Sky Davis is fed up of boyfriend Grant taking her for granted and when she comes home to find him wearing a girl, Sky suspects the relationship is over. She takes an unscheduled holiday and leaves the life (and guy) she hates behind.
Rock star Dylan Morgan is struggling with fame and infamy, sick of his life being controlled by other people. Dylan cuts his hair and walks away from his role as lead singer of Blue Phoenix, leaving chaos and speculation behind.
Outside the English seaside town of Broadbeach their cars and worlds collide.
Sky decides Dylan is an arrogant guy with too many tattoos, and Dylan is amused by the smart-mouthed girl with no idea who he is. Dylan and Sky soon discover they’ve travelled to Broadbeach for the same reason - to escape from reality back to a place with happy childhood memories.
Losing themselves in a world where they know nothing about each other, Sky and Dylan begin a holiday romance that soon heats up their rainy English summer.
Fantasies can’t last forever and when reality crashes the party, Sky isn’t sure she wants to be more than his ‘summer Sky'.
Returning to the real world and public scrutiny isn’t their only problem. Blue Phoenix lead guitar player, Jem Jones, has a reason for wanting Sky out of Dylan’s life, and is determined to come between them. Some things won’t stay hidden, even when they’re paid to ‘go away’.
Summer Sky is a romance where occasionally more than the bacon sizzles. This is the first in the new ‘Blue Phoenix’ series of contemporary rock star romances.
*Please note this is not a standalone book - Sky's and Dylan's story continues in Falling Sky (Blue Phoenix #2)
Excerpt from Summer Sky:
"A couple of days ago, I got up
and thought 'fuck this'. So I cut my hair and left."
Forgetting myself, I reach a hand and
touch the short hair above his ear. "You had long hair?"
My hand slides across Dylan's face as
he turns to look at me, his cheek smooth above his stubbled jaw. "For the
last eight years, yeah. I'll show you a picture sometime. You might recognise
me then."
"That's a long time. It must be
weird looking in the mirror and not recognising yourself."
"I didn't recognise myself for a
long time even before I cut my hair." He picks at his food and looks back
to the sea.
Despite avoiding talking about each
other’s lives, things
slip in. Like this explanation for the tightly wound Dylan I met a few days
ago.
"Maybe I should cut mine, I can
recreate myself too. This is the longest my hair's been for a few years."
Dylan strokes my fringe from my face,
fingers trailing across my forehead. The touch ignites nerve-endings across my
face. "I'm sure you'll look great whatever you decide to do with your hair."
"Grant said girls with short hair
don't look right."
"Who's Grant?"
I clamp a hand over my mouth. Real
life things. Secrets. "Just some dickhead who used to be my
boyfriend."
"I wouldn't think you were the
kind of girl to date dickheads."
I huff. "Yeah, some of them slip
through the net and I don't realise until it's too late."
"How can it be too late? You
weren't married, were you?"
I splutter Fanta over my cooling
chips. "Hell, no."
"Then what?"
"Once you fall in love, it's
harder to let go; even with dickheads."
"But you let go? Is that why
you're here?"
This isn't fair. He's poking at what I
came to escape from - letting things into our bubble world. I set the meal onto
the sand next to me. "I don't want to talk about this."
Dylan’s scrutiny traces a pattern over my
face, leaving a trail of heat. How does he do that?
"Such a shame I'm a
dickhead," he says in a low voice.
"I'm sure you can't help it. Part
of the Y chromosome disability, unfortunately," I say lightly.
Reaching out, he brushes salt from my
lips. An embarrassing sound escapes my throat as he rubs the rough fingertip
along my lips.
"Remember what I said about your
sarcastic mouth?" he asks.
Of course, I remember, how am I going
to forget? But all I can do is stare back like some wide-eyed idiot and nod.
He removes his finger and licks the
salt off the tip; the move is impossibly sexy and fires arousal through me.
"I know kissing you is the wrong
thing to do to you, but I'm starting to get obsessed."
My brain struggles to keep up.
"Wrong?" I ask.
"When you look at me the way you
do, I love and hate it at the same time. When you don't look at me the
way I want you to, that's even worse. Every funny thing you say, every time you
blush, even just being in the same room fills me with an urge to kiss you. I
don't understand, because this isn’t what I want."
"That makes no sense."
"It doesn't, does it? But nothing
in my life makes sense to me.” He
moves the fish and chips from his lap onto the sand.
Excruciatingly slowly, Dylan leans
towards me. My heart somersaults and cheerleads in my chest as his mouth
approaches mine.
"So about kissing your sarcastic
mouth...?"
The words are spoken millimetres from
my lips and as his mouth moves, his lips touch mine. He's good at this.
"Yes."
"Yes, you remember, or yes,
you've changed your mind and want me to kiss you?" Dylan rubs his cool
nose along my cheek towards my ear.
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Interview with Blue Phoenix
Dylan Morgan sits in the chair opposite, clearly not wanting to
be here. Once over, interviewing Dylan would have led to a mix of nerves and
excitement, his reputation back then suggested the possibility of more than an
interview for anyone who caught his eye. This Dylan is guarded, and I’ve
been instructed not to ask too much about the last few months. Guitarist Jem
Jones is with us too, hidden behind dark sunglasses, glass of whiskey in his
hand. The tension between the two is thick in the room. Wish me luck…
Me - Thanks for
agreeing to the interview. How are things going with the new album? Should we
expect more of the same from Blue Phoenix or is this a different direction?
Jem - We’ve
had a delay (looks at Dylan) but we’re on track to release around August.
Yeah, some more of the same but some new sounds too. We had some guest vocals
from Danni-K and a new producer so I don’t think anyone will
be disappointed.
Me - So kicking off
another tour next month? It’s been over a year since you last
toured. Excited?
Dylan - Big tours are
tough. We spent three years solid touring and yeah, I don’t
enjoy it as much as I did. But necessary evil I guess *laughs*
Jem - I see it as why
we’re musicians - to perform and connect with as many fans as
we can.
Dylan - Yeah, I get
that Jem but we don’t all get the same things out of
touring as you do.
Jem - Hope you can
make it this time…Not planning any more vacations?
Me - I sense a bit of
the famous Dylan and Jem tension around. Having issues around the musical
direction of the album?
Jem - We just got
issues *laughs* but what fun would we be without them?
Me - So, Dylan. A new
look with the short hair. What made you go for an image change? A lot of your
fans were shocked!
Dylan - I’ve
had long hair since I was sixteen and didn’t recognise myself
anymore. I figured a change might help.
Me - We all worried
about you last month when you disappeared. Everything okay now?
Dylan - I needed time
out.
Jem - According to
Twitter you died about ten times in that week *laughs*
Me - And the world
still wants to know about the girl who stole your heart while you were away.
Jem - *snorts*
Dylan - Didn’t
you get told I’m not talking about my personal life? She’s
nothing to do with the band or the music.
Me - We saw you
talking about her on Twitter and we’ve
seen the pictures. The world wants to know if she’s still in your
life?
Dylan stands and walks to the window, back to me and I realise I’ve
pushed things too far. But I had to ask - the whole world wants to know who
captured the unattainable Dylan Morgan and where she is now.
Me - My apologies, I
think the fans just want to know if Dylan Morgan is still on the market. We
already lost Liam to Honey.
Jem - I’m
still around if you’re looking, sweetheart. For now. I don’t
think this Sky chick wants anything to do with him. Why would she once she
realises who the real Dylan Morgan is?
Dylan swears at Jem under his breath, glances at me then storms
from the room bringing the interview to an abrupt end.
About the Author:
Lisa is an author of new adult romance and writes both paranormal and contemporary, often with a side of snark.
In between running a business, looking after her family and writing, Lisa sometimes finds spare time to do other things. This often involves swapping her book worlds for gaming worlds. She even leaves the house occasionally. Lisa loves all things from the Whedonverse and preferred vampires before they sparkled.
She is currently working on a number of projects including the remaining books in the Soul Ties series and a sequel to her new adult contemporary romance. Lisa is originally from the UK but moved to Australia in 2001 and now lives in Perth in Western Australia with her husband, three children and dog.
Thank you! Here's the interview with two of the band members that I missed sending :)
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This sounds so interesting, and I'm sending this blog directly to my friend Nidia since it's right up her alley!
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