Encore

By J.M. Snyder

In "Beautiful Disaster," pop superstar Corey Evans realizes how hollow he feels until he discovers he's in love with his best friend and band mate, Ian Coltraine. Together they form the successful pop duo 2ICE, and this story picks up where the first left off.

A couple not only onstage but in the bedroom now, Ian and Corey have managed to hide their newfound relationship from the fans, the press, and -- most importantly -- their management. But when manager Dean Summers stumbles upon the two of them together, he's determined to put an end to what he sees as a destructive course which can only end up tearing the band apart.

Is the budding love Ian and Corey share strong enough to stand up to the pressures they face?

If you haven't read "Beautiful Disaster," this story may not make much sense. So pick up the first story before diving into this short, satisfying sequel!

NOTE: This story appears in the print edition of "Beautiful Disaster."

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Apr 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781611521108

J.M. Snyder

An author of gay erotic romance, J.M. Snyder began self-publishing gay erotic fiction in 2002. Since then, Snyder has worked with several e-publishers, most notably Amber Allure Press and eXcessica Publishing.Snyder’s short fiction has appeared online at Ruthie’s Club, Tit-Elation, Eros Monthly, and Amazon Shorts, as well as in anthologies released by Alyson Books, Cleis Press, and others.For more book excerpts, free fiction, and purchasing information, please visit http://jmsnyder.net.

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Encore

By J.M. Snyder

Published by JMS Books LLC

This story is included in the print book

Beautiful Disaster by J.M. Snyder.

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Copyright 2011 J.M. Snyder

ISBN 978-1-61152-110-8

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Cover Credits: Melinda Nagy, Nicholas Piccillo

Used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

Cover Design: J.M. Snyder

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Published in the United States of America.

NOTE: This story takes place immediately after the events in Beautiful Disaster by J.M. Snyder, published by JMS Books. You should read the first book to better understand this one.

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Encore

By J.M. Snyder

Adrenaline pulsed through his veins; his ears still rang with the roar of the crowd. Whenever he closed his eyes, the darkness behind them burst into the after-flash of the evening’s laser show. Even as Corey Evans strolled down the empty hall of his hotel floor, he still felt like a superstar.

At twenty, Corey was arguably the most popular guy his age. Everyone knew his name—his face graced the covers of all the hottest magazines, from People to Teen Beat to GQ. One half of the pop duo 2ICE, Corey sometimes felt like a cowboy riding the bucking bronco of fame. He had handlers and bodyguards who got him safely through the throngs of screaming girls; he had a cell phone someone else answered for him, an e-mail address someone else checked, a Facebook page he’d never seen, and a Twitter feed he’d never even posted to. Their manager Dean Summers took care of the social aspect of his career, Dean and his wife Kate. Together the two of them created and maintained the public face of 2ICE, from Corey’s carefree, boyish charm to his band mate Ian Coltraine’s brooding, moody allure.

But here, alone, in the silence of a hallway in a hotel whose name he didn’t know, in a city he couldn’t remember, there was nothing to remind him of who he was. Of who the world thought him to be.

That used to scare him.

There’d been a time—not long ago, if Corey were honest—when he’d needed a fan on his arm to remind him of who he had to be. When he needed a starry-eyed smile and glossy grin of a dazed fan girl to assure him he existed. He’d tried so hard to find that boy, the one everyone else thought they knew, the one lost somewhere along the way, that he never even realized he’d been looking in all the wrong places.

It’d been Ian Corey had needed all along. Ian, Corey’s best friend before the whirlwind of their careers overshadowed their friendship. Ian, in whose loving arms Corey finally managed to find himself.

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The band had