Family - the most important thing in the world, right? If it's your own, maybe. But if it's the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you've been conducting a secret office affair, and they don't yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents' palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever. Volume four of the award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.

Grayson Thomas, drummer for the world's hottest rock band, has known Emerald Lane since she was just a kid. He has always taken care of her, and he always will. When he returns home from being on tour and learns that Emerald has a "boyfriend," everything changes. He can no longer sit back and pretend. He will make her, his. Emerald Lane grew up fast. After losing her father at a young age and enduring unspeakable treatment from other adults, she had no choice. Music is her life now and she is on the fast track to success. When her best friend Grayson returns home, after being gone for a year, things in her life are different. And suddenly, so is Grayson. ⚠Trigger Warning⚠: This book contains mature and sensitive subject matter. #RockStar #rocknroll #love #friends #series Note: This is book 1, in The Dark Rain/Lane Gang series. ??????????????? A/N: The first few chapters are long, but they shorten as you read. This book was written with publishing in mind. Thank you so much for giving it a chance!!!! ??????????????? Copyright © 2016 by Myra Wards All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, send me a message. Please do not reproduce or copy any of my work. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person or place, is purely coincidence.

(Book #5 out of Best Friend Series) ______________________________ "Nina." I halt in my steps, moving away from Jace as he walks closer to me with a thunderous expression. "Jace?" I question, still backing away from the man in front of me. The Best Friend of my boyfriend. "Be quiet," he demands softly, his eyes on mine in a dangerous, predatory way that has my insides quivering. So wrong. I want to speak again, but his body is so close to mine now. He pushes into me, ever closer than before and I suck in a shaky breath. He's so close that I can feel his body heat sizzling against my chest. I feel my face flush. "We can't," my voice cracks. Get it together, Nina! "I don't care," he growls, pushing me against the wall until I'm fully pressed to the cool material. His forearms glue themselves beside my head, his face only centimeters from my own, and his hips pin me in place. "I'm sick of trying to ignore it, Nina. I'm sick of seeing you with him, seeing his fucking lips on yours." "Jace-" "They should be my lips, Nina." His voice grows quiet. "They always should have been." I don't get a chance to respond this time, not like it would've changed anything, because his mouth is on mine. That's not the worst part. The worst part is me closing my eyes and giving in. Worst mistake yet. WARNING: sexual content, explicit content, violence, swearing and drugs. Read at own risk!