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I’m terrified he’ll leave like everyone else because I’m starting to fall for him for real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Signed paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Bookmark \u0026amp; Sticker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heat \u0026 Heartstrings - The Indie Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46599398064327,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/4004\/9607\/files\/152.png?v=1779840072"},{"product_id":"see-me-copy","title":"Hear Me","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eJoel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eA blind date, a chance meeting, a girl I watched\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003erunaway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eAn opening act, a year on tour, a duet requested to be written.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eAll things that cause me joy, cause me pain, and have me twisted up in knots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eA wall I built up, to protect me from her. A tension I cannot shake, can’t ignore, can’t move on from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eI can survive this, survive the storm that is her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eAlintia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eAn irritable man, an asshole, a guy out to ruin my life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eA record deal, a breakthrough tour, a band rising through the charts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eThe cause of my happiness, the cause of my discomfort, and has me feeling exiled from the tour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eA song to be written about a love I have never experienced, a duet with the man who has made my life hell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eAn attraction I cannot restrain, no matter how awful he appears to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eI know it's an act, but I don’t know why he is trying to protect himself from me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Signed paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Bookmark \u0026amp; Sticker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heat \u0026 Heartstrings - The Indie Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46599398129863,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/4004\/9607\/files\/156.png?v=1779840254"},{"product_id":"touch-me","title":"Touch Me","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eWhat do you do when you find out you are the father of a three day old baby, the mother, who you had a one night stand with, wants nothing to do with either of you and you are about to go on a tour that you can’t get out of?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eHonestly, I don’t even know. I never thought this would be my life. I was in love with my best friend for the last seven years of my life, but Gwen has never seen me that way, and I am over her—I swear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eNow she is the one holding me together, helping me care for my baby and get through this tour. I thought watching her care for my baby would be easy, I was wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eIt’s so painful to picture that this could be my life, with Gwen at my side, but why would she want to tie herself to a drummer who knocked up a groupie and is dealing with the consequences when she has her own life drama to handle?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Signed paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Bookmark \u0026amp; Sticker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heat \u0026 Heartstrings - The Indie Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46599402127559,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/4004\/9607\/files\/154.png?v=1779840358"},{"product_id":"taste-me","title":"Taste Me","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eJulian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eI had a plan. Pretend to be someone I’m not so I could spend the night with the famous rock star that I am obsessed with. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently, everything. I wake up finding my whole world turned upside down. Now I have to find my footing without falling even further down the rabbit hole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eTom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eI never really understood what the obsession with hooking up was about. It always seemed like more effort than it was worth, especially once we got famous. Then I had to make sure it wasn’t going to come back and bite me in the arse, like it did for some of my brothers. Until one night when I finally experience lust at first sight. My feelings no longer make sense, and I find myself screwing up everything I do. My drunken antics made a mess and I don’t know if I want to clean it up or experiment with what my life could be like with a little bit of change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Signed paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003e✨Bookmark \u0026amp; Sticker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heat \u0026 Heartstrings - The Indie Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46599408943303,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/4004\/9607\/files\/155.png?v=1779840454"},{"product_id":"trace-me","title":"Trace Me","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eEthan:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eI’ve played sold out arenas, had fans scream my name, have had all my dreams come true. Coming home from tour and finally being back in my own space has me feeling lonelier than expected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eThen a call lit up my phone—a number I didn’t know and normally wouldn’t have answered. But something in my gut told me too. I couldn’t turn down a plea from someone stranded and in need of help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eBentley is unlike anyone I’ve ever met before. He shakes up my world and makes me wonder if I know myself as well as I thought I did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eBentley:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"zfr3Q CDt4Ke\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"C9DxTc\"\u003eOne wrong number. 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