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  She smiled. “Yes. You do, actually.”

  Beyond the stage, the crowd roared again. Louder. Wilder. Frenzied and ecstatic.

  The sound of Noah pounding out a crazy beat rumbled through Josh’s body, telling him the rest of the band had taken the stage. Had begun the night’s show.

  Samuel’s intricate guitar riff joined Noah’s beat. Levi’s throbbing bass did the same, as did Jax’s dancing rhythm.

  Josh’s gut churned some more. His mouth turned to chalk. His chest crushed.

  Time. It was time.

  Before he could stop himself, Josh flicked a look towards the deep shadows behind the stage.

  “Kick off time,” he murmured, smiling at the darkness.

  At the man no one else but him, Pepper and Josh’s mum knew was standing there. At the man who was going to come out of retirement and join Josh on stage during the very last song of the night.

  At the man who had written that song, Whispers in the Night, for Josh’s mum, the woman he loved more than life.

  Nick Blackthorne. Josh’s father.

  Before Pepper could reply, Josh turned, grabbed up his own guitar, and bounded up onto the stage.

  Ready. More than ready.

  It was time to rock the fucking world.

  About the Author

  Lexxie Couper started writing when she was six and hasn’t stopped since. She’s not a deviant, but she does have a deviant’s imagination and a desire to entertain readers with her words. Add the two together and you get romances that can make you laugh, cry, shake with fear, or tremble with desire. Sometimes all at once. When she’s not submerged in the worlds she creates, Lexxie’s life revolves around her family, a husband who thinks she’s insane, an indoor cat who likes to stalk shadows, and her daughters, who both utterly captured her heart and changed her life forever.

  Contact Lexxie at [email protected], follow her on Twitter twitter.com/lexxie_couper or visit her at www.lexxiecouper.com where she occasionally makes a fool of herself on her blog.

  Other Titles by Lexxie Couper

  Now Available:

  Contemporary

  Standalones

  Triple Dare

  Dare Me

  Suspicious Ways

  Copping a Feel

  Endless Lust

  Timeless Wrath

  Shadow Whispers

  Down and Dirty Box Set

  Jorja: Secret Confessions

  Kat and Mouse

  A Sprite’s Tale (Christmas)

  Powerplay

  Can’t Stay Away

  Party Games Series

  Twister

  Suck and Blow

  Bandicoot Cove Series

  A Single Knight

  Sunset Heat

  Tropical Sin

  Heart of Fame Series

  Blackthorne

  Getting Played

  Blame it on the Bass

  Lead Me On

  Steady Beat

  Guarded Desires

  Muscle for Hire

  Love’s Rhythm

  Balls Up (A Heart of Fame story)

  Compliance (A Heart of Fame story)

  A Single Knight (A Heart of Fame story)

  Outback Skies Series

  Breathless for You

  Burn for You

  Bare for You

  Better with You

  Combustible (An Outback Skies/Heart of Fame story)

  Stimulated Series

  Blowing it Off

  Revving it Up

  Switching it On

  Mercy Series

  Highest Bidder

  Deadly Pleasure

  Captured Rapture

  Paranormal

  Principatus Series

  Dark Destiny

  Dark Embrace

  Fire Mate Series

  Ty the Sexy Dragon

  How to Love Your Dragon

  Savage Australia Series

  Savage Retribution

  Savage Transformation

  Sci-Fi

  The Boundaries

  The Boundaries -- Assassin

  The Boundaries -- Agent

  The Boundaries -- Animal

  The Boundaries Trilogy

  Sci-Fi Standalones

  The Sun Sword

  Shifting Lust

  Batteries Not Included

  Other Titles

  Foreign Affairs Series (with Mari Carr)

  Princess

  Cowboy

  Master

  Hands

  Always Series (writing as Cherie M Hudson)

  Unconditional

  Unforgettable

  Undeniable