Play
For Me
The
Balefire Series Book 1
by
Tam Derudder Jackson
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
All
I wanted was a chance. Now I need a second one.
Jack
When
I made my deal with the devil, I thought I was on my way to my rock
’n’ roll dream. Too bad I didn’t read the fine print. Having it
all meant giving up the only girl I knew I’d ever love. Five years
later, I’m drumming in the hottest rock band in the country, but I
live like a monk.
Fate
hands me an opportunity to reconnect with my perfect girl, giving me
one glorious night with Clio Barnes. Our chemistry is off the charts.
Too bad fate plays by her own rules. When Clio hears my bandmate’s
idea of a joke, she believes I’ve used her, dissolved our love into
a one-night stand, and she blows out of my life. When our tour ends,
I’m determined to find her again, no matter how well she hides from
me.
Clio
All
my life, I’ve been invisible. For a brief moment five years ago,
Jack Whitehorse saw me. And he made me feel like the center of his
universe. But that was an illusion. Music was Jack’s only love. A
chance encounter after a Balefire concert allows us to reconnect, but
once again, I’m playing second fiddle to his rock ’n’ roll
muse.
When
the pregnancy test comes back positive, I decide to keep our baby
secret. I can’t force Jack to play for me—I wouldn’t want to.
Then he shows up unexpectedly one day, knocking on my door and
demanding to be let in. He leaves me no choice but to tell him about
the baby. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one with a secret. But the
one he’s been keeping might end us for good.
I LOVE rock
music. The inspiration for Play For Me
came from a line in the chorus to Shinedown’s “Second Chance”—“sometimes
goodbye is a second chance.” I wanted to give NaNoWriMo a try and was looking
around for an idea when I heard this song on one of my playlists. After that
listen, the whole book sort of popped into my head.
Attending
rock concerts is one of my hobbies, so writing a series about a rock band is
right up my street. As I wrote this book, more songs kept coming to me, and
pretty soon, I had a playlist that inspired scenes and events in the book. It’s
sort of a chicken and egg thing though. After I finished the first draft, I
couldn’t tell you if a certain song inspired a scene or if a scene led me to
add a song to the playlist. But in the end, all the songs on the Play For Me playlist have something to
do with the events in the story.
Black Veil
Brides’ “Love Isn’t Always Fair” does double duty, which is why it’s the first
song on the list. Jack Whitehorse is a virtuoso drummer for my fictional
Balefire Band. Christian Coma’s drumming on that song is what I hear when I
describe Jack’s incredible ability. And the lyrics fit the circumstances at the
beginning of the book.
You’ll find
that playlist at the back of the book and also on my Spotify if you want to
give it a listen.
Tam
DeRudder Jackson
Tam
DeRudder Jackson is the author of the paranormal romance Talisman
Series and the contemporary romance Balefire Series. Her favorite
"room" in her house is her back patio where she dreams up
stories of romance and risk. When she's not writing her latest
paranormal or contemporary romance, you can usually find her driving
around with the top down in her convertible or carving turns on the
slopes of the local ski hill. The mom of two grown sons, Tam likes to
travel, attend rock concerts, watch football and soccer, and visit
old car shows with her husband. She lives in the mountains of
northwest Wyoming where she spends most of her free time trying to
read all the books. Her TBR piles are threatening to take over her
office, and she's fine with that.
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This sounds like a great story. Nice cover!
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