Rough Rhythm: A Made in Jersey Novella (1001 Dark Nights)
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Authors: Tessa Bailey
Rough Rhythm
A Made In Jersey Novella
By Tessa Bailey
1001 Dark Nights
Rough Rhythm
A Made In Jersey Novella
By Tessa Bailey
1001 Dark Nights
Copyright 2016 Tessa Bailey
ISBN: 978-1-940887-97-5
Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose
Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
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This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
ROUGH RHYTHM
By Tessa Bailey
God help the woman I take home tonight.
Band manager James Brandon never expected to find the elusive satisfaction he’d been chasing, let alone stumble upon it in some sleezy Hollywood meat market. Yet the girl’s quiet pride spoke to him from across the bar, louder than a shout. Troubled, hungry and homeless, she’d placed her trust in him. But after losing the grip on his dark desires that one fateful night, James has spent the last four years atoning for letting her down.
This time I’ll finally crack him.
Rock band drummer Lita Regina has had enough of James’s guilt. She wants the explosive man she met that night in Hollywood. The man who held nothing back and took no prisoners—save Lita. And she’ll stop at nothing to revive him. Even if it means throwing herself into peril at every turn, just to get a reaction from her stoic manager. But when Lita takes her quest one step too far, James disappears from her life, thinking his absence will keep her safe.
Now it’s up to Lita to bring James back…and ignite an inferno of passion in the process.
Reader Advisory:
ROUGH RHYTHM
contains fantasies of nonconsensual sex, acted upon by consenting characters. Readers with sensitivity to portrayals of nonconsensual sex should be advised.
Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days. Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention. She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eight years and four-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.
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Unfixable
(New Adult)
Protecting What's Theirs
(novella)
Risking It All
(Crossing the Line 1)
Chase Me
(Broke & Beautiful 1)
Need Me
(Broke & Beautiful 2)
Off Base
(novella)
Up in Smoke
(Crossing the Line 2)
Make Me
(Broke & Beautiful 3)
Crashed Out
(Made in Jersey 1)
Boiling Point
(Crossing the Line 3)
Upcoming releases:
Thrown Down
(Made in Jersey 2), April 2016
Raw Redemption
(Crossing the Line 4), June 2016
Worked Up (Made in Jersey 3), August 2016
Wound Tight (Made in Jersey 4), December 2016
Thank you to Liz Berry, M.J. Rose, Jillian Stein and the rest of the magical team behind 1001 Dark Nights. What a freeing experience this was for me as a writer. Your encouragement and excitement is contagious.
Thank you, as always, to my husband, Patrick, and daughter, Mackenzie, who support me every single day and love me through the ups and downs.
Thank to my agent, Laura Bradford, for being a steady presence and also the first person to ask, are you
sure
you want to add
more
books to your schedule?
Thank you to Stephanie Lapensee at Inkslinger for reading this book, loving it, and giving me a boost of confidence when needed.
Thank you to Eagle at Aquila Editing for beta reading this book and wanting to know more about James and Lita’s first night together—I think it made a difference to the story.
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FOREVER WICKED
by Shayla Black
CRIMSON TWILIGHT
by Heather Graham
CAPTURED IN SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING
by Tina Folsom
DUNGEON GAMES
by Lexi Blake
AZAGOTH
by Larissa Ione
NEED YOU NOW
by Lisa Renee Jones
SHOW ME, BABY
by Cherise Sinclair
ROPED IN
by Lorelei James
TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
CARESS OF DARKNESS
by Julie Kenner
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TAME ME
by J. Kenner
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WICKED WOLF
by Carrie Ann Ryan
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING
by Heather Graham
EASY WITH YOU
by Kristen Proby
MASTER OF FREEDOM
by Cherise Sinclair
CARESS OF PLEASURE
by Julie Kenner
ADORED
by Lexi Blake
HADES
by Larissa Ione
RAVAGED
by Elisabeth Naughton
DREAM OF YOU
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
STRIPPED DOWN
by Lorelei James
RAGE/KILLIAN
by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright
DRAGON KING
by Donna Grant
PURE WICKED
by Shayla Black
HARD AS STEEL
by Laura Kaye
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian
ALL HALLOWS EVE
by Heather Graham
KISS THE FLAME
by Christopher Rice
DARING HER LOVE
by Melissa Foster
TEASED
by Rebecca Zanetti
THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER
by Liliana Hart
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THE SURRENDER GATE
By Christopher Rice
SERVICING THE TARGET
By Cherise Sinclair
Table Of Contents
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An excerpt from Thrown Down by Tessa Bailey
One Thousand And One Dark Nights
Once upon a time, in the future…
I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.
I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and
the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast
library at my father’s home and collected thousands
of volumes of fantastic tales.
I learned all about ancient races and bygone
times. About myths and legends and dreams of all
people through the millennium. And the more I read
the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered
that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually
become part of them.
I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher
and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I
would not be telling you this tale now.
But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off
with bravery.
One afternoon, curious about the myth of the
Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to
see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar
(Persian:
شهریار,
“king”) married a new virgin, and then
sent yesterday’s wife to be beheaded. It was written
and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,
the vizier’s daughter, he’d killed one thousand
women.
Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived
in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged
places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had
never occurred before and that still to this day, I
cannot explain.
Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have
taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can
protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to
protect herself and stay alive.
Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.
And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a
point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.
And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that
he might hear the rest of my dark tale.
As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new
one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before
you now.
God help the woman he took home tonight.
James Brandon stared down the bar, pegging each customer as they entered his field of vision. Recent divorcée making up for lost time. A new employee showing off to his blasé coworkers by buying a round of tequila shots. Two women pretending to be indecisive over their beverage order, when really they were just waiting for someone to send them drinks. It wouldn’t be him. Christ, he hated this meat market. What the hell had he been thinking coming here?