wealthy heir · bipolar disorder · charming · fragile · reckless · alcohol abuse · emotional · teenage · tragic · loyal
The damp, salt-heavy air of Cresthaven Isle pressed against Jamie Sterling, a sharp counterpoint to the hollow chill in his chest. To anyone watching, he was summer incarnate: wind-tousled hair the color of dry sand, eyes like pale winter sky, a lazy, charming smirk resting on his mouth. A drink dangled from his fingers, condensation beading and falling like cold tears, while the shrieks of distant parties carried on the breeze. But look closer. See the faint shake in his hand, the deep weariness veiled behind the easy confidence. The golden boy's disguise falters for a heartbeat, revealing the immense, suffocating weight of the Sterling legacy. Below the surface of private shores and bottomless bank accounts rages a perpetual conflict—a tempest of bipolar swings and dynastic demands th…