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  James walked into the dressing room, bursting her naughty thought bubble like a day-old balloon. “You coming?”

  Interesting choice of words. Jasmine straightened. “Already?” She checked the wall clock. “They just walked out.”

  “You can’t hear them chanting your name?”

  Her heart slowed at the band manager’s casually delivered question. Closing her eyes, she listened hard and heard it. The distant rumbling of her name. Jasmine. Jasmine. A hand lifted to circle her aching throat as she slid off the desk. “What am I supposed to do now?”

  “Now?” James signaled that she should precede him to the stage. “You go out and sing. Later, we’ll talk about the fact that the band already voted to make you the newest member. Which means…” He eyed the wall clock. “Technically, you’re late for your first gig.”

  Jasmine’s legs shook as she walked through the backstage area, past the roadies who patted her on the shoulders, and out onto the stage to deafening applause. Sarge met her halfway across the stage where a second microphone was already set up. The second he took her hand and they locked eyes, her legs stopped shaking.

  They sang together. And they always would.

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  Acknowledgments

  Thank you Patrick and Mackenzie for loving me, continuing to believe in me, cheering for me, feeding me, and keeping me sane.

  Thank you Heather Howland at Entangled Publishing for being a great, supportive editor, and loving tattooed men in beanies.

  Thank you Margarita V. for inspiring the character of Jasmine! I appreciate you reading the rough draft and filling in the curse word blanks—it wouldn’t have been right without them. And I still miss those walks to Starbucks.

  Thank you Aquila Editing (aka Eagle) for beta reading Crashed Out. And loving Sarge’s penchant for praying to Jasmine’s lady parts.

  Thank you Nelle OBrien for always being on messenger and being an all around fantastic lady. And for bullying me into being organized.

  Thank you to Sara Eirew for taking the fabulous photograph on this cover. It’s definitely my favorite cover to date. Such emotion and heat! Amazing.

  Thank you Jillian Stein for being a huge, encouraging presence in my life and a most entertaining road trip companion.

  Thank you to my Bailey’s Babes, as always. Love you guys like FAS. ;)

  About the Author

  New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Tessa Bailey lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and young daughter. When she isn’t writing or reading romance, she enjoys a good argument and thirty-minute recipes.

  www.tessabailey.com

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