Lila Rhodes had a plan: Graduate, heal the sick, and marry the man she thought was her anchor. But plans are just lies we tell the future. After a devastating double-betrayal by her partner and her best friend, Lila walks away from her medical career to find peace in the steam and silence of a Brisbane coffee shop, trading her stethoscope for a portafilter and her dignity for a clean slate. She’s done with “forever” and done with being perfect. But the past has a way of finding you, even across oceans. When Everett Pierce—her first love and the man who once broke her heart without realizing he held it—walks into her shop, the old wounds reopen. But he isn't the only ghost. A reckless night with Atlas, a charismatic motorcycle racer, sparks a flame that shouldn't exist. Especially when Lila realizes who Atlas actually was. Between the man who didn’t love her enough and the boy who loves her far too dangerously, Lila must navigate a web of family secrets and illicit desires. In the city of Brisbane, some sins are meant to be confessed—but Lila is living a litany of sins. In a world of clinical precision and messy hearts, how many sins can one woman commit before she loses herself for good? “He was her first love. The other is her biggest mistake. Both are her ruin.”