Bended Loyalty: A small town contemporary novel (Bended Duet Book 1)

Sometimes you have to lose everything to discover who you really are.Tristen Levisay's world shatters in a single moment: his twin brother Talon—his bandmate, his mirror image, his lifelong partner—abandons their struggling rock band for a shot at stardom with Art of Rendering. Suddenly, Tristen isn't just losing his lead singer. He's losing his identity.The rest of The Seethers walk away. His ambitious girlfriend Meegan's career takes off while his crashes. With maxed-out credit cards and nowhere to turn, Tristen returns to the one place he swore he'd never go back to: Pelton, Kentucky, the small town that holds all his worst memories.Things in Pelton go from bad to worse. His mother Ivy, a recovering addict, is about to lose her house to a predatory balloon loan. Desperate to help, Tristen accepts an offer from Owen, the biological father he's avoided for years: fight three underground boxing matches for enough cash to save Ivy's home. No questions asked.As Tristen steps back into the brutal world of illegal fighting, everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. His relationship with Meegan crumbles under the weight of secrets and lies. His brother's betrayal cuts deeper than he imagined. And the music career he's been chasing might not even be what he wants.Caught between loyalty to his dysfunctional family and the dream of escape, between his past as "the loser twin" and an uncertain future, Tristen must confront the question he's been avoiding his entire life: Who is he without his brother?