Rock
Bottom
By
Josephine Traynor
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: August 1, 2016
Synopsis
“Money. Fame.
Success. I had it all. And now I have nothing. No band. No contract. I’m
roughing it with the commoners, and I have no idea what the fuck I’m doing.”
Reece Ashton is
used to living the dizzying heights of being a celebrity, until his only other
band member leaves just as they were about to embark on a world tour. Sold out
shows, groupies, and living the high life are long forgotten as he has to learn
to fend for himself while living in suburbia. Hiding out in the tiny town of
Portmouthe, England is as about as far away from the spotlight as possible. He
doesn’t want to be there, but he’s got nothing but time on his hands now that
he’s been left high and dry by his band mate. No job, limited money and no life
skills - he’s completely out of his element. No one in town knows he’s there
except one girl who keeps his secret. Falling in love was never part of his
comeback plan.
Madelyn Arnett
knows all too well what it’s like to be on the wrong end of the paparazzi.
She’s quietly rebuilding her life in the sleepy town of Portmouthe away from
the prying eyes of trash media when the most famous musician on earth ends up
in her workplace. Worried that when the media comes hunting for him, they will
find her and she’s worked too hard to let some spoiled little rock star take
her life away from her. But this helpless rock star is in need of a friend.
Turns out, she’s the only person on the planet to truly know the real Reece
Ashton. Fighting to not fall in love, she knows their time is fleeting as the
glare of the spotlight comes hunting for Reece.
Excerpt
“Have you heard of
the term ‘first world problems’? You have Google on your phone, Reece, best get
acquainted with it. Man has been doing things for himself for a long time, I
guess this is the way of natural selection, who can figure things out and who
can’t—”
Running my hand through my hair, I grip the phone tighter. “You know I only use
my phone to ring, text and porn.”
“Good God, I’ll send someone around in a week, no doubt you will be dead from
starvation or masturbatory dehydration.”
I hold the phone away from my ear and yell, “Laugh it up chuckles. You’ll see.
I don’t need any fucking help.”
***
I need help.
I’ve walked for ten minutes, and all I’ve passed is more suburbia. I’m sure
I’ve seen this same house three times. I’m ashamed to say that I’m pretty
useless with my sense of direction. I can get lost just turning in a circle.
The first five minutes of walking was hell. I started to sweat. My pants were
clinging to my legs, and the rank stale odour of my body was blowing up wind.
The longest I’ve had to walk was from the door of the hotel to my waiting car
on the street, or from the tarmac to the airport. I don’t include the hours
across the stage a night. That was fun. This is as boring as bat shit. I don’t
have headphones, I don’t have a car, and I don’t have a driver. I don’t have
anything that I took for granted.
The houses are all
blending in, and I don’t know which one’s mine. I’m waiting for David to text
me the address, but I know he’s taking the piss. Bastard. Teasing me about
first world problems. I know I sound like a whiny little bitch, but my life is
in stark contrast to what it was forty-eight hours ago, and I’m struggling to
adjust.
Meet
the Author
Josephine Traynor
is very good at keeping secrets - she’s been a closeted writer for years but
only got brave enough last year to show her writer friend a small chunk of what
she’d written.
She’s a mother of two small boys and only told her husband about her book when
it was completed. God knows what he thought she was doing on the computer for
all those hours!
Josephine’s a lover
of tea and has a thing for all things vanilla. She loves a good book that makes
her laugh and has heaps of character growth. Her aim is to write books that
inspire, cause sore stomach muscles and have memorable characters for all the right
reasons.
Josephine Traynor is not her real name. The pen name is derived from Josephine
being her favourite girls name and Traynor is inspired by Will Traynor from Me
Before You by Jojo Moyes. His message from that book was for everyone to be
brave in this world and to make their mark. This was a huge lesson for her to
get over her fear of publishing. She’s doing this for her, her dream is to be a
published author, what’s your dream and go after it.
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