Second Chances

Sebastian “Seb” Carter is twenty years old and already running out of second chances.

Growing up on a rough Liverpool estate, Seb learned early how to fight, how to run, and how to make quick money. He’s clever, funny and secretly a gifted artist—but surrounded by people who see more value in what he’s willing to risk than what he could become.

Then he meets Amelia Hart.

She’s a university student from a completely different world: intelligent, ambitious, organised, and completely unimpressed by Seb’s reputation. She sees the quiet, creative person underneath all the anger and bravado.

For the first time, Seb starts imagining a life beyond the estate.

Then one terrible decision destroys it.

A robbery goes wrong. Seb is arrested and sent to a young offenders institution, leaving behind his freedom, his art, and the girl he loves.

Amelia promises she’ll wait.

But prison changes people—and life outside doesn’t stop just because Seb’s has.

With nothing but time, a pencil and an older prisoner who refuses to tolerate his excuses, Seb has to decide what kind of man he wants to become.

Because getting out of prison is inevitable.

Getting his life back isn’t.