Cynthia James has always wanted more than smoky clubs and half-empty bars. So when a well-known producer invites her to his ranch in the Rockies, she knows it could be the break she’s been chasing her chance to take her music further than ever before. Singing is her heartbeat, her drive, her life. Still, even with doors opening, a quiet ache lingers where love should be.

New York dating left her drained, and after too many false starts, she’s convinced romance just isn’t for her. Then she meets Matthew a former pro football player whose career ended too soon. Broad-shouldered, thoughtful, and carrying regrets of his own, he’s nothing like the men she left behind.

Neither of them planned for this collision, but the pull is immediate, sharp, and hard to ignore. Still, old wounds run deep. Both know how trust can break, how quickly love can vanish.

Can a singer chasing her future and an athlete facing his past find harmony together or will fear keep them both off the stage of love?