Anthem of Love and Loathing
(2026)(The first book in the Riot of Broken Dreams series)
A novel by Misti Murphy
We were everything. The kind of love people write songs about.
My life was perfect.
I had my dream job managing an up-and-coming rock band—fronted by my best friend, Riot Maddox. Except "best friend" didn't quite cover it.
We’d finally gone social media official. The fans loved us.
On the eve of his brother's wedding, he decided our happily ever after looked better in someone else's bed.
In one night, he torched everything we'd built.
I lost my job. Got blacklisted from the industry. My friends, the band, chose him—which, let's be honest, wasn't exactly a surprise.
Meanwhile, L.A. Riot kept climbing the charts like nothing had ever happened.
My life couldn’t get worse.
Turns out fate has a sick sense of humor.
Two years later, a ghost from my past walked into the club where I worked. I witnessed something that left a target on my back.
Now, I need somewhere to hide. Somewhere safe.
Maybe that’s L.A. Riot. Despite my history with Riot Maddox.
Apparently, the band needs someone to keep their disaster of a frontman from self-destructing on tour. My first instinct is to tell them exactly where they can shove that idea.
Unfortunately, survival doesn't play well with my pride. So I throw my bags on the tour bus and tell myself it's only for a few months.
How hard can it be?
But Riot looks at me like I'm the one who destroyed him. Like I walked away for no reason.
Funny how the guilty always rewrite history.
He's about to find out how wrong his version is.
Anthem of Love and Loathing is an adult MF romance with revenge spice and group dynamics. It contains dark themes and triggering content.
Genre: Romance
My life was perfect.
I had my dream job managing an up-and-coming rock band—fronted by my best friend, Riot Maddox. Except "best friend" didn't quite cover it.
We’d finally gone social media official. The fans loved us.
On the eve of his brother's wedding, he decided our happily ever after looked better in someone else's bed.
In one night, he torched everything we'd built.
I lost my job. Got blacklisted from the industry. My friends, the band, chose him—which, let's be honest, wasn't exactly a surprise.
Meanwhile, L.A. Riot kept climbing the charts like nothing had ever happened.
My life couldn’t get worse.
Turns out fate has a sick sense of humor.
Two years later, a ghost from my past walked into the club where I worked. I witnessed something that left a target on my back.
Now, I need somewhere to hide. Somewhere safe.
Maybe that’s L.A. Riot. Despite my history with Riot Maddox.
Apparently, the band needs someone to keep their disaster of a frontman from self-destructing on tour. My first instinct is to tell them exactly where they can shove that idea.
Unfortunately, survival doesn't play well with my pride. So I throw my bags on the tour bus and tell myself it's only for a few months.
How hard can it be?
But Riot looks at me like I'm the one who destroyed him. Like I walked away for no reason.
Funny how the guilty always rewrite history.
He's about to find out how wrong his version is.
Anthem of Love and Loathing is an adult MF romance with revenge spice and group dynamics. It contains dark themes and triggering content.
Genre: Romance