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    With the Band
    With the Band
    With the Band
    Audiobook9 hours

    With the Band

    Written by Jean Haus

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    About this audiobook

    When they get an offer to join a national tour, the musicians of Luminescent Juliet finally find their ticket to fame. But for Sam, the band’s dazzling but troubled bassist, making sure his past stays locked away feels more important than winning the spotlight.

    Then Peyton, a budding music journalist, joins the tour, tasked with chronicling the band’s every move. She and Sam have a history, one that has made them enemies. Neither wants to deal with old pain and misunderstanding, and they agree to keep the past in the past. This is more than fine with Peyton—after all, it’ll only help reassure her picture-perfect boyfriend back on campus that following the band is all totally professional.

    Yet being forced to look at Sam in a new way brings Peyton a different perspective on the past—and his magnetic baby-blues and rippling muscles are hard to ignore. When the tour kicks into high gear, the real truth about their shared past comes to light, and Peyton is rocked by forces as passionate and chaotic as the music she loves.

    This book is intended for mature teen audiences due to strong language and some sexual content.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 13, 2014
    ISBN9781480598317
    With the Band
    Author

    Jean Haus

    Jean Haus is the author of the Luminescent Juliet series, which revolves around a sexy, talented indie band in a small college town. She lives in Michigan with her husband and son, where she spends almost as much time teaching, cooking, and golfing as she does thinking about the tough but vulnerable rockers featured in her books. Visit Jean online at http://www.jeanhaus.com.

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      When one impulsive choice wrecks your reputation and your self-image, when an angry ex-boyfriend uses every possible venue to smear you and is believed by almost everyone, it's pretty hard to bounce back. It has been three years since Payton's crash and burn night. She's avoided Sam and her ex-boyfriend, his twin brother, Seth ever since, focusing on getting her college education. When the manager of the band Luminescent Juliet, which is about to go on a national tour as the opening act for a couple more popular bands, offers her a chance to do blogging and publicity for the band while they're on tour. she jumps at the chance. It's the perfect experience to put on her resume because her dream is to become a writer for a rock magazine. There's one problem, however. The group's bass player, Sam still hates her and she feels the same way about him...or does she? She needs to confront him before they go on tour and lay down some ground rules or things are likely to blow sky high.After surviving the confrontation which leaves her shaken, but determined, Payton embarks on what could be the adventure that will allow her to chase her dream. It could also turn into the trip from hell.As the tour progresses, several odd things begin to happen. Payton starts wondering why calling her boyfriend isn't a priority. Sam seems to spend an awful lot of time with her, even going with her to do the band's laundry. It isn't long before both of them find it too difficult to keep up the animosity, but before they can move to what it seems both of them want...each other, things need to be said and the air needs to be cleared.They get part of that opportunity when Seth suddenly shows up and you realize just how much his influence, even in his absence, has affected both Sam and Payton. There comes a point where she has to tell her boyfriend that it's over (Sam and the other band members sorta help that uneasy process along), while Sam has to come clean about his brother's mental illness and how he felt about her when she was dating Seth.Watching these two really likable people struggle through old stuff and new realizations makes for addictive reading. Yes, there's sex and some strong language, but neither should be a deal breaker for libraries who are open to providing mature reading experiences to teens.