Title: Back Stage
Series: Power Station #3
Author: T. Gephart
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Blurb
Rock Star? Angie Morelli was not one. Growing up next to Power Station’s drummer didn’t guarantee a taste of the limelight, unless you count catcalls at low paying gigs in seedy bars and second-rate venues. She was okay with that; working her ass off at her dad’s mechanic shop during the day meant she could live her dream at night. She didn’t need Power Station waltzing back into her life, Jason Irwin had done enough damage the first time. Could she let go of her hurt for a chance of hitting the big time?
A one-night stand right before Jason Irwin left for his big break was no big deal. Except it wasn’t just any girl— it was Angie, Troy’s hot but young and inexperienced neighbor. It should never have happened, so best he pretend like it didn’t. Ten years later he remembered exactly why he went down that road. She was even hotter and she was also pissed as hell. Sounded like the perfect combination to invite on their world tour.
The road was not the place for history. It was bound to get ugly.
Book Three of the Power Station Series.
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Review by Nadia Chief Obsessive Pimpette
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"The noise as they chanted - deafening.
Except they weren't chanting for us.
I would change that.
I'd make them love us."
Angie Morelli is the lead singer of Black Addition, and once upon a time neighbour to none other than Troy Harris. When Power Station's supporting act mess up big time off stage the boys come up with Plan B...ask the talented as of yet undiscovered Angie and her band to step up. Asking Black Addiction makes perfect sense as the band is evolving, the days of wild parties morphing into family time as they have all grown up and settled down, all apart from Jason. Needing a band they can trust around their wives and children Troy thinks Angie with their shared history is the perfect choice. Unfortunately Troy inadvertently rips off the scab of an old wound that has been left to fester.
Her 18th birthday was a dream come true, Jason eventually making her his in the back seat of his car after a whole summer of flirting and dreams. That was right up until the moment Jason crushed her, walking away without a backwards glance. Angie hardened after he shattered her heart, no longer the naive sweet girl he had used. Today's Angie has a dirty mouth and a bitch attitude that is directed mainly at the one who caused the hurt. Bringing the bands together Rusty, Angie's best friend pieces together the fragments of the past and realises who was responsible for breaking her. Always there for her he helps he work the pain out through their music and some very inventive covers!
Jason also has to admit to the damage he caused as his fellow bandmates soon figure out it's something personal between them. Troy sees Angie as family so works hard to referee the two knowing Jason's reason to keep Angie at arms length. Going on tour together keps their proximity too close for comfort and soon the chemistry between them is just too explosive to ignore. Can they overcome the past hurts and move on?
Jason has always been the one in the background and I loved his story. Not always what it seems we learn how he became a member of Power Station and how he cultivated his Master of Zen type persona. The intimacy between the band members gives a sense of true family and bonding. Catching up on Dan and Ashlyn, Troy and Megs and the band as a whole provides a perfect end to their tour and journey together. To see who wins the bet made at the end of Crash Burn you really do need to dive straight in and read the wonderfully emotional rollercoaster ride that is Jason and Angie's story. A little darker and raw compared to the others in the series I loved each page and gasped laughed and shed a tear along the way.
A five star encore inducing read ..more...more...more!!!
"The noise as they chanted - deafening.
Except they weren't chanting for us.
I would change that.
I'd make them love us."
Angie Morelli is the lead singer of Black Addition, and once upon a time neighbour to none other than Troy Harris. When Power Station's supporting act mess up big time off stage the boys come up with Plan B...ask the talented as of yet undiscovered Angie and her band to step up. Asking Black Addiction makes perfect sense as the band is evolving, the days of wild parties morphing into family time as they have all grown up and settled down, all apart from Jason. Needing a band they can trust around their wives and children Troy thinks Angie with their shared history is the perfect choice. Unfortunately Troy inadvertently rips off the scab of an old wound that has been left to fester.
Her 18th birthday was a dream come true, Jason eventually making her his in the back seat of his car after a whole summer of flirting and dreams. That was right up until the moment Jason crushed her, walking away without a backwards glance. Angie hardened after he shattered her heart, no longer the naive sweet girl he had used. Today's Angie has a dirty mouth and a bitch attitude that is directed mainly at the one who caused the hurt. Bringing the bands together Rusty, Angie's best friend pieces together the fragments of the past and realises who was responsible for breaking her. Always there for her he helps he work the pain out through their music and some very inventive covers!
Jason also has to admit to the damage he caused as his fellow bandmates soon figure out it's something personal between them. Troy sees Angie as family so works hard to referee the two knowing Jason's reason to keep Angie at arms length. Going on tour together keps their proximity too close for comfort and soon the chemistry between them is just too explosive to ignore. Can they overcome the past hurts and move on?
Jason has always been the one in the background and I loved his story. Not always what it seems we learn how he became a member of Power Station and how he cultivated his Master of Zen type persona. The intimacy between the band members gives a sense of true family and bonding. Catching up on Dan and Ashlyn, Troy and Megs and the band as a whole provides a perfect end to their tour and journey together. To see who wins the bet made at the end of Crash Burn you really do need to dive straight in and read the wonderfully emotional rollercoaster ride that is Jason and Angie's story. A little darker and raw compared to the others in the series I loved each page and gasped laughed and shed a tear along the way.
A five star encore inducing read ..more...more...more!!!
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Excerpt
“Hey what about Angie Morelli?” Troy rubbed his hand through his mohawk, the mess of crap he called hair.
Angie Morelli.
Yep, just saying her name was enough to send a chill up my spine. It had been ten years, and still not long enough. Her long, black hair and dark-brown eyes, something that had taken a while to wipe from my mind. That body. Yeah, I still remembered every curve. So freaking sweet, too. Unfortunately it wasn’t only her attributes that I remembered, one of my biggest asshole moments was also front and center getting the trip down memory lane. So you would have to understand why I didn’t immediately start doing backflips and welcoming her. The idea was to avoid the drama, not to give it top freaking billing.
“Dude, no. No fucking way,” Dan chimed in, his words echoing exactly what was rattling around in my head.
Thank you, douchebag. An Angie reunion was bad news. There had to be someone else. Hey, was Charlie Manson out of prison yet? I mean if we were thinking up bad ideas to take on tour, we might as well put them all on the table.
“She’s still playing?” James tipped his head toward Troy, taking way more interest in the topic than I would have liked. The itch to shut the conversation down danced with the need to keep my mouth shut. Delicate act. Wasn’t sure which one was going to win. Honestly, it was going to be trouble either way.
“Sure is. Lexi is trying to sign her band, Black Addiction; saw them last week at a club in Brooklyn. She said they packed the house.” Troy threw some more weight behind the cause. The conversation continued around me, even as the mother of all headaches took up residence in my frontal lobe.
“I saw her stuff on You Tube, they’re tight.” Alex nodded, the bastard not having any idea on what he was signing us up for, and I wasn’t going to be neon-signing it for him either.
“C’mon! Angie?” Dan rolled his eyes, throwing his hands up in disgust. “Troy, did you snort some of Wade’s nose candy before he left? She doesn’t have the chops for a stadium. Besides, she hates us.”
Had to admit, this was one time where I was happy for Dan to be running his mouth. Giving him a round of applause would have been too conspicuous, so I kept it on the down low, but I was a hundred percent behind his stance. The fact it wasn’t me who was leading the anti-Angie movement was a fucking bonus.
“No, she hates you.” Troy smirked. The Dan v Angie battles common knowledge.
“No, she fucking hates Jase, too.”
The motherfucker had to go there. He couldn’t have left it with his own reasons for not wanting her around. He had to go ahead and drag me into it.
“Hate is a pretty strong word, let’s go with a strong dislike.” I eased back into the chair knowing well enough that it wasn’t going to be the last on the topic I was going to have to volunteer. Fucking Dan.
“Dan I understand, but why you, Jase?” Troy’s raised eyebrow proving he had no idea what had happened between me and his sexy, barely legal neighbor before we’d hit the big time.
At least Dan had managed to keep a lid on it for longer than I’d ever imagined; I’d always had my suspicions that he’d spilled one time or another, but seems to be those concerns were unfounded. Who knew he had it in him. In the end, the violence was still happening. I’d just make sure I didn’t punch him above the neck, keep the SOB pretty for the fans.
“Long story.” Well at least it wasn’t a total lie. “Let’s just say I’m not her favorite person and move on, shall we.” The less I said about the subject the better. Besides, it was fucking years ago. Why the hell were we dredging it all up now?
“I heard she has a voodoo doll of you.” Dan stretched out his arms, anchoring them behind his head, his grin splitting off the side of his face. “Tell me, asswipe, do you feel any stabbing pain in your cock?”
Author Bio
T Gephart is an indie author from Melbourne, Australia.
T's approach to life has been somewhat unconventional. Rather than going to University, she jumped on a plane to Los Angeles, USA in search of adventure. While this first trip left her somewhat underwhelmed and largely depleted of funds it fueled her appetite for travel and life experience.
With a rather eclectic resume, which reads more like the fiction she writes than an actual employment history, T struggled to find her niche in the world.
While on a subsequent trip the United States in 1999, T met and married her husband. Their whirlwind courtship and interesting impromptu convenience store wedding set the tone for their life together, which is anything but ordinary. They have lived in Louisiana, Guam and Australia and have traveled extensively throughout the US. T has two beautiful young children and one four legged child, Woodley, the wonder dog.
An avid reader, T became increasingly frustrated by the lack of strong female characters in the books she was reading. She wanted to read about a woman she could identify with, someone strong, independent and confident and who didn't lack femininity. Out of this need, she decided to pen her first book, A Twist of Fate. T set herself the challenge to write something that was interesting, compelling and yet easy enough to read that was still enjoyable. Pulling from her own past "colorful" experiences and the amazing personalities she has surrounded herself with, she had no shortage of inspiration. With a strong slant on erotic fiction, her core characters are empowered women who don't have to sacrifice their femininity. She enjoyed the process so much that when it was over she couldn't let it go.
T loves to travel, laugh and surround herself with colorful characters. This inevitably spills into her writing and makes for an interesting journey - she is well and truly enjoying the ride!
Based on her life experiences, T has plenty of material for her books and has a wealth of ideas to keep you all enthralled.
T's approach to life has been somewhat unconventional. Rather than going to University, she jumped on a plane to Los Angeles, USA in search of adventure. While this first trip left her somewhat underwhelmed and largely depleted of funds it fueled her appetite for travel and life experience.
With a rather eclectic resume, which reads more like the fiction she writes than an actual employment history, T struggled to find her niche in the world.
While on a subsequent trip the United States in 1999, T met and married her husband. Their whirlwind courtship and interesting impromptu convenience store wedding set the tone for their life together, which is anything but ordinary. They have lived in Louisiana, Guam and Australia and have traveled extensively throughout the US. T has two beautiful young children and one four legged child, Woodley, the wonder dog.
An avid reader, T became increasingly frustrated by the lack of strong female characters in the books she was reading. She wanted to read about a woman she could identify with, someone strong, independent and confident and who didn't lack femininity. Out of this need, she decided to pen her first book, A Twist of Fate. T set herself the challenge to write something that was interesting, compelling and yet easy enough to read that was still enjoyable. Pulling from her own past "colorful" experiences and the amazing personalities she has surrounded herself with, she had no shortage of inspiration. With a strong slant on erotic fiction, her core characters are empowered women who don't have to sacrifice their femininity. She enjoyed the process so much that when it was over she couldn't let it go.
T loves to travel, laugh and surround herself with colorful characters. This inevitably spills into her writing and makes for an interesting journey - she is well and truly enjoying the ride!
Based on her life experiences, T has plenty of material for her books and has a wealth of ideas to keep you all enthralled.
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