Ergebnis für "beat" in Literatur & Belletristik

For months, shy drummer Jinx Hardwick has been silently crushing on her tall, dark, and scary bandmate, Toombs Badcock. Drawn to his frightening ink and scars, she yearns to uncover the shadowy secrets lurking behind his silver eyes. But Jinx is too intimidated to even look at him, let alone talk to him. When she stumbles upon Toombs and their manipulative lead guitarist Rax in a compromising position, Jinx realizes her chances of winning Toombs’s heart aren’t just a long shot - they’re nonexistent.

From the moment he lays eyes on the Sinners' new soundboard operator, drummer Eric Sticks knows he has to make Rebekah his. Unfortunately, she's too busy trying to seduce guitarist Trey Mills to pay him much attention. Rebekah never planned to fall for the tall, goofy drummer with the weird sense of humor and a heart the size of the galaxy. But Eric makes her laugh and his constant attention makes her feel sexy and irresistible - exactly what she needs after the things her last lover said to her.

For All the Right Reasons introduced Ben and Simon Gallo, the two brothers who together created what would become the legendary rock band Reckless. For every step towards glory which Ben took on their rise to fame, Simon's footsteps faltered along that same journey. Nothing he did seemed to measure up and it was one misstep after another, until Simon no longer knew the man he was looking at in the mirror.

Best-selling author Serena Devane has spent most of her life running away from the man who broke her heart and left her too afraid to fall in love again. Now she's back home after a 15-year absence, ready to get a fresh start on life. There's just one little problem. In an effort to help her research the rock music scene for her new novel, her take-no-prisoners publisher has unknowingly set Serena skipping down the path that leads straight to the man she has tried so hard to forget.

Back when he was playing drums for rock star Nick Blackthorne, it was easy for Noah Holden to focus on the sticks in his hand. Now that the band is getting back together, he's excited - and worried. His ADHD has made every minute of his post-Blackthorne life a chaotic mess. His apprehension is blown away when a bar waitress makes him a proposition - and not the kind this king of drums is used to.

"My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up" follows the narrator on a dizzying ride through past and present, from a group home for troubled adolescents in Chicago where he loses his virginity to shooting galleries and homeless encampments in San Francisco where he searches for deeper and darker thrills. In "Other Desires", a flood of unsettling memories backgrounds the narrator's involvement with a loose-knit family of lost souls. "Tears" explores the disturbing complexities of an S&M Internet hook-up.

It’s music festival season, which means desperate Donnie and his free-spirited obsession Vanessa will be dancing and camping together all weekend long. He wants it to move them from FWBs to a real relationship but, as usual, he’ll be dancing to her beat.

An unforgiving boss demands all mistakes are punished by his own hand....

Roan had searched forever for his soul mate. One night stands had grown old to him, and he wanted more. The first time he saw Natalie across the dimly lit bar he knew she was the one. He had to have her. Could he be patient and wait to make her truly his? When their eyes collide, the chemistry is electric. One night could be his undoing and could be her last as he holds on by a quickly fraying tether. This short novella is fast paced and charged with sexual electricity.

Carina's livelihood depended on scandal. The small-time gossip columnist yearned to elevate her writing career, desired to become a serious journalist. When an assignment leads her to the mysterious billionaire Edgar Olofsson, Carina knows that she can't pass up the rare opportunity for advancement. But in order to get the scoop of a lifetime, she has to take a job as Edgar's personal maid. It's the only way to infiltrate his glamorous world and gather dirt on him. Edgar, however, is no fool. After discovering Carina's true intentions, he sets out to punish her.