Love is pain

When the man who promised forever is only playing for keeps, Maya learns the cruelest lesson of all: the deepest love can hide the darkest lies.

Maya is twenty-three, an artist with a tender heart and a modest inheritance from her grandmother, her only safety net in a big, unforgiving city. She believes in second chances, in beauty that heals, in people who stay.

Then comes Aaron.

Charming. Attentive. Devastatingly perfect. He sees her soul, remembers every whispered dream, makes her feel truly seen for the first time.