Missing the Beat: A Small Town Second Chance Musician Story

Jackson Rye is the frontman of Last Call Saints, and his life is a blur of highways, motel rooms, and the roar of the crowd. He’s a master of the one-night gig and the quick getaway. Unpacking his bags is a concession he’s never willing to make.

But a month-long residency in the aggressively quaint coastal town of Port Blossom throws his world off-key. He wasn’t looking for complications, but he finds them in two completely different Lena, the sharp-witted, cynical bartender who sees the jaded performer, and Claire, the kind-hearted music teacher who sees the man he could be.

Torn between a connection of fire and passion and one of gentle, healing peace, Jackson finds himself living a double life. The lies are piling up, and his carefully constructed world is about to shatter. When his two lives inevitably collide, Jackson must finally face the music and answer the one question he’s spent his entire life running is he the man who always leaves, or can he finally learn to stay?