Polished Grit - V.M. LaFountain

What if you could reset the clock?

Serrina Stone is dead. She had to be. In the manicured silence of her upscale Kansas life, she was a masterpiece of perfection hiding a world of scars. But when the universe offers a rare, shimmering grace, she doesn't just run-she resets.

In her place stands Quinn-a maverick with a guitar, a forged identity, and a secret that could burn her new world to the ground.

Trading a suffocating past for the neon grit of the Brooklyn music scene, Quinn finds the "physical truth" she's been running toward in Nick Garnier. He's the heir to a legacy he never asked for, and the only person capable of hearing the melody beneath her armor. Together, they are Verity of Verse, a band on the brink of a global explosion.

Navigating a high-voltage journey from the shadows of the suburbs to the blinding lights of international fame, Quinn and Nick are about to prove that the past isn't a weight to be carried-it's the fuel for the flight. But in a world of viral fame and digital footprints, "disappearing" is a dangerous game. As the distance between her two lives collapses, Quinn must decide if she is the girl fleeing the storm, or if she has finally become the storm itself.

Polished Grit is a story of reclamation, a pulse-pounding anthem for anyone who has ever been told it's too late to start over.

Step into the light. Give the world the riot it came for.