Jean Haus

Riley, trying to regain her rhythm after losing her percussion scholarship, becomes the newest drummer for the indie band Luminescent Juliet, but the lead singer, Romeo, does not want to perform with a girl.

In the Band

Sleeping Handsome

The band's efforts to create a perfect first album are compromised by lead singer Justin, whose gorgeous looks and carefree attitude enable him to womanize and sail through life without a thought to his responsibilities. Original.

Ink My Heart

With aspirations of being an animator, sixteen-year-old Nivi Nash thought she knew all about fairy tales. Take one beautiful damsel in distress, add a charming hero, and don't forget a cackling villain. Throw in some pretty colors, a few songs, and mix well. But caught in a real one, she learns the hero-though still hot-isn't always charming, the story far from pretty, and the villain absolute evil. On the run for her life in a stolen SUV, she isn't worried about her beauty, but happily ever after? Yes, she wants that the most. It means she'll live. The kiss always at the end of these tales?Most of the time, okay maybe half of the time, the thought of that lip lock is far, far away where these stories are supposed to be. But tied to a stake on the side of a snowy mountain, the thought of her not-so-charming hero's kiss burns away the reality of the knife hovering above her skin. Appropriate for grade nine and up.

Snow, Blood, and Envy

After Midnight

Naomi Porter used to be witty, fun, and outgoing, but she has scratched outgoing off the list. She has a mediocre tech job in fabulous New York, a large smut book collection, and awesome friends, both tangible and in an online gaming community. She just doesn't date. A future filled with cats and housedresses beats having her heart broken again. But Naomi still likes men, even kind of stalks-mostly fantasizes about-a gorgeous one at work during lunch. Her best friend, Kara, is determined that Naomi will be outgoing again. When Kara finds out who, as in a notorious playboy, Naomi is stalking at lunch, she plans to break Naomi of her lunchtime habit and bring her back into the real world. It's just going to take a bit of deception. Between all the deceiving, fangirling, and bumbling, Naomi might not be able to resist the temptation of turning her seven-month fantasy into reality. And really, so what if he's a playboy or a demanding jerk? Her fantasies don't include love or even like, just a bed or a couch or the back seat of a limo...Reality might be just what she needs. *A sexy romantic comedy intended for audiences 18+ due to language and sexual situations

The Reality of You

When they get an offer to join a national tour, the musicians of Luminescent Juliet finally find their ticket to fame. But for Sam, the band's dazzling but troubled bassist, making sure his past stays locked away feels more important than winning the spotlight. Then Peyton, a budding music journalist, joins the tour, tasked with chronicling the band's every move. She and Sam have a history, one that has made them enemies. Neither wants to deal with old pain and misunderstanding, and they agree to keep the past in the past. This is more than fine with Peyton -- after all, it'll only help reassure her picture-perfect boyfriend back on campus that following the band is all totally professional. Yet being forced to look at Sam in a new way brings Peyton a different perspective on the past -- and his magnetic baby-blues and rippling muscles are hard to ignore. When the tour kicks into high gear, the real truth about their shared past comes to light, and Peyton is rocked by forces as passionate and chaotic as the music she loves.

With the band

Raised in poverty and violence, Gabe Reed wears a could-care-less attitude like a shield. He expects life to suck. It always has, and he is usually the one to screw it up even more. Drumming for the college band Luminescent Juliet started as a way to release the built up rage inside of him. But when the band signs with a label, Gabe begins to envision a different life. He just needs to stay out of trouble and follow the court orders of his probation. April Tanner knows most people view her as perfect. From her icy looks to her college four point, she cultivates the persona since it helps keep people at a distance. Because behind her perfection, April constantly struggles with a past that she is trying to atone for but can't face. Though Gabe and April seem worlds apart, fate throws them together and forces them to see beyond the fronts they each present. But even an emerging friendship mixed with a growing lust might not be able to overcome the walls built of guilt and insecurity and abuse that stand between them. *New Adult for language and sexual situations.

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