18+ | steamy, angsty rock star romance with a touch of humor
THIS IS A SPIN-OFF SEQUEL TO "A SLIP OF THE HAND." It can be read as a stand-alone, but it does contain major ASotH spoilers.
***Proceed with caution! This blurb contains spoilers for "A Slip of the Hand"***
It starts at a wedding.
Fiercely independent Seattleite Victoria Bradford has all but sworn off dating. But when she attends her cousin's glamorous Southern California wedding solo, she's blindsided by feelings of loneliness and inadequacy. In a moment of vulnerability, she meets a brooding, charming stranger. He's witty, disarmingly honest, and-oh yeah-the frontman of the chart-topping rock band, Oliver Rose and The Thorns.
Oliver Rose is hollowed out by fame, not to mention the tumultuous journey that led to his latest multi-platinum album. He isn't looking to meet anyone, especially not at his childhood friend's wedding. But in Victoria, he finds someone who sees the man underneath the mask he wears.
Victoria and Oliver's instant chemistry transcends their usual barriers, forging a connection neither expected. They've got everything going against them: a thousand miles distance, completely different lives, and the relentless pressures of Oliver's career.
However, the biggest threat to their budding romance isn't their contrasting lifestyles. A relationship from Oliver's past threatens to eclipse everything.
Unification Awards 2025: Short-List and Highlight Story
Cover concept/design by the amazingly talented and generous sulkytae! Reimagined by me with permission.
Content warning: explicit sex, drug and alcohol use, profanity, angst
How bad could it be to enlist your female best friend into helping you lie to your Christian family about your new relationship with your male best friend and about your newfound sexuality?
Not that bad, right?
Right???
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Nova Queen and Arizona "Ari" Matthews weren't always close in high school, but after an intense and serious conversation in the library one day, the two become the best of friends until they go their separate ways their freshman year of college.
Now in their mid 20s and freshly out of grad school, they are reunited in the park of their hometown where Ari asks a huge favor of Nova that she later wishes she had refused.
But in the end, will she really wish she had refused?
*FA spans a timeline from 2010-2020 to help the reader see how the relationships were built between characters in a partial series of flashbacks. It also helps the reader to really see into the minds of Arizona and Nova as they age, and the effect different life events have on them.
It's a bit of a slower build and the plot is mostly seen a little later in the book, but I promise it's worth it. 🙂
*I do not own any of the rights to the music nor the pictures.
*Rated M for language, sexual content, destructive behaviors, suicide, and dialogue that may be triggering for some readers.
*These characters may do or say things that you don't agree or may get upset with, please remember YOU ARE NOT THESE PEOPLE, and their lives are a work of fiction and my imagination.
Thank you and please enjoy the story if you choose to continue.
1st Place Undiscovered Awards in LGBTQ! ✨
A #AestheteCertified book ✨
A Fairytale Awards best ship name Honorable Mention ✨
A Fairytale Awards Honorable Mention ✨
A Lollipop Awards Honorable Mention in LGBTQ ✨