Aria Chen died at thirty-two on a shabby event stage, her biggest regret echoing in her final breath: she'd wasted her one shot at stardom. Betrayed by her songwriter boyfriend who stole her compositions, sabotaged by her jealous stepsister who wanted the spotlight, and abandoned by the father who chose his "real" family over her—Aria spent a decade as a nobody singer, watching others shine with her stolen songs.
Then she woke up at twenty-two, the day before her Star Maker audition. The audition that ruined everything in her first life.
This time, Aria knows all the industry secrets. She knows which songs will become hits, which actors will dominate, which scandals will break. Most importantly, she knows exactly who betrayed her—and she's ready to take back everything they stole.
Enter Damien Cross: the enigmatic CEO of Apex Entertainment, the most powerful man in showbiz. Cold, ruthless, devastatingly handsome—and the man who rejected her demo tape with brutal words in her first life. But this time, when Aria walks into his office with confidence blazing in her eyes and a voice that stops his world, Damien doesn't just notice her.
He becomes obsessed.
Now Aria must navigate her rebirth carefully: reclaim her stolen songs, build her empire, destroy those who destroyed her, and somehow resist the dangerous pull of the one man who sees through all her secrets. Because Damien Cross doesn't just want to sign her to his label.
He wants to own her heart, body, and soul—and he always gets what he wants.