Twisted by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott
(Lost in Oblivion #2)
Publication date: December 2nd 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
He’s always saved her. Now she’s going to return the favor…
Gray Duffy never thought he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He’s sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either. After all these years of wanting her in his bed, he still doesn’t know what it would be like to have her mouth on his.
Except for that one time. The time he’d shared her with Nick. The best worst night of his life.
Now they’re living their dream. They’re making music together and spending every waking moment trapped in tight quarters. With success at their fingertips, the time is right for him to finally make his move toward the woman he needs.
He just never figured he would lose control. Or that she would find out.
They’ve loved each other through everything. But what if this time love just isn’t enough?
Gray Duffy never thought he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He’s sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either. After all these years of wanting her in his bed, he still doesn’t know what it would be like to have her mouth on his.
Except for that one time. The time he’d shared her with Nick. The best worst night of his life.
Now they’re living their dream. They’re making music together and spending every waking moment trapped in tight quarters. With success at their fingertips, the time is right for him to finally make his move toward the woman he needs.
He just never figured he would lose control. Or that she would find out.
They’ve loved each other through everything. But what if this time love just isn’t enough?
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deleted scene that didn’t make it into the final manuscript of TWISTED! J
Gray reclined in his
seat, kicking out his legs as far as he could in the SUV’s back seat. It was
one of those monster, tricked out ones like he still drove occasionally for
Elite Transport, though that was mostly out of a sense of loyalty than anything
else. It wasn’t like he needed the money anymore.
Or the access to blow.
As one of the co-lead
guitarists of Oblivion, one of the biggest up-and-coming bands around—according
to their press kit—he could get anything he wanted pretty much as soon as the
thought occurred. Drugs, expensive alcohol, cheap girls. Those in particular
were everywhere. A snap of a finger and he could have two in his lap.
Well, not right now. He
was crammed in with his band, their manager and their driver in an Escalade
zooming up Sepulveda Boulevard. There wasn’t any room in here for women.
He cast a quick glance to
his right to their drummer. She sat with her knees drawn up to her chest as she
bobbed her head to the music coming through her headphones. Aqua and sapphire blue
striped hair waved down her back in time with her movements and sparkling
bangle bracelets caught the passing sunlight every time she tapped her fingers
against her thigh.
That particular woman
didn’t count.
Even when she counted for
too much.
He dragged his jacket
over his face and tried to block out the voices around him. Too many voices.
Before the past year, it had been a long time since he’d been in the middle of
chaos, and now it was his daily reality.
Oblivion was on its way
to another media thing at some big ass radio station in LA. That meant a couple
of hours of standing around, waiting for their turn. Questions, photos, lots of
acting fake. Maybe if he was lucky he’d get to strum his guitar on command and
talk about the new single that was about to drop. Anything was better than
muttering about his “songwriting process” and “if it was true what they said
about guitarists in rock bands.” That usually meant some lewd joke about how fast
he could get a woman off, which he’d answer with a cocky laugh while pretending
he wasn’t mentally stabbing the deejay.
He loved music. It had
saved him, was still saving him every goddamn day. What he didn’t love? The
press. Talking too much. Anything that wasn’t, yanno, actually playing his
freaking songs.
Smothering a yawn from
under his jacket, he turned his cheek and tried to get a few minutes sleep.
He’d been blessed with the ability to drop off anywhere anytime and that skill
had come in very handy during their weeks on the road. When he wanted to check
out, nothing stopped him.
Not even the song he’d
written for Jazz playing on the radio for the first time.
He went still, barely
breathing as the first frenetic notes of “Twisted” came out of the speakers.
Everyone was talking so loudly that they didn’t hear it at first. Simon yelled
something about needing a hamburger, and Deak tried to calm him down with
promises to stop at a fast food place soon. Nick interjected a comment about
Simon loving meat, especially the wet, pink kind. Jazz, happily oblivious, sung
along to Alanis Morisette on her headphones.
And layered beneath it
all played the words Gray had written the night he’d watched Jazz fuck another
guy.
Everything
I do, it’s for you. You don’t see it. Don’t feel
it. I’m just the picture on the wall.
The man you call. Maybe it’s your fault. Maybe it’s mine.
We
got it twisted.
So
twisted.
The shouts turned to
silence, followed by loud whoops of laughter and cheers.
Hidden under his jacket,
Gray groaned. He’d known this day would come—the day when the whole world got
to hear him pour his heart out to the woman he’d loved since he was sixteen.
He just hadn’t been
ready.
Would never be ready.
Blurb:
He’s
always saved her. Now she’s going to return the favor…
Gray Duffy never thought
he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands
in the country. Even better? He's sharing the experience with his best friend,
Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has
protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either. After all these
years of wanting her in his bed, he still doesn't know what it would be like to
have her mouth on his.
Except for that one time.
The time he’d shared her with Nick. The best worst night of his life.
Now they’re living their
dream. They’re making music together and spending every waking moment trapped
in tight quarters. With success at their fingertips, the time is right for him
to finally make his move toward the woman he needs.
He just never figured he
would lose control. Or that she would find out.
They’ve loved each other
through everything. But what if this time love just isn’t enough?
AUTHOR BIOS:
USA TODAY bestselling author Cari Quinn wrote her first story--a bible parable--in 2nd grade, much to the delight of the nuns at her Catholic school. Once she saw the warm reception that first tale garnered, she was hooked. She attempted her first romance in junior high, long before she'd ever read one. Writing what she knew always took a backseat to what she wanted to know, and that still holds true today.
Though she also fires up her computer as a graphic designer, proofreader and editor, she can't resist the lure of disappearing into a world of her own creation. Now she gets to pen sexy romances for a living and routinely counts her lucky stars.
The only thing she loves more than writing is hearing from readers! Please contact her through one of the ways below.
http://cariquinn.com/
Though she also fires up her computer as a graphic designer, proofreader and editor, she can't resist the lure of disappearing into a world of her own creation. Now she gets to pen sexy romances for a living and routinely counts her lucky stars.
The only thing she loves more than writing is hearing from readers! Please contact her through one of the ways below.
http://cariquinn.com/
Taryn Elliott comes from the great state of New York—upstate, thank you very much. She’s usually busy making up stories with her best friend until the wee hours of the morning, or fangirling over her favorite TV show. She falls in love with each and every one of her leading men as she writes their book, and there’s always a soundtrack to match.
She loves talking to readers, so if you’d like to reach her, please visit her website: tarynelliott.com and sign up for her newsletter, or drop her a line at: taryn@tarynelliott.com.
She loves talking to readers, so if you’d like to reach her, please visit her website: tarynelliott.com and sign up for her newsletter, or drop her a line at: taryn@tarynelliott.com.
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