Arya Matthews

Alexandra always planned to be a musician. What she never expected is for a tragedy to land her a spot with Project Viper, a chart-smashing rock band, as their new bassist-Hold it. Alexandra's a singer who's never held a bass guitar in her life.She's desperate for a fresh start, though, and a new family. Mastering the bass and impressing five hardcore rockers, all in only six months, is doable. Really. It's okay that Marshall, the band's frontman, absolutely hates her. No big deal at all.Only it is. Of course it is.Marshall's sultry green eyes and brooding, reluctant curiosity ignite heart-stopping sparks whenever their glances collide.But sparks won't stop Marshall from forcing Alexandra out of his band family.For the good of Project Viper, she must leave. She's inexperienced, maddening, hair black as midnight, lips sweet as- Whatever she is, Alexandra must stop twisting Marshall's entire existence inside out. If he has to break her heart to make her gone, so be it. Even if it costs him every bit of his own.

Reluctant Heartbreakers & Sweet Troublemakers Vol. 1

UnREASONable

Charlie Adler is just an ordinary social media coordinator. Or is she?Charlie's family had plans for her future, but she went off on her own, leaving behind everything, including her identity.She relishes her freedom for a few years, but when Charlie is seriously injured in a car crash, she must pause her rebellion and seek help.Help that comes in the form of Zach Tang, Project Viper's roguish pianist, who also happens to be her boss. Sort of.Always on a mission to tick her off for laughs, Zach is the last person Charlie expects to offer help. But since his bandmates have abandoned him for the summer, off on adventures of their own, Zach is bored out of his skull and needs something to keep his restless mind occupied.Despite Charlie's belief she's just a charity case, seeing Zach dedicate himself with selfless abandon to her recovery forces her to accept he's more than a fame-drunk, millionaire brat turned rock star.Also, she's not the only one with secrets. Zach has plenty of his own.For starters, he knows who Charlie really is.

Reluctant Heartbreakers & Sweet Troublemakers Vol. 5

UnSPEAKable

After seven intense years, CJ Sanchez has finally hit the sweet spot in his music career. It's playing guitar and riding the wave of Project Viper's fame forever and ever on, baby.But when a severe case of artist block strikes right as the band starts their sold-out European tour and gears up to produce their next album-His bandmates don't need to know about that. Shhh.Besides, there's Fiona, the band's gorgeous assistant. Dragging her on spur-of-the-moment dashes through European capitals and coaxing out her smile is far more fun than dealing with CJ's issues.Fiona may be running errands for Project Viper for a living, but as an aspiring comic book artist, she's all too familiar with the devastation of creative slumps. And although she's built some solid defenses against CJ, when the unapologetic flirt reveals his crisis to her, half-whispered in the middle of the night? It's impossible for Fiona to refuse to keep his artist block a secret.Or to stop falling for CJ's breath-snatching smiles, playful winks, and inviting banter, all of which make it easy to forget about the possibility of a catastrophic fallout should the band find out the truth.Too easy.

Reluctant Heartbreakers & Sweet Troublemakers Vol. 2

UnBREAKable

Juliette Davenport has always been the invisible girl.Obsessed with everything Japan and photography, she also harbors a secret crush on Shane O'Neal, Project Viper's rhythm guitarist. He's gorgeous. He's funny. He's friendly. Who could resist?But always hiding behind the camera lens, Juliette can never be in the picture herself-Shane's got a girlfriend. What's worse, she's one of Juliette's best friends.Desperate to keep her heart under lock and key, Juliette hides behind a relationship with Jace Blackmore, Shane's stage rival and sworn enemy. Jace's presence is supposed to keep Shane away, but fate's determined to throw Juliette and Shane together.Everywhere. All the time. It has no mercy.Because a dream-come-true trip to Tokyo to take promo pictures for Shane's guitar-building start-up is the last thing Juliette needs.Visiting Japan, though?Juliette struggles to say no, even when she suspects it may be the biggest mistake she'll ever make.

Reluctant Heartbreakers & Sweet Troublemakers Vol. 3

UnSUSTAINable

There was a time, Project Viper's enigmatic drummer Graham O'Neal believed in Happily-Ever-Afters.That belief went up in flames when his fiancée jilted him two weeks before the wedding.Three years later, Graham's okay and resolved to never be beaten by love again.That resolve is challenged when stylist and unabashed fangirl Micah Redwood joins his band's support team. Graham couldn't care less for the new addition and her overly enthusiastic ways, but when Micah snaps him out of pre-show jitters then jumps to protect one of his bandmates from an aggressive "fan", Graham is forced to take a second look.Adventurous, kind, and patient Micah chips right through the ice around Graham's heart. Where once he wasn't enough, with Micah he feels like the center of the universe.But just as Graham decides to give love a second chance, he discovers that Micah has a lot more to lose than he does by becoming the girl who restores his faith in happy endings (and himself).

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