Groupie Love: (A Heart Light Romance)

By Jennifer Lee Burns

Allison loved her job, but she loved traipsing around after her favorite band with her best friend even more. Allison and Madison caught the attention of Donovan and Derek from their favorite band Dillonsledge by holding up their heart light keyrings at all of their concerts. It wasn’t long before they were invited backstage and started spending time with the boys from the band.

Things like…

a. going backstage before and after the concerts,
b. going to the after parties,
c. sharing private parties after the after parties,
d. and even sitting with the wives and girlfriends during the concerts

…became common place. Donovan even asked Allison to go away with him after the tour was over. Allison was convinced life couldn’t get any better.

Until -

Detective Drake Larson made her rethink her ‘close to perfect’ life, letting her know she was the lead suspect in the beatings, and even murder, of some of her closest male friends. Feelings develop between Allison and the detective while trying to discover the true killer, leaving Allison to reconsider her relationship with Donovan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798823005852

Jennifer Lee Burns

Bad luck with love and all, I am a sucker for true love and faithfully remain a hopeless romantic. Hi, my name is Jennifer Lee Burns. I was blessed to be given writing as an outlet at a very young age in my life. I remember sitting at the piano writing my little songs and poems, so many poems. Much later, I started my first children's book one night – after getting off work at midnight, driving home, I got the idea; so I pulled off onto the side of the road, and began writing (the only thing I had to write on was napkins.) When it comes to matters of the heart, I have it covered… literally. I’ve worked in the Cardiac ICU and the Open Heart ICU, and worked in Florida as a Cardiac Monitor Tech where I watched heart rhythms all night. However, I am back in Indiana now with my mom and our dog Dolly, and I am able to concentrate on writing full time for the first time. I am glad to say I am happier now than I have ever been, and excited to finally be sharing my books with you. I’ve laughed and cried creating the characters in my books. I hope you get invested enough in their stories, so you also feel the emotions they go through living on each page.

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© 2023 Jennifer Lee Burns. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 04/18/2023

ISBN: 979-8-8230-0586-9 (sc)

ISBN: 979-8-8230-0585-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023906771

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Contents

Dedications

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

About the Author

Dedications

This book is dedicated to the hard-working entertainers and frontline workers, and to the many people behind the scenes it takes to get them ready or to get them to where they are supposed to be. Whatever it is that keeps you away from home, on the road, or away from your families... know the fans are extremely grateful for your many sacrifices. Be safe!

And to my best friendly! I could not have done this without you. We’ve traveled many miles making memories with our boys. This book is dedicated to you too! Thank you for sharing such wonderful times with me!

Chapter One

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The band Dillonsledge was staying in town tonight because they finally had a much-needed day off. While backstage before the concert, band members Donovan and Derek had invited their favorite fans back to the hotel after the concert. Allison and Madison were full of nerves, but excitement won the battle for a resounding yes. They would soon be spending their first evening with their all-time favorite persons in the world, (except for each other, of course!)

Allison and Madison hurried back to their hotel after the concert to freshen up and prepared for a ‘sleep-over’ with their favorite band members… just in case! They emptied things from their purses they would not need in order to make room for things that might come in handy that night… just in case!

It was an unusually quiet ride to the hotel to see the boys. Allison parked the car and took a long breath before opening her door.

Are you having doubts about going in? Madison had gotten out of the car and opened Allison’s door for her.

Not really, more like fear! I don’t want it to change anything. You and I know we’ll be fine after the fact, no matter what happens… we’ll go back to our ordinary lives, gladly, and then after the concert in Atlanta, we probably won’t see them until the next album comes out. Will the boys still be glad to see us the next time, and the time after that? So many people expect things from them. I don’t want them to think we’re using them, or that we’ll suddenly expect more. I would rather not sleep with Donovan and still be friends, than have a one-night stand and lose what we have now.

I’m willing to take that chance! And I know you are too. So come on! Live for ‘right now’ for a change and quit worrying about the future. Because right now, they are up there, and they are waiting… for us! Madison turned pointing. She was right. They were about to have the chance of a lifetime, the chance to do something not very many people could say they had gotten to do…and she was not going to blow it worrying about what might, or might not happen, or if there would be a next time.

They made their way to the lobby and called up to let the boys know they had arrived. Derek said he would meet them at the back elevators and was already waiting when the girls got there. It’s about time. What took you so long?

Hey! We got here as soon as we could. Turn here, take that hallway there, it’s like a maze in this place. Madison’s mouth was watering. She swallowed really hard trying to suppress her nerves.

Allison laughed, knowing her best friend was suddenly feeling the same thing she had felt earlier in the car. Derek stuck his key card in the slot and pushed the button for the fourth floor, then turned and gave the girls a big hug, like he was genuinely glad to see them.

When the elevator door opened, Allison hesitated again for just a brief second! Two years following their favorite band… seven concerts total so far, five with their heart light keychains, backstage passes, talking on the phone with Donovan more and more all the time, and now they were going to the boy’s hotel room. Allison could not believe how things had progressed. Never in a million years did she imagine getting to meet them, much less hanging out with them… or sex. Allison’s thoughts were quickly interrupted.

Hey! Are you coming? Madison grabbed Allison’s arm. Come on! Allison changed her thought process as she entered the somewhat plush hotel room, which wasn’t really any better than the hotel she and Madison had splurged for during their very first concert two years ago. She decided she didn’t have anything to be worried about, after all the boys had invited them. It’s not like they were just hanging out in the lobby or showed up at their door unexpectedly!

Worry was quickly replaced by anxiety when Donovan came out of his room putting his shirt on. His hair was still wet from the shower, and he had that fresh, clean smell; much better than the smell backstage after some of the concerts. He hugged Madison and kissed Allison on the cheek, waving his hand towards the sofa. Sit down and get comfortable. The pizza should be here shortly.

Allison sat down on the end of the couch pulling Madison down to the middle beside her; so, Donovan sat in the chair beside the couch on Allison’s side. Derek plopped himself down beside Madison, putting his arm around her on the back of the couch, and his sock covered feet up on the coffee table in front of them.

Without even thinking Madison pushed his feet off the coffee table. Don’t put your feet up there. That is probably where we are going to put the pizza!

Donovan was the only one laughing. Everyone else was in shock, including Madison, who could not believe she had just done that! She finally giggled, thinking Allison couldn’t reach him, or she would have done the same thing. Allison laughed at the same time. I know. I couldn’t reach him! And to think, the girls were worried about being able to be themselves around the boys when they first started hanging out with them, and now they were slapping them around.

Conversation was typical following a concert, until the front desk called to let them know the bellhop was on his way with their pizza. Donovan grabbed several beers from the fridge. Does everyone want a beer?

Not me, I’m driving. Allison did not drink very often, and definitely not when she was driving!

Donovan handed two beers to Derek, one for him and one for Madison. He leaned over the couch, whispering in Allison’s ear. I was kind of hoping you wouldn’t be driving back tonight. He held the beer out for her to accept. His soft seductive voice tingled in her ear, and the heat from his warm breath sent shivers through her entire body.

Knowing full well what he meant, she reached up and took the beer, teasing. So, you guys are going to share a room, and give Madi and I the other room tonight?

Derek perked up. What? Madison shook her head, patting Derek’s leg, then rubbing it back and forth, getting a little higher each time. Don’t worry! She is only kidding. If I am staying here tonight, it won’t be with her!

Allison had no intention of staying with Madison either. She finished her pizza and her beer, and since the invitation had been given, she was more than ready to officially accept. Allison