Vipers and Virtuosos

Riley Kelly moves to New York City wanting an ordinary life. She is still carrying the weight of a violent assault, wary of getting close to anyone. Then she meets rock star Aiden James at a low point. One reckless night together turns into a connection neither of them can shake, and by morning it has already gone wrong. Riley vanishes rather than let the fallout reach either of them.

Three years on, Aiden has never stopped searching. He blames Riley for the ruin of his career and his name. When he finally tracks her down, he wants answers, and maybe payback. Riley wants only to keep the fragile life she has rebuilt. The past she ran from, and the pull she still feels toward him, refuse to stay buried.

Vipers and Virtuosos is the second book in Sav R. Miller's Monsters and Muses series. It is a dark rockstar romance loosely shaped around the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, told from both Riley's and Aiden's points of view. It stays close to obsession and old wounds rather than comfort, with dubious consent, violence and the aftermath of trauma woven through rather than softened.

The story moves fast once Aiden reappears, favoring intensity over distance from its two leads. It is built for readers who want dark romance that commits to the label, with the myth's tragedy shadowing a reunion built on old blame.