About this audiobook

Escape is the only thing nineteen-year-old James craves. Trapped in a suffocating flat with his volatile, grieving father, the rundown Belle Vue pub offers his only fragile hope for a different life. But solace is complicated by Adam—his father's magnetic coworker, whose charm seems to mask a dark, troubling past. Their intense connection deepens against the backdrop of the pub's faded glory, until a brutal attack shatters their community, and chilling accusations point straight at Adam. Caught between dangerous secrets, escalating violence, and his desperate need to break free, James is pulled into a treacherous web of lies. He must confront the ghosts of his past and the truth about the man he's drawn to. But in a world built on hidden scars, uncovering that truth might not mean freedom—it might mean losing himself entirely.