Welcome to STARSTRUCK, a showplace for talent, a playground for love.The hot nights amp up with Rossi’s novella JADED, part of a new contemporary continuity series by Beth Ciotta, Cynthia Valero, and Elle J Rossi. Three authors. One world.
MARRY ME, BROOKLYN.
Four years ago Brooklyn ran from that plea and straight toward what she dreamed would be a better future. An aspiring fashion designer destined for more than the boredom of small town life and the strain of a whiskey-saturated family, she launched herself toward the runways of New York.
I CAN’T.
Emmett couldn’t compete with the glitz of the big city, let alone erase Brooklyn's emotional scars. When she turned down his proposal and left him behind, he poured what was left of his heart into his music. He got through with three rules: Play the guitar. Play the field. Forget about Brooklyn.
Now Brooklyn is back and the past and present collide inside Starstruck when Brooklyn fills in as lead singer for Emmett’s band. Night after night of thumping bass and passionately sung lyrics reminds them of every delicious memory they ever shared. But a sizzling attraction can only go so far when emotions are raw and trust is fragile. Emmett still wants forever. Brooklyn is only good at temporary.
Can two hearts find a way to truly connect off the stage, or will they stay forever jaded?
Welcome home, she thought to herself. Except nothing about these four walls or the nearly comatose woman sprawled on the couch evoked any sense of peace. This wasn’t home anymore and Brooklyn had to wonder if it ever really had been. Other memories, the kind that were so raw and deep they threatened to paralyze, crowded in.
“Marry me.”
A whispered, “No.”
“Marry me, Brooklyn.”
“I can’t.” A tear falls, silent yet screaming.
She firmly shoved them to the recesses of her mind, though they refused to sit anywhere other than center stage in her heart. Leaving had come with a high price. Coming back had been even harder, and she hadn’t seen anyone other than her mother yet. She hadn’t seen him.
“You can.” A knuckle across her cheek. “Marry me.”
Brooklyn swallowed hard. She’d told herself no regrets. Four years later and she still felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest. The guilty hands were her own.
Elle J Rossi is a writer of Dark Paranormal and Fantasy Romance. Overly fond of the happily ever after, Elle lets her characters take control as they lead her down dark and twisted paths on their haunting journey toward love.
When not writing, you'll more than likely catch her hanging with her husband, two kids and a cat who truly does rule the roost, or stealing the mic from her friends as the duel over country karaoke.
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