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When Red's life implodes—job gone, boyfriend gone, savings gone—she reaches out to her estranged grandmother on a Charleston island, hoping for a lifeline. Instead, she finds James Wolfe waiting at the dock: a brooding, reclusive artist with a dangerous edge and absolutely no qualms about manipulating her to get what he wants. But the moment he sees her, his carefully constructed world shifts, and what starts as a calculated scheme becomes something far more consuming. This is the beginning of a darkly magnetic story about two people who collide when they're both running from something—and who might just be exactly what the other needs.
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Dark, sensual indie and alternative R&B with brooding undertones. Moody synth-pop, sultry vocals, and intense electronic production. Think dangerous attraction, slow-burn tension, and raw vulnerability. Artists like The Weeknd, FKA twigs, and Cigarettes After Sex—intimate yet edgy, passionate yet controlled.
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