Face the Music Series

They might be one of the hottest up-and-coming bands in Australia, but the members of Selling the Sun have a lot to learn about life, love, sex, and each other. Coming off a successful Australian tour and prestigious industry award nominations, Gemma Field's life should be perfect. Instead her parents want her to get a real job, the second album isn't coming together, and her best friend, Kirsten wants nothing to do with her. Falling for her best friend was never going to make life easy. After an almost accidental drunken kiss almost six months ago, they aren't even talking. Gemma can't even talk about it with anyone – not her family, not her bandmates, not even the one person she used to share everything with. Instead she lives in a space of indecision and pain, and it's affecting all aspects of her life, including the band. Kirsten Vincent missed Gemma like crazy, but did she miss her as a friend or as something more? She's confused and Gemma is hurt, and the consequences of a bad decision will affect more than their personal lives. Will another kiss, a sober kiss, a kiss with intent, do more damage, or could it be the start of something more?

Every band is desperate for that first big break – but what happens after that? Ed Vincent, front man of Selling the Sun, has a really bad case of second album jitters. Nothing he writes measures up to the expectations placed on him after the success of the first album. The tensions between band members are rising and everything seems to be falling apart just as they get started. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be: not every band gets to write their name on the pages of history. But the band has always been Ed's dream, and if Ed gives up, will he have any dreams left? Chasing dreams is something that other people do. Olivia Doyle put her life on hold after a car accident killed her fiancé and nearly claimed her life. Now with a three-year-old son and a part-time job, she knows she is stuck in a rut, but has no idea how to climb out. Then she meets Ed. He can't have the distraction of a relationship, and she has no time for anything casual. On the surface, they're in completely different places, but love has a way of finding middle ground. 

The fabulous New Adult series from Shona Husk continues: he wants to shut out the world; she wants to invite it in… Mike Peterson has learned the hard way that the good really do die young. He and his mum only have each other, and now she's losing her second battle with cancer. He wants to stay with her; she wants him to keep following his dreams. He doesn't have long to decide and the rest of the band is waiting on him. Whatever choice he makes, he will lose. Living at home has become impossible for Ava Brand. Her very religious, very traditional grandmother would like to see her married off to a nice Indian boy. But Ava wants to make her own choices. Meeting Mike gives her a chance to rebel. What starts off as easy rapidly becomes complicated, as their problems expand and emotions bubble to the surface. Neither has time for complicated, as Ava's family discovers her extra–curricular activities and Mike has to make incredibly hard choices. But love never waits for the perfect time, and Mike and Ava are going to have to decide if they're playing for fun, or playing for keeps.

Shona Husk's sexy new adult series about emerging rock band Selling the Sun concludes this month with a story about a woman who doesn't want to connect, a man who's forgotten how and the friendships that save our lives. Dan Clarke knows he doesn't have a problem, regardless of whatever his band members, his friends, his family and everyone else thinks. Drinking isn't keeping him from doing what needs to be done, and it helps keep the anger and pain of his ex–girlfriend's betrayal at bay. If only she would stay away as well, but, since the band's return to Fremantle, she's everywhere–on the phone, in his apartment, at his parents' house–begging for another chance, reminding him of how good they had been together, holding him hostage to the past. It's no wonder he needs a beer now and again. Indigo Matthews is all about control: she trains hard, she works hard and she plays hard. Men are for fun, not forever, and she will never end up like her mother, trapped and miserable.  A huge Selling the Sun fan, Indigo knows when Dan wanders into her bar that he is a conquest that she has to make. But their connection is stronger than just sex, and regardless of her credo Indigo finds herself going back for more. Then truths about Dan's life start to emerge, and Indigo finds herself in the one position she swore she'd never find herself. A DUI, a drunk one night stand and an ultimatum from the band bring Dan's life to a halt. Picking up the pieces is something he can't do alone, and there's only one person that he trusts to give a damn. The one person that he hurt the most. Indigo.