamon Price offers him a high-stakes assignment—bodyguard detail for Violet Frequency, a wildly successful K-pop boyband on their world tour, guarding the lead vocalist—he takes it because he needs the work, not because he expects to care.

Then he meets the five brilliant, overworked young men navigating impossible schedules and relentless scrutiny. And one of the idols—Rune, the quiet lyricist with sleepless eyes who writes the songs that break hearts worldwide—sees straight through the armor Griffin's spent years rebuilding.

The problem? One leaked photo, one whispered rumor, and everything Rune has built will burn.

Their connection grows in stolen late-night hotel balconies, whispered confessions over shared earbuds, backstage corridors where their masks finally come off. But as the tour escalates and a threat from Griffin's past resurfaces back in Seattle, the band becomes a target—and so does the man he's falling for.

To save Rune, Griffin will have to confront the failure that destroyed everything. To love him, he'll have to believe he's worthy of being loved back.

286 pages