Long Shot

Iris DuPree and August West meet at a bar the night before his first game in the NBA, and the spark is immediate, but Iris is already bound to Caleb, a rising basketball star whose charm hides a pattern of control and abuse. Over the years that follow, August rises to fame while Iris disappears into an increasingly dangerous relationship, cut off from the people who could help her. Ryan traces Iris's slow, wrenching path toward a safe exit, the toll it takes on her, and the resilience it demands, keeping the survivor at the center. The love between Iris and August has to wait for her to rebuild herself first.