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Rising West by Alyson Santos is LIVE and FREE in KU!
“Intensely beautiful, written poetically, and everything I
want in a book. This book made my list.” - USA Today Best Selling Author T.L.
Smith
Turner Artist Management Urgent Action Item:
✔ Find a new frontman for Burn
Card.
When one of your top artists loses their lead singer to a
solo career, you jump on the problem. When it also involves a devastating
breakup with the band’s queen bee, you drop everything and run.
So I did—run. To the east, where I found a young single
father so mesmerizing, his talent almost makes you forget he comes at a price.
Enormous potential steeped in personal tragedy, what’s an agency to do?
See, I’m just the manager. The story that follows actually
belongs to my client Liberty Blake and the enigmatic heartthrob whose world is
about to be blown apart.
Because now that the industry wolves have the scent,
everyone’s desperate to know:
Who is MASON WEST??
Johnaka's Review
“Dreams come true, 4 stars”
Mason was once on the rise. He almost had it big but then a personal tragedy struck leaving him to walk away from the life of music he wanted. Now he’s just doing the best he can for him and his daughter. Just trying to get by, but then someone approaches him with a chance of a life time. Does he take it? Is it too good to be true?
Liberty is going through heartbreak. She never expected her boyfriend to leave her, let alone their band. When management introduces them to Mason, she knows he’s something special, but sometimes heartache and blind us of the obvious. Will she give Mason a chance in the bad and in her life? What about his daughter?
My heart hurt for Mason and some for Liberty too. These two couldn’t catch a break. But what I loved most about Rising West is Liberty pushed Mason to be the best he could. Mason just wanted Liberty, but he didn’t want to ruin the band in the process. He had to let go of a lot of demons to fully rise and it was beautiful.
I loved Rising West and cannot wait to see what Santos does next in this series.
Plot-4/5 Characters-4/5 Heat-4/5 Writing style-4/5 Overall-4/5
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"SAYS WHO" ➤
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EXCERPT
I can’t stop the grin that slides over my lips as I slap the
pen back to the table in front of her. Protecting it with my hand, I lean
forward with a severe expression. “If I give this back, can I trust you not to
attack me with it again?”
Her lips twitch as she fights back a smile. Her eyes lock on
mine. “No promises, West.”
“Then I’m not releasing it.”
She raises a brow in challenge and reaches for my hand. I
bite my cheek to keep from laughing as she tries to lift my hand, first with
one of hers, then with both. When she focuses her undivided attention on
yanking my wrist, I can’t hold back anymore. Her death grip is adorable.
“This is a really important pen, huh,” I say casually as she
strains with everything she has against my arm.
“The importantest,” she grunts, now jerking with her entire
bodyweight. “How the hell are you so strong?”
“If it’s so important, maybe you should stop throwing it at
people.”
“It wasn’t my fault.”
“No? How do you figure?”
“You made me do it.”
“Really.” I lean back in a nonchalant stance as she
struggles against me, just to piss her off more.
“Yeah. If you weren’t being such a dick, I wouldn’t have had
to throw it.”
I’m not sure about the effectiveness of whatever her current
tactic is supposed to be, but it involves squatting her cute ass in my
direction, so I’m all for it.
“How was I being a dick? Because I wanted you to sing?”
“Yes!”
“I see. So because I think you have a killer voice, you
threw a pen at me.”
She freezes mid-lunge and stares up at me.
“You think I have a killer voice?”
“Duh.”
“But…” She straightens, closing the gap until she’s the one
gazing down at me now. “I mean…” Her fingers remain on my wrist, and suddenly I
feel the pressure of her touch everywhere else as well. Shit.
By the way her gaze drifts from my eyes to my lips, she
senses it too. Her grip loosens on my wrist just enough to drag it up my arm
where it rests on my bicep. I suck in a breath, praying my brain is strong
enough to stop my ravenous muscles from doing something stupid.
“Mason…”
Her other hand reaches for my lips. Two steps closer and
she’s almost flush between my legs. Holy hell, I’m suddenly the weakest man on
the planet. My only defense is stasis. Don’t move, because once my body gets
the signal to react…
Her hand cups my cheek; her eyes search deep. I grip the
edge of the chair as my blood pumps with the fury of every pen that’s ever been
thrown at a boy by a girl, and freaking hell I’m not strong enough to sit
still—
“Um, Ms. Liberty, you’re a-pposed to use your words, not your
hands.”
We stiffen and glance over to find Brooklyn studying our
strange position with clear indignation. The spoon hangs from her mouth as she
cocks a hand on her hip, her expression telling us she’s positive adults are
super weird and quite possibly poorly-behaved as well.
I clear my throat and straighten in my chair, finally
releasing the pen that started it all. Liberty is fighting to keep a straight
face as she scoops it off the table and returns to her seat like nothing
happened. Just two coworkers working. No big deal.
“She’s right. I’m sorry, Mason,” she says, her voice
trembling from the effort of sincerity.
Brooklyn nods in approval before settling her stare on me.
“Your turn, Daddy.”
I clear my throat, clench a fist to hold steady. “I’m sorry
as well.”
“And?”
She darts her critical gaze between the two of us.
“And… what?” I ask. Wrong question, judging by the laser
that shoots back at me.
“Annnnd… now you sing the friendship song!” She throws up
her hands in disbelief at our stupidity. “You know… ‘you say sorry, I say
sorry, friends we are again.’” She even directs our symphony with an impatient
wave for each beat. It takes us three times through before she’s satisfied with
our performance and returns to her show after another huff of frustration.
“Do you think ‘The Friendship Song’ is copyrighted?” Liberty
asks, glancing up from her notebook.
I smirk and reposition the guitar in my lap. “I hope not. We
could totally sample that for the bridge.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I’m a writer, musician, and cat lover. Not always in that
order.
I write what needs to come out, whether it’s pain, tears, or
laughter. I write people and relationships, about the beauty and horror of what
we do to ourselves and each other. I write Love. Vengeance. Compassion.
Cruelty. Trust. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Darkness, and the incredible way humans
destroy and heal each other.
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