Rock You
(Fallen Star #1)
by Candy J. Starr
Publication date: April 8th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Publication date: April 8th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Working for a cranky, old hermit in
an isolated house sounds like Ruby’s idea of heaven – but her boss isn't quite
what she expects.
Tex is a fugitive from the rock and roll world – a tragedy abruptly halted his career. No one knows why he quit, no one knows where he is.
The two of them live in the same house, avoiding each other, until Tex screws up, endangering their lives and forcing them to move into close quarters. Suddenly, the idea of human contact seems more appealing, if only with each other. The sanctuary they have built is enough for Ruby -- the man she grows to love is Tex the hermit, not Tex the rock star -- but the outside world encroaches.
She thinks their fledgling love can’t shine brighter than the rock dream but can Ruby bare to let Tex go?
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I sat
beside him on the ramshackle porch, my feet dangling into the weeds, and ripped
the top off my beer. I didn’t drink a lot but it seemed the companionable thing
to do, joining him in a drink.
“I wish
the pizza would get here. What’s taking them so long?” he said.
“I just
got off the phone to them, they’d not have even started cooking it yet — hey,
you’re trying to be funny, right? Give me some warning next time.”
Tex
didn’t reply he just leaned over and bumped me, shoulder to shoulder.
Because
the studio was set back lower on the block, we didn’t get the full view of the
bay like we had in the house, but you could catch glimpses of it through the
trees from the porch. I couldn’t see another house at all and it felt as though
Tex and I were the only people alive. We sat like that for an age, just sipping
our beers and watching the changing colours of the sunset. Strangely enough,
being with him like that felt comfortable, even though spending time with
anyone at all normally made me a bit edgy. I knew Tex didn’t expect me to
chatter away or rush to fill the silence.
I almost
wished he’d put his arm around me and draw me closer to him. I shook myself to
get rid of those thoughts and shuffled away from him.
“Look,
Ruby, the stars are coming out,” he said. “Do you wish on the first star?”
“Sometimes,”
I said. I laughed. I always did when I thought of it.
“What do
you wish for?”
“To be
left alone, most of the time. Peace and quiet. That’s awesome.”
He gave
me a searching look.
“Well,
what do you wish for?”
“It won’t
come true if I tell you.”
“Hey, you
made me and I was stupid enough to tell you. Hell, now I’ll never get left
alone again. That’s going to suck all the balls.” I punched him on the arm.
“Okay,
I’ll tell you.”
I waited
for some amazing insight into the mind of Tex, something about his deepest
desires. Somehow, the distance between us had closed again and we touched,
shoulder to shoulder.
“I wished
that the pizza would get here.”
“Cheater!”
“That’s
not cheating — and hey, is that the pizza guy? Yes, my wishes always come
true.”
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Candy J. Starr used to be a band manager until she realised
that the band she managed was so lacking in charisma that they
actually sucked the charisma out of any room they played. "Screw
you," she said, leaving them to wallow in obscurity - totally forgetting
that they owed her big bucks for video equipment hire.
Candy has filmed and interviewed some big names in the rock business, and a lot of small ones. She's seen the dirty little secrets that go on in the back rooms of band venues. She's seen the ugly side of rock and the very pretty one.
But, of course, everything she writes is fiction.
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