Fractured Frequencies

My family is music royalty—which is exactly why I need to prove myself without them. But Maddox Knox? He’s a walking warning label wrapped up in grudges I never earned. I can handle the pressure of being his band's new drummer. What I can’t handle is wanting the frontman who wishes I would walk away. I can survive his ego, but surviving him? That might be my toughest gig yet.

Some dreams ask for sacrifice. Others demand everything. I’ve loved Cooper Riddick for most of my life. Long before we crossed the line. Long before he left our small town and became Reign Cooper—the name in lights, the voice people chant back at from the crowd. Loving him meant accepting second place, because music was always his first love. We tried to keep things simple. Best friends. No promises. No expectations. But unrequited love doesn’t fade just because you ask it to, and eventually, wanting more started to hurt worse than walking away. Now he’s back.

She's spent her life carrying everyone else. He's the first man determined to carry her. As one of the music industry's most respected managers, Thea Calloway has built her reputation by putting her artists first. Their dreams. Their futures. Their success. Her career’s the one thing she's never been willing to compromise. Even if it means there’s never been room for a life of her own. There's just one exception. Lachlan “Lockie” James. Former Navy SEAL. Fiercely loyal Scottish bodyguard to her biggest client.