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Nate Nash was a rock star... used to be a rock star. Now he was just a sad cautionary tale. He'd been living the high life for the last five years, since he was discovered in a dive bar. He'd chosen a chance at fame over loyalty to his friend and duet partner. He walked away from her when the record company told him they didn't want her. Five years later, having made too many bad decisions and lost too many nights to the pleasures of the flesh, his career had tanked and now the record company that signed him wanted its pound of flesh. To make him feel even worse his partner, Stevie Jacks - the one he walked away from in order to take the record deal - had just hit the big time. It was just his luck that when his life was on the way down the crapper, hers was headed for the stratosphere. Was there any way he could salvage his flagging career and repair the rift between them?

Stevie Jacks was on her way to the top. Her dreams of being a country music star were on the precipice of coming true, but there was something missing. Nate Nash. She thought she hated him for the way he left her all those years ago...turns out she was wrong. She loved him then and she still did. For a moment, she thought she could have it all - the guy and the career - but it turned that out Nate was the same selfish bastard he was back then and he once again left her broken-hearted and alone. But she still had her career and with doors opening up everywhere she looked, she was determined not to once again let him rob her of her chance of stardom. Nate was slowly crawling back to the top of the record charts, but it was a whole lot different the second time 'round. He missed Stevie like nobody's business but he knew he was no good for her. He wanted her to have everything she always dreamed about - everything she'd wanted before he stole it from her with the single stupidest idea he'd ever had. Falling in love with her had never been part of the plan and once he had, he didn't know what he was going to do about it. Would she ever take him back after all the pain he had brought her? Did he even deserve to have her in his life?

Nadine Court was a hot mess. After crashing and burning in spectacular fashion during her debut tour with her band Court'n Jacks, Nadine had gone to rehab to get her...ahem...stuff in order. Now she was ready to try again and hopefully, this time, they might actually finish the tour without her ending up in hospital and on the front page of every country music website in the world. Which was why it was a very, very, very bad idea to get involved with her therapist... former therapist. Gabe Rousso had thought he had contained his attraction to the feisty violinist. That was until that last session when an innocent kiss on the cheek had turned into something a whole lot hotter. He wasn't technically her therapist anymore, which was why he'd accepted her invitation to see her perform for the first time since her breakdown. He shouldn't have gone... but he did and of course that had led to more compromising of his closely guarded ethics. She was a weakness he couldn't afford and a temptation he couldn't resist.

Vanessa Court never had any aspirations of being famous, she just wanted to play with her band for the simple fact that she loved drumming. If her band had somehow made it to the big leagues then that was just gravy. But now that they had made it, it wasn't as fun as she thought it was going to be. The pressure to be 'the next big thing' was almost more than she could bear. Carson Giles, Senator for the Tennessee General Assembly and heir apparent of the Giles family real estate conglomerate, Aegidius Developments, hated his job...both his jobs. Or more precisely, he hated that he was a puppet for other, more powerful members of the party and merely more than a yes-man to his father. But this was what he had been groomed for all his life. He didn't know how to do or be anything else. A chance meeting between Vanessa and Carson had them losing themselves in the physical pleasure of being with someone who didn't expect more. A 'friends with benefits' relationship was what they both needed to blow off steam and reduce the stress in their lives.

It was fun. It was secret. And best of all...there were no strings attached.

Jace was the last remaining single member of Court'n Jacks, an up and coming country music band...and he couldn't be happier. He'd spent years as guardian of his two younger sisters, but now they were all grown up and they didn't need him any longer. He welcomed bachelorhood...or he would just as soon as he could get Court'n Jacks latest album finished. Unfortunately, that seemed to be an impossibility as he searched-unsuccessfully-for the elusive 'thing' missing from their music. With the upcoming tour looming and the deadline for the album fast approaching, he had no other choice than to ask for help. He just didn't think it would be from the hot guitarist he'd heard playing in the studio late one night. The last thing Maeve needed in her life was drama that came in the shape of a six-foot, grumpy musician with control issues. Unfortunately, she needed the job. She could suck it up for the next couple of weeks if it meant getting her car fixed and having the money to send her son to summer music camp. It was just too bad that six-foot, grumpy musicians were her catnip. So what if it had been a long time since she'd had any adult cuddling...she could keep her hands, and lips, and tongue, to herself, couldn't she?

Nate Nash was a rock star... used to be a rock star. Now he was just a sad cautionary tale. He'd been living like a rock star ever since he'd chosen a chance at fame over loyalty. Five years later, having made too many bad decisions and lost too many nights to the pleasures of the flesh, his career had tanked and now the record company wanted its pound of flesh. Stevie Jacks was on her way to the top. Her dreams of being a country music star were on the precipice of coming true, but there was something missing. Nate Nash. She thought she hated him for the way he left her all those years ago...turns out she was wrong. She had loved him then and she loved him now. For a moment, she thought she could have it all - the guy and the career - but it turned that out Nate was the same selfish bastard he was back then and he once again left her broken-hearted and alone. But she still had her career and with doors opening up everywhere she looked, she was determined not to once again let him rob her of her chance of stardom.