A NOVEL BY K. M. RIVERA
Tangerine Whiskey
Tangerine Whiskey
A literary romance about restraint, grief, loyalty, and what happens when being known becomes more frightening than being alone.
Completed novel • Psychological / literary
romance-drama
Completed novel • Psychological / literary romance-drama
THE STORY
Some people survive by keeping everyone at a distance.
David has built his life around control: calculated choices, measured risks, and enough distance to keep anyone from reaching what he protects. Lyla moves through life more openly, even when openness costs her. As their lives begin to overlap, the rules that once kept them safe become harder to maintain.
“Love doesn't feel like a liability.”
— Tangerine Whiskey
THE CHARACTERS
David & Lyla
Two people who learned very different ways to survive. David trusts control; Lyla trusts warmth. Neither expects the other to become the place where those instincts begin to change.
DAVID
A man who built his life around control, discipline, and anticipating every
possible outcome.
Precise, loyal, and difficult to reach. He has spent years making himself useful to everyone
except himself.
LYLA
A woman who carries warmth and grief in equal measure, and still chooses
to remain open to the world.
Soft without being fragile, she understands that tenderness and grief can exist
in the same room.
AT ITS HEART
Some risks are worth returning to.
Tangerine Whiskey explores control, vulnerability, loyalty, and the tension between self-protection and intimacy. David and Lyla are not trying to fix one another. They are learning what happens when another person begins to see through the defenses that once felt necessary.
THE STORY
Some people survive by keeping everyone at a distance.
David has built his life around control: calculated choices, measured risks, and enough distance to keep anyone from reaching what he protects. Lyla moves through life more openly, even when openness costs her. As their lives begin to overlap, the rules that once kept them safe become harder to maintain.
THE PLAYLIST
The sound of Tangerine Whiskey
A playlist for the atmosphere of the story.
THE BOOK
A complete novel, preparing for publication.
Tangerine Whiskey is a complete and currently being prepared for publication. Updates on release plans, cover reveals, and availability will be shared here as the book moves closer to readers.
Letters from K. M. Rivera
New stories, book news, fragments from the writing desk, and occasional glimpses behind the pages.
THE CHARACTERS
David & Lyla
Two people who learned very different ways to survive. David trusts control; Lyla trusts warmth. Neither expects the other to become the place where those instincts begin to change.
THE BOOK
A completed novel, preparing for publication.
Tangerine Whiskey is complete and currently being prepared for publication. Updates on release plans, cover reveals, and availability will be shared as the book moves closer to readers.
AT ITS HEART
Some risks are worth returning to.
Tangerine Whiskey explores control, vulnerability, loyalty, and the tension between self-protection and intimacy. David and Lyla are not trying to fix one another. They are learning what happens when another person begins to see through the defenses that once felt necessary.
“Love doesn't feel like a liability.”
— Tangerine Whiskey
DAVID
A man who built his life around control, discipline, and anticipating every
possible outcome.
Precise, loyal, and difficult to reach. He has spent years making himself useful to everyone
except himself.
LYLA
A woman who carries warmth and grief in equal measure, and still chooses
to remain open to the world.
Soft without being fragile, she understands that tenderness and grief can exist
in the same room.
Letters from K. M. Rivera
New stories, book news, fragments from the writing desk, and occasional glimpses behind the pages.
THE PLAYLIST
The sound of Tangerine Whiskey
A playlist for the atmosphere of the story.