“I’ll see you in our bed in just a bit,” Daddy said to Mommy.
“I love you,” Mommy said as Daddy tucked a long strand of her brown hair with the coppery threads behind her ear. She laid her hand over his, and they exchanged a long meaningful glance before she shifted sideways so he could get by her to see Helen. “She’s been waiting for your kiss.”
“Yes, she knows that I’m the handsome prince, and that my kisses are magical.” Smiling, her daddy moved to Helen’s side, smoothed her hair that had more fire than her mother’s behind her ears, then bent and tenderly pressed his lips to each of her soft cheeks.
“Your whiskers tickle.” She giggled delightedly. “And you’re all sweaty, Daddy.
“I came right from the stage.” He straightened. “I didn’t want to risk missing saying good night to my girl.”
She beamed at him, thrilled at the attention. “Good night, Daddy.”
“Good night, precious.”
As soon as he scooted past, her mother exchanged places with him at Helen’s side.
“Can I feel the baby?” she asked as her mommy took a seat beside her on the bed.
“Of course you can.” Mommy placed Helen’s hand on her rounded belly. “So, which story will it be tonight? Cinderella? Snow White?”
“No, tell me about you and Daddy.”
“That one again.”
“Yes, it’s my favorite.”
“I know it is.” Mommy smiled.
Helen smiled back just as brightly. “Everyone knows real love stories are the very best.”
Acknowledgements
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To my hubby for being the inspiration for everything romantic
To my boys, every day I have with you I consider a blessing (Hope lead the way home)
To my best friend Lisa Anthony (My Indie Author Fix) who is the best of all of us
To my best friend in Chicago. Michelle Warren. I call her sunshine for that is who she is
To Rock Chick. Teresa Marsh Jensen. You are the inspiration for the music, and my heart of hearts, I love you
Pam “Fairy Godmother” Berehulke for seeing my vision, for understanding where I was going and getting me there
To bloggers who tirelessly promote books and share the love of reading. To Brandee Price and Lexxie Lin of Un Conventional Bookworms and Brandee Veltri of Brandee’s Book Endings, thank you for being extra special encouragers and friends
To my Rock All Stars. My positive support and encouragement group. You guys are the BEST!
To all readers and lovers of books. You are my peeps. Stay in touch. I love you all. Slumber party if I get to see you at a signing. Let’s talk about books all night. Hugs and love forever.
Other Books by Michelle Mankin
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Michelle Mankin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels.
Rock stars and romance. Love and lyrical ever afters.
Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.
Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series.
Catch the perfect wave with irresistible surfers in the ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series.
Romance and self-discovery, the FINDING ME series is a Tempest spin off with a more experienced but familiar cast of characters.
Exploring the sexual double standards for women, the ROCK F*CK CLUB series is a girl-power fueled reality show series with rock stars.
When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock or NOLA funk music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend.
BRUTAL STRENGTH series:
Love Evolution
Love Revolution
Love Resolution
Love Rock’ollection
TEMPEST series (also available in audio):
Irresistible Refrain
Enticing Interlude
Captivating Bridge
Relentless Rhythm
Tempest Raging
Tempting Tempo
Scandalous Beat
The Complete Tempest Rock Star Series, books 1-6
The MAGIC series (also available in audio):
Strange Magic
Dream Magic
Twisted Magic
ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series (also available in audio):
Outside
Riptide
Oceanside
High Tide
Island Side
FINDING ME series (also available in audio):
Find Me
Remember Me
Keep Me
Rock F*ck Club series (also available in audio):
Rock F*ck Club #1
Rock F*ck Club #2, A Postseason One Novella, Book 2
Rock F*ck Club #3, Book 3
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