Lori's just looking for little time to focus on work after a bad breakup - until a steamy encounter with a sensual stranger leaves her looking for much, much more. ***** Ben Stone is used to getting exactly what he wants. Being a successful businessman and known playboy allows him his pick of beautiful women. He loves them all - but just for a night. That is, until he seduces Lori at her friend's bachelorette party and can't get her out of his head. For Lori, men do not make the short list of important things in her life - but then again, she hasn't met Ben before. When their relationship must be kept a secret they're forced to make a choice: prior obligations, or their burning flame? [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]] Cover designed by Lucas Fisher

*editing* Blake Everett, the frontman of Platinum selling pop-rock band Paper Parachute, is headed straight for destruction. Following a breakup with the girl he believed to be the love of his life he's headed down a dangerous path. He's developed a reputation as one of LA's biggest bad boys and his behavior is putting the fate of his career on the line. No one seems able to help him, not his mom, brothers, or band mates. In walks Blair Andrews. Blair is an LA transplant by way of Lynchville, Virginia. She wants more than the simple life everyone she'd grown up with had seemed more than happy to accept. When she catches the eye of a major record label she's given the chance of a lifetime. The only catch? She has to tour with Blake Everett the Pop-Rock star known for his sleazy ways and bad attitude. But maybe there's more to him than meets the eye? Maybe LA's biggest bad boy, isn't really so bad at all. #1 band #1 romance #1 celebrity #1 teenromance #16 teen fiction

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