PROLOGUE

"Turn it off." 24-year-old River Crowns gritted out to his chauffeur.

His head was pounding, his eyes were red and his tongue tasted bitter.

The last thing he needed was the radio spilling out lies about him.

They didn't know him-the bloggers, tabloids, annoying paparazzi, all of them-none of them knew who he was except that he was a pop sensation who luck had shinned on when he was 14.

All he had wanted was a break from the music industry.

Just a month in Vegas away from challenges that came with being famous. Was that so hard to ask?

Just some time to spend with Anna and Skylar away from having an article about him in every gossip and fashion magazine out there.

The car River was in came to a slow stop and Biggie, his bodyguard pulled the door open from the outside.