This Time, With Feeling

When prima ballerina Violet Tarasova injures her ankle weeks before The Nutcracker, she must choose between the safe relationship funding her career and the physical therapist who sees through her perfect facade.

Violet Tarasova is ballet perfection incarnate—the youngest principal dancer in Metropolitan Ballet Theatre history, with technique so flawless it takes your breath away. But beneath the spotlights and standing ovations, she's trapped in a gilded cage, performing not just on stage but in every aspect of her carefully controlled life.

When a devastating ankle injury threatens her starring role in The Nutcracker, Violet is forced to work with Mia Walker, the company's confident new head physical therapist. Mia is everything Violet isn't—warm, genuine, and completely unimpressed by prima donna attitude. As their professional sessions turn into stolen moments and heated glances, Violet discovers what it feels like to be truly seen for the first time.

But Violet's world is built on appearances and financial security provided by her wealthy boyfriend. With her career hanging in the balance and opening night approaching, she must decide: Will she choose the safety of her perfect performance, or risk everything for a love that could either heal her completely or destroy the only life she's ever known?

A swoony sapphic romance set in the competitive world of professional ballet, where love and ambition collide in the most beautiful way.