debut book

Rhythm & Ruin

Milana Rodriguez knows what it means to survive. At 28, she’s clawed her way out of a traumatic past on the South Side of Chicago, only to watch her fragile peace shatter again when she’s fired from her office job, and heartbroken after catching her boyfriend cheating. When her former boss, Markus King—owner of the notorious Midnight Mirage nightclub and rising music producer—learns she’s single and out of work, he offers her a “job” that reeks of control and danger. Milana wants out, dreaming of nothing more than to start a new life—one where she can write romance novels, and feel soft for once—but with her friends’ safety on the line and Markus's reach stretching even into law enforcement, saying no could cost her what little she has left.

Milana finds unexpected allies in a quirky local writers’ group—and in Theo Grayson, a brooding gym owner with secrets of his own. With his help, Milana begins to strategize, training both her body and mind to face the predator she once escaped. When she infiltrates Markus’s inner circle to expose his criminal empire, she finds herself trapped in a web of power, twisted seduction, and violence. At a celebrity masquerade party dripping with danger, Milana must choose: submit to being the ‘guest of honor’, or risk everything to destroy the man who’s taken so much from her—and protect the women who still suffer under his rule.

Gritty, emotional, spicy, and pulse-pounding, Rhythm & Ruin is a story of resilience, chosen family, and the courage it takes to reclaim your life—even when the odds are stacked against you.