The drummer for chart-topping rock band aMUSEd has just met the literal woman of his dreams. But Lyric is already working overtime to keep life's storms at bay, and Rhys "The Madman" Madigan is a complication she doesn't need. Will the lingering presence of her late husband guide this witchy single mom to a forever love, or will her new man's wild spirit put a permanent end to their love story, and possibly her career? Lyric I had it all once: a man I loved, a child who needed me, another who needed me even more, a job that gave me purpose. And then my world was shattered. It's taken me three years, but I've managed to put the remaining pieces back together, building a life for the three of us. I have a village to help me do it, but it's a never-ending, exhausting rollercoaster, haunted by memories of the husband I lost. The last thing I need to add to this ride is an adrenaline-junkie rockstar. But he won't take no for an answer, and the more time I spend with him, the less I want him to. Rhys I saw her across a crowded room. No - I saw her in my dreams first. But from the moment our eyes met in our waking lives, I knew she was the one. Yeah, her life is complicated, and I'm not a likely candidate for a father figure for her kids when my inner child ends up on the outside more often than not. But there's nothing complicated about how I feel about her, and there's no limit to what I'd do to make her life better, if only she - and her late husband - will let me. Mad World is a love-before-first-sight single-parent romance with an unexpected supernatural triangle twist, and a deep current of music and magic running throughout. It is the fifth book in the Mystic Beach Fantasy Rockstar Romance series. It can be read as a standalone, but it is part of an interconnected series and is best read in series order.