He was my first love.
My first heartbreak.
The boy who made the one mistake I’ll never forgive.
Roderick Wilder and I grew up side by side. Then he destroyed everything we had and disappeared, chasing a future without me.
Twelve years later, he’s back.
Not the rising star I remember, but a man who’s broken, scarred, and desperate to rewrite his story.
The problem? I’ve been falling for an anonymous stranger online—someone I trade late-night messages with in a music forum, where we argue about albums, confess the things we’ll never say out loud, and relive the bands that shaped us. He feels safe. He feels new.
But in a world of confessions and mixtape truths, secrets don’t stay anonymous forever . . . and as Roderick crashes back into my life, I’m left wondering which risk is greater—giving my heart to the boy who once destroyed it, or handing it to the man behind the screen before I know who he really is.
From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a nostalgic second-chance romance with You’ve Got Mail vibes and High Fidelity energy—full of mixtapes, messy feelings, and the one love you never really outgrow.
(Not So) Simple Lyrics is an emotional, nostalgic second chance which features your favorite tropes:
🎸First love/Second Chance
🎸Anonymous messages / secret identity
🎸Slow burn
🎸Rockstar comeback + redemption arc
🎸It’s always been you
