Pretty Dumb Intellectual

SMART IN BUSINESS. CLUELESS IN LOVE. LYRIC'S PERFECTLY ORDERED WORLD IS ABOUT TO CRASH DOWN.

Lyric Anderson is driven, ambitious, and unstoppable in her career. But when it comes to her heart? She's always a step behind, making all the wrong choices for all the right reasons. Just when she thinks she finally has her life on track, her past comes knocking — and it's wearing a familiar smile.

Enter Brian "Blue" Williams.

He was Lyric's first love, a notorious ladies' man, and the one weakness she can't seem to shake. His charm is as irresistible as ever, but the secrets he's carrying threaten to destroy everything Lyric believes about her past — and her future.

Five years of celibacy ended with one man.

Tony wasn't supposed to become anything more than a mistake. Instead, he brings an entirely different set of dangerous secrets into Lyric's life, proving that sometimes the people who seem safest are hiding the most.

But the ultimate betrayal isn't waiting in Lyric's past. It's been standing beside her all along.

Her closest friend, Samantha, has spent years hiding a jealousy so deep that it's finally ready to surface — and when it does, it will change everything Lyric thought she knew about loyalty, friendship, and love.

One ex. One secret. One best friend who isn't who she seems.

By the time Lyric realizes what's happening, she's already surrounded by people who've been lying to her. Every answer uncovers another deception, and every choice pulls her deeper into a web she never saw coming.

Some betrayals destroy relationships. The worst ones destroy the person you thought you were.

As Lyric's carefully ordered life begins to collapse, she'll discover that not everyone standing beside her is on her side — and by the time the truth comes out, trusting the wrong person may cost her everything.

The explosive first novel in the Pretty Dumb Intellectual series.