A World Apart

Kaiya moves from London to Los Angeles for a dream internship at a renowned recording studio, expecting a year of coffee runs — until an embarrassing first encounter with K-pop idol Jihoon turns into something neither of them can shake. Forbidden by his group's strict no-dating rules, they carve out a relationship in secret studio meetings and covert texts, even as Kaiya starts questioning whether the music career she thought she wanted still fits who she's becoming.

Kate Alexandra opens the Between Worlds series with a forbidden K-pop romance that weighs fame's demands against the cost of hiding who you love.