What happens when
the girl who runs from everything finally decides to stay put?
Harper Harrison is
an accomplished, independent, and vibrant young woman. As a freelance
production stage manager, she's no stranger to being in charge. She knows how
to get the impossible done, even if she has to take a few shortcuts for the
sake of theatre magic. She has one fatal flaw, though. When things get
complicated, uncomfortable, or she even thinks they might go wrong, especially
in her personal life, she bolts.
Lucas Mason is a
fellow freelancer, and when they work the same show, sparks fly. They share a
love of the stage and high stakes sex. They've christened nearly every location
backstage unashamedly, but Harper wants more. Lucas makes every effort to keep
her at arm's length. He blames it on their crazy schedules, but Harper believes
something more is going on.
They reconnect
after an extended break and Harper is shocked to find out that Lucas is now her
boss. He has a dominant streak that he isn't afraid to display, and she isn't a
fan. Answering to Lucas takes more than a little getting used to, and after a
trip or two over his knee, she decides that maybe a relationship with him is
more than she bargained for, after all.
Harper leaves town
to chase her Broadway dream and to take comfort in the familiarity of her
ex-boyfriend. New York isn’t home, though, and Harper has to face the truth of
her situation. The easygoing man she's with isn't the one she wants or needs.
Lucas is three thousand miles away, and he has no intention of chasing her.
To have the life
she wants, Harper will need to face all of her demons, confess her
transgressions, and accept her punishment. It's the only way they'll ever find
themselves sharing backstage again.
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Excerpt
Her door opened and closed quickly, with the loud
click of the lock connecting. When her pacing turned her back to it Harper saw
Lucas standing there, arms crossed and a penetrating glare.
“You ever hear of knocking?”
“I doubt you would’ve heard me, although anyone
coming down this hall could sure hear you. What’s going on, Harper?”
“Nothing. Forget it.”
“No, we are not doing this. You say nothing and
forget it, and then they’ll be another blow-up. It’s what you do when you don’t
deal with things. You don’t pretend with me.”
“When you get your degree in psychology, then you
can talk to me about my lack of coping skills.”
If she had been paying more attention to his
movements instead of nursing her rage, Harper would’ve noticed the door being
locked and the closing of the blinds on her glass side panel window.
Unfortunate for her she decided to top her tirade by turning her back on her
severely perturbed boyfriend. Pressing the full front of his body against her
back, Lucas leaned in to whisper in her ear.
“You have thirty seconds to rethink your last
comment and retain your right to talk from an upright position.”
The hairs the back of her neck began to rise
along with the prickles of goose flesh running from the back of her neck and
down her arms. It was his closeness and the soft intensity of his voice that
kept her from turning around on her own. Her pause to check her own reaction to
his words and actions made her reflexes slower than his thirty-second
ultimatum.
Author Bio:
Paige Parsons is a creative Joan of all Trades, with her
first love being theatre. Now living and working in Japan, Paige, a native New
Yorker, has always loved the world of make believe. Whether reading, writing or
performing she loves a good story.
She holds an undergraduate degree in Communications-Broadcast
Journalism/English-Creative Writing, a graduate degree in Elementary Education,
and is ABD for her doctorate in Education-Brain Research.
Having spent the last 25 years collecting stories around the stage as an
actress, stage manager, and production manager, it is no surprise that Paige
loves to tell stories, read stories, and put stories up on the stage.
