When Soledad's carefully orchestrated life implodes in betrayal, she has to rebuild everything from scratch—her home, her stability, her sense of self. But in the wreckage of her marriage and the exhausting reality of single motherhood, she discovers a version of herself she'd buried under years of perfectionism and people-pleasing. Just when she's finally finding her footing, a forbidden man enters her world and threatens to undo all the hard-won peace she's fought for, awakening desires she thought she'd learned to ignore. Kennedy Ryan crafts a slow-burn romance about learning to trust again—not just in love, but in yourself—when you've already lost everything that mattered.

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Moody indie-pop and sultry R&B for rebuilding yourself from the ashes. Yearning vocals, slow-burn tension, and the bittersweet ache of wanting what you shouldn't. Artists like SZA, Khalid, Maggie Rogers, Daniel Caesar—songs about temptation, self-discovery, and the electric pull of forbidden connection.