Sasaeng & Secrets

They thought the distance was the enemy. They were wrong.

Melanie McCormick has done the impossible. She has escaped her father's control, lied to her family, and moved across the world to Seoul under the guise of a "study abroad" student. For the first time, she is in the same city as Kim Jae-yoon. No more time zones. No more burner phones. Just the two of them, hidden in the shadows of the neon city.

But Seoul is not a sanctuary. It is a glass cage.

As ECLPSE's fame reaches a fever pitch, the "Moon Prince" is hunted by a new kind of predator: Sasaengs. Obsessive, stalker fans who know his schedule, his license plate, and his secrets.

Melanie thought she could be Jae's escape, but she quickly realizes she might be his greatest liability. Every date is a military operation. Every glance is a risk. And when the cameras catch a glimpse of a "mystery woman" in Jae's car, the internet doesn't just speculate-it attacks.

Trapped between a ruthless agency demanding perfection and a fandom demanding ownership, Jae faces an impossible choice. To save his group from ruin, he must agree to the one thing that will shatter Melanie's heart: a fake engagement to someone else.

The signal is fading. The noise is deafening. And in the world of K-Pop, love isn't a fairytale-it's a scandal.

"We don't get a happy ending, Mel. We get a press release."

Sasaeng & Secrets is the heart-pounding, angsty second installment in The Starlight Series. Content Warning: This book contains themes of stalking, harassment, and intense media scrutiny.