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Under the Spotlight (The Jamieson Collection #3)
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release date: May 5th 2015
Age: YA
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:
After an embarrassing stint on a reality TV music competition years ago, Riley Parks vowed never to sing again. Now she's working at the prestigious Sound Sync recording studio and life is looking up. But then Garrett Jamieson, the oldest brother in the famous band Jamieson, crashes into her world.
Garrett has hit rock bottom and is desperate to reinvent himself. After calling in a few favors, he ends up working at Sound Sync Studio to learn the ropes of record producing. And he can't believe his luck when he discovers that Rilely is an amazing singer. But Garrett is forced to use every trick in his arsenal to persuade Riley to record.
Sparks fly as Garrett finally meets his match. Dealing with the feisty redhead ranges from frustrating to thrilling, and in the heat of the moment, one stolen kiss changes everything.
Garrett’s head pounded, and not from the hangover that would greet
him with the sunrise, but from being slammed against the wall. Or maybe it was
from the few punches that came later when he crashed to the floor of Ye Ole
Boston Brew Pub and knocked his head on the beer-stained tile.
He rubbed his
unshaven face, and dried blood flaked into his hand. Great. He needed a shower and an aspirin, but the Boston city jail
offered neither. Where the hell was Peter? It had been over an hour.
The sharp edge of the
narrow bench he lay on cut into his back, making his already battered body even
more sore. He only hoped the other guy felt worse. The jerk had the audacity to
call him washed up. For Christ’s sake, he was only twenty-two. He’d
accomplished more in the last five years than that asshole would in a lifetime.
Reaching for his
phone, he remembered the cops had taken it, along with his wallet and keys.
Damn it.
“Garrett Jamieson,” a
bored cop with thinning hair announced, unlocking the cell. “You’re free to
go.”
“About damn time,”
Garrett huffed, rising slowly. He tugged his shirt into place, smoothed back
his hair, and followed the officer down a long corridor past several cells with
other perps. He couldn’t wait to get away from this hellhole. The officer
opened a solid metal security door, and Garrett walked through, relieved to be
free.
In the far corner of
the waiting room, studying the Most Wanted posters, his brother waited, wearing
faded jeans and a gray T-shirt.
“Hey Peter,” he
called. “See anyone you know?”
Peter turned with a
smirk on his face and his hair still ruffled from bed. “Just checking to make
sure your ugly mug isn’t up here.”
Garrett sneered. “It
wasn’t my fault.”
“Never is.” Peter
sighed. “You realize this is becoming an annoying habit. You’re lucky your Jag
is still in the shop from your crash last week, otherwise you might have added
drunk driving to your record.”
“Stop acting like an
old woman.”
“You have more to
worry about than me. Dad isn’t going to be happy about this.”
“No reason Dad needs
to hear about it.”
“You’re kidding
yourself if you think you can keep this under wraps. A couple of photographers
are outside. You’re busted. Again.”
Garrett stepped to
the counter and signed his discharge papers.
“At least I know how
to live a little. You’re tied down to a ball and chain.”
His brother grinned
with a smile that melted millions of young girls’ hearts. “Well, I happen to
have the hottest ball and chain on the planet.”
Garrett rolled his
eyes as he collected his personal effects. Peter was so in love it made Garrett
ill. It’s not like he wasn’t glad for his brother, but Peter and Libby were so
damned happy all the time, he wanted to puke.
“Yeah, and you’re
missing out on the best years of your life,” Garrett snapped.
“How’s that? I’ve
been watching you drink yourself into oblivion, rack up speeding tickets, and
pick a fight every chance you get. You don’t look too happy to me.”
“You ever think that
maybe you’re to blame?”
“How do you figure
that?” Peter asked, opening the door to exit the police station and ducking his
head as cameras flashed.
“Seriously?” Garrett
stopped suddenly. “You’re the one who broke up the band.”
Angie Stanton never planned on writing books, she wanted to be a Rockette. However, growing up in a rural setting with her brothers' 4-H pigs as pets, dance didn't work out. Instead she became an avid daydreamer. After years of perfecting stories in her head she began to write them down and the rest is history.
She loves dipping french fries in chocolate shakes, natural disaster movies and Broadway Musicals. When not writing, Angie is concocting ways to make more dreams come true, whether it be tickets to a Broadway show or convincing her family they should rent an RV and travel the country. She's still working on that one.
Angie is a proud double finalist of the 2011 National Readers Choice Awards for Love 'em or Leave 'em, as well as a finalist for the Golden Quill Awards.
