He believes control is the only thing that keeps people safe. She refuses to be controlled by anyone—especially him. Finn Calloway has spent his career holding Nashville’s music industry together with spreadsheets, strategy, and restraint. As co-owner of Vance Records, he doesn’t chase risks—he contains them. After one scandal too many, the label can’t afford another mistake. Rebecca “Becs” Reed is the mistake everyone sees coming. A fearless singer-songwriter with a voice that cuts straight to the bone, Becs writes from instinct, not caution. She doesn’t soften her edges, doesn’t follow scripts, and definitely doesn’t ask permission. The label calls her volatile. Finn calls her a liability. She calls him a cage. When Finn is tasked with managing Becs at the most critical moment in the label’s future, sparks ignite in the friction. He tries to shape her career with structure and control. She refuses to be shaped at all. What neither of them expects is the way desire grows in the space between restraint and rebellion—quiet, relentless, impossible to ignore. As industry pressure mounts and powerful forces threaten to tear them apart, Finn must confront the truth behind his need for control… and Becs must decide whether letting someone in means losing herself—or finally being fully seen. They don’t meet in the middle. They learn to stand side by side—without forcing the other to bend. For the Record is a slow-burn, high-tension contemporary romance set in Nashville’s cutthroat music scene, featuring workplace romance, opposites attract, forbidden chemistry, and heat that builds until it breaks . Perfect for readers who love emotional intimacy, strong heroines, and heroes who fall hard when control slips. Some lines can’t be erased. Some choices echo forever.