Ruin: Book 2

Ruin (Gig Harbor Royals, Book 2)

Noelle Blake was born under the spotlight—daughter of the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Thick as Thieves. Perfection isn’t a choice, it’s an expectation. She’s the loyal friend, the steady sister, the golden daughter who never slips, never stumbles, never cracks. Everyone counts on her… and the weight of that crown is suffocating.

Only one man has ever seen beneath her flawless façade. And he’s the one man she can never, ever have.

Gray Vanderlyle has loved Noelle since he was seventeen. He’s carried that secret like a brand, quiet but burning, the kind of devotion that threads through every stolen glance, every midnight text, every time she’s needed him in her darkest hour. He’s been her constant, her safety net, her shadow. But love like his doesn’t stay silent. It grows. It breaks. It demands.

For two years, Gray has lived for the buzz of his phone after midnight, waiting for her name to light his screen. But the truth is louder than the silence they’ve kept between them—and when it finally crashes through, nothing will be the same.

Raw. Emotional. Relentless. Ruin is a love story carved out of fear and fire, where every page bleeds with Gray’s devotion and Noelle’s struggle to believe she’s worth it