(Not So) Simple Lyrics
(2025)(The first book in the Heartbreak Mixtapes series)
A novel by Claudia Burgoa
He was my first love.
My first heartbreak.
The boy who made the one mistake I’ll never forgive.
Roderick Wilder and I grew up side by side—two kids tangled up in music, mixtapes, and lyrics that felt like they belonged only to us. Then he destroyed everything we had and disappeared, chasing a future without me.
Twelve years later, he’s back.
Not the rising star I remember, but a man who’s broken, scarred, and desperate to rewrite his story.
The problem? I’ve already started falling for someone else—an anonymous stranger I trade late-night messages with, sharing lyrics and reliving the bands that shaped us.
He feels safe.
He feels new.
He feels like everything Roderick isn’t.
But soon I might need to choose between the stranger who makes me believe again . . .
and the boy who once destroyed me.
From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a nostalgic second-chance romance of mixtapes, dial-up confessions, and the one boy who broke her heart before the world ever knew his name.
(Not So) Simple Lyrics is an emotional, nostalgic second chance which features your favorite tropes:
🎸Slowburn
🎸Rockstar
🎸Bad boy
🎸First love, childhood crush, it’s always been you
🎸Wounded /Damaged / Tortured Hero
''''Epistolary novel
🎸Redemption
Genre: General Fiction
My first heartbreak.
The boy who made the one mistake I’ll never forgive.
Roderick Wilder and I grew up side by side—two kids tangled up in music, mixtapes, and lyrics that felt like they belonged only to us. Then he destroyed everything we had and disappeared, chasing a future without me.
Twelve years later, he’s back.
Not the rising star I remember, but a man who’s broken, scarred, and desperate to rewrite his story.
The problem? I’ve already started falling for someone else—an anonymous stranger I trade late-night messages with, sharing lyrics and reliving the bands that shaped us.
He feels safe.
He feels new.
He feels like everything Roderick isn’t.
But soon I might need to choose between the stranger who makes me believe again . . .
and the boy who once destroyed me.
From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a nostalgic second-chance romance of mixtapes, dial-up confessions, and the one boy who broke her heart before the world ever knew his name.
(Not So) Simple Lyrics is an emotional, nostalgic second chance which features your favorite tropes:
🎸Slowburn
🎸Rockstar
🎸Bad boy
🎸First love, childhood crush, it’s always been you
🎸Wounded /Damaged / Tortured Hero
''''Epistolary novel
🎸Redemption
Genre: General Fiction
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