A recovering English major, she earned her degree at Colgate University and now lives on Cape Cod with her family and big dogs, drinking way too much coffee and finding new uses for all the sea glass she obsessively collects from the beach. She writes YA and romantic suspense novels, as well as working full time for a high tech company. Which explains all the coffee.
After he loses everything, can she help him find his way back
to the music?
Eight Strangers. Eight Unique Stories. All Stand-alone Novellas.
On November 30, 2016, Hurricane Nina hit Bali, Indonesia. In
the aftermath of death and destruction, eight strong sexy men will realize it’s
time for a change in their lives. A resolution of sorts. A contractor, a
personal trainer, a millionaire, a stuntman, a rock star, a thrill-seeker, an
army veteran, and a trust fund prodigal will all find a way to conquer their
loss and learn to love.
This is Quinn’s story. Resolution: To find his way back to
the music.
Quinn MacDonald had it made. With a record label deal and
their first single skyrocketing up the charts, his indie punk band is finally
getting a taste of rock and roll fame. Bikini-clad women and bottomless bottles
of booze fill endless days… until their hotel collapses during a hurricane.
He’s still under contract but as far as he’s concerned, the music died along
with the rest of his band.
Life has never been easy for Phoebe Snow. Working three
minimum wage jobs barely keeps a roof over her head while she and her band
struggle to get noticed. But on stage, nothing matters but the music in her
heart.
When her band plays a cover of one of his hits, Quinn is
blown away. Can Phoebe be the inspiration he needs for more than just writing
songs?
Excerpt
On the open-air
stage in Times Square, Quinn MacDonald was making a very different resolution
for the fast-approaching new year. As he stood there with a fake smile
plastered on his face, listening to Wiz Khalifa spout on about some after-party, Quinn
vowed he would never sing on stage in public again. No matter what the fucking
studio executives said, they couldn’t make him do this. Rock stars don’t cry on national television, for fuck’s sake.
He felt
raw. Exposed. Alone.
And the
duet with Demi Lovato? Someone had to have planned that ahead of time without
telling him a thing. There’s no such thing as spontaneous singing for
television cameras. Certainly not on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. So let’s add feeling “used” into the mix.
He didn’t
like it. It was… wrong.
Sure, he’d
promote the album. It was part of the contract he signed. He owed that much to
the memory of his friends, and to their families. But as far as Quinn was
concerned, the music died in the hurricane along with the rest of his band.
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