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“No problem. I promise by the time we work the glass out of my shag carpeting, you’ll have worked off every debt you’ve ever owed.”
He glances down as he steps over the threshold, then sucks in a sharp breath. “Your feet!”
I follow his line of sight. There’s some chipped green polish on my toenails, but nothing that requires an exclamation point. Though now that I look closely, there are a couple of tiny blond hairs growing on top of my big toe. Gross. Do people tweeze toe hairs? Is that a thing?
“You don’t have shoes—are your feet cut?”
I prop one hand against the wall and lift my foot to check for blood. “Nah, I’m set.” I don’t bother to check my other foot. He’s close enough now to weigh in on my toe-tweezing dilemma and frankly, his was not an opinion I had hoped to poll.
“Here.” He hops to keep his balance as he pulls off one of his sneakers and hands it to me.
I consider this trophy, tipping my head. “Um, thanks?”
“Put it on.” He flushes, though this time I’m not sure why. “If you tell me where the dustpan is, I can start picking up the big pieces while you go get your shoes.”
Bouncing on one foot, he removes his other shoe, wobbling for a second so his shoulder bumps into mine. He blushes again at his clumsiness but earnestly pushes the other one of his Cadillac-sized Vans at me, waiting until I put them on.
Now I have clown feet.
I peek up at him, my lips losing a battle with a smile that’s pure are-you-for-real-right-now?
His eyes fly from his Vans up to my face, his gaze snagging on my lips. “Uh...”
A year ago, a look that hot from a guy like him would have been the Holy Grail of my dating existence. But now, he’s more like the picture of Ian Somerhalder that Granna once taped to our vacuum: something pretty to look at while you clean, and nothing more.
I shrug, wishing the movement could shake off my goosebumps. “Give me a second to grab my own shoes and I’ll be right back.”
“Um, yup. I’ll just be here, then.” He folds his hands in front of him, but the corner of his mouth twitches irrepressibly upward. “Researching successful kidnapping techniques on my phone, so you’ll trust me.”
I choke on a laugh. “Yeah, because that’s not creepy at all.”
Except as the smile spreads across his face, lighting his eyes, it really isn’t. I’ve known the guy for five minutes and if a real criminal burst through the door, I’d probably jump behind him.
Besides, we already know he can do some real damage armed with a newspaper.
“If you hit expert level before I get back, I want my cut of the ransom,” I call as I slide-waddle my borrowed shoes across the crunch of outdated carpet and splintered glass. Each one of his puffy skater shoes is as long as both my feet put together, and I have to shuffle along like an old lady or risk them falling off. If my bandmates could see me now, I’d never hear the end of it.
When I get to my room, I shove a dark strand of hair back into my messy bun, ignoring the small, hopelessly female part of me that wants to search for a hairbrush. I kick off his shoes in favor of a pair of pretty ballet flats, then glare down at my feet. I peel them off and stuff my feet into a heel-squashed pair of slippers. My subconscious definitely cannot be trusted.
After Andy and I broke up, I set my Facebook status permanently to Single and dropped my makeup into a bottom drawer. I’m done putting my ass on the line—or into a set of Spanx—to impress a man. So instead of primping, I hook two fingers into the back of the stranger’s Vans and carry them into the living room.
“The trash can is in the kitchen,” I call out, “but if you want to do some heavy lifting, my behemoth of a vacuum cleaner is in the hall closet. We call her Bessie. Well, and a few other names I probably shouldn’t mention if you happen to be religious. You’ll see why once you—” I break off as I round the doorway and realize I’m talking to myself.
I glance at the huge sneakers in my hand, then up at the rest of the room. My guitar still sits in its stand, my crate of semi-collectible records resting next to my antique turntable. Everything that might interest a thief is still here, but of my walking sex dream, there’s not a trace.
He’s just gone.
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WHAT COULD TWO TROUBLED souls from different walks of life have in common? Maybe everything.
Andra Lawler lives isolated at her family’s horse ranch, imprisoned by the memories of an assault in college. When she needs help training her foals, she hires a Haitian-Creole cowboy from New Orleans with a laugh as big as the Montana sky.
LJ Delisle can’t stand the idea that Andra might be lonely—or eating frozen TV dinners. He bakes his way into her kitchen with a lemon velvet cake, and offers her cooking lessons that set them on the road to romance. But even their love can’t escape the shadow of what they've been through. Despite their growing friendship and his gentle rapport with the horses, LJ is still an outsider facing small-town suspicions.
Before they can work through their issues, LJ is called home by a family emergency. In the centuries-old, raggedly rebuilt streets of New Orleans, he must confront memories of Hurricane Katrina and familiar discrimination. And Andra must decide if she’s brave enough to leave the shelter of the ranch for an uncertain future with LJ.
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BOOK 0.5 - FILL ME
Meet the band...before they got famous, or found love.
Book 1 - A Cruel Kind of Beautiful
Gentle guy with a huge secret. Girl with a drum kit and a dream.
If you can't get to the Big O, can you get to the happily ever after?
Book 2 – Playing the Pauses
She's a globe-trotting tour manager who can’t be tied down. He's a Dominant rock star and tattoo artist who needs her help to explore his true kinks.
Book 2.5 – Tie Me Down
A wild-spirited tour manager & an inked-up bassist found love on a tour bus, but now their jet-setting jobs are tearing them apart.
Book 3 – Insatiable
He’s a star
She’s a hard rock legend
He’s ruined by his past
But she can’t stay away...
It’s hard to resist a bad boy who’s a good man
Book 3.5 – Christmas with the Band
Tattoos, house fires, and house arrest: It’s Christmas with the Band! This comic romp of a holiday story wraps up the world of the Sex, Love and Rock and Roll series in a red lacy bow.
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