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Chaos
By Jamie Shaw
Mayhem, Book 3
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Release Date: July 21, 2015 (ebook) August 18, 2015 (Print)
Genre: New Adult/Coming of Age
Length: 580 KB (432 Pages in Print)
ISBN: 978-0062379696
ASIN: B00N81I66I
About the book:
From the
moment she saw Shawn Scarlett perform at a school talent show, Kit Larson has
loved two things: the guitar, and the gorgeous, green-eyed boy who inspired her
to play. But one careless night in high school shatters her hope of ever being
more than a notch on his bedpost.
Six years,
two bands, and one mostly-mended heart later, Kit’s about to make her rock star
dreams a reality as the new guitarist for Shawn’s band, The Last Ones to Know.
He may not remember their reckless night together, but Kit has never forgotten…
and she’s determined to make him eat his heart out.
The release
of their new album means a month cooped up on a tour bus, sleeping inches away
from the ridiculously sexy musician she’s never quite gotten over. And as Kit
gets to know the real Shawn—not Shawn Scarlett, the rock god, the player—their
attraction becomes too hot to resist. But the past is paved with secrets, and
when they finally surface, Kit could lose everything: the band, the music, her
dreams… and Shawn.
It takes me an hour to drive to Mayfield. An hour of drumming my fingers against my Jeep’s steering wheel and blasting the music so loud that I can’t hear myself think. My GPS interrupts the eardrum massacre to give me directions to a club called Mayhem, and I park in the side parking lot of a massive square of a building.With my Jeep in a spot and my ignition turned off, I drum on my steering wheel a few more times before smacking the heel of my palm against my glove compartment. It pops open, a hairbrush spills out, and I use it to tame my wind-tangled locks.Earlier this week, the name of Shawn’s band—The Last Ones to Know—popped up on one of my favorite bands’ websites. I blinked once, twice, and then pushed my nose toward the screen to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.They were looking for a new rhythm guitarist. After doing a little digging, I found out that their old one, Cody, got kicked out of the band. The website didn’t say why, and I didn’t care. There was an opening, and everything in me told me to send an email to the email address listed at the bottom of the online flyer.I typed the email in a daze—as if my guitar-loving fingers wanted to be in the band even more than my spaced-out brain did. I wrote that I had been in a band in college but that we broke up to go our separate ways, I sent a YouTube link to one of our songs, I asked for an audition, and I signed my name.Less than half an hour later, I received a reply overflowing with exclamation points and an audition time, and I wasn’t sure if I should smile or cry. It was a chance to make all my dreams come true. But in order to do that, I’d have to face the dream that had already been crushed.These past six years, I’ve tried not to think about it. I’ve tried to erase his face from my mind. But that day, with that email in front of me, it all came back in a rush.Green eyes. Messy black hair. An intoxicating scent that seemed to linger on my skin for days, weeks.I give my head a little shake to clear Shawn from my mind. Then I finish brushing my hair and take one last glance in my rearview mirror. Satisfied I don’t look nearly as messy as I feel, I hop onto the asphalt and haul my guitar case from the backseat.Now or never.After a deep breath of city air, I begin making my way around the concrete fortress casting shadow over the parking lot. Unforgiving rays of afternoon sunshine wrap themselves around my neck and send beads of sweat trickling between my shoulder blades. My combat boots hit the sidewalk step by heavy step, and I force them to keep lifting and falling, lifting and falling. It isn’t until I’m at a massive set of double doors that I finally stop long enough to let myself think.I raise my hand. I lower it. I raise it again. I flex my fingers.I take a deep breath.I knock.
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