You've read Back-up, you've read Front & Center, and you want an encore?Jack and Leila have had to deal with some devious nonsense in their lives. But now, life is real good. Find out what they've been up to. Travel into the future with Jack, Leila and all their friends. Put to rest your questions of "What happened to..."If you are looking for heartbreak, angst or drama, look elsewhere. Encore is meant to produce a long and breathy sigh. I hope you enjoyed the journey of these amazing people half as much as I enjoyed creating it.Happy Reading!

Leila Marino's biggest dream is to become a rock star. A lucky opportunity has her auditioning with an up & coming rock band named Devil's Lair. The band hires Leila as their back-up singer, signing her up for months in the studio and touring on the road with the sexy bunch.Jack is the quintessential rock star...gorgeous...sexy...a walking orgasm. Jack Lair is the lead singer of Devil's Lair and his dreams are becoming reality as his band climbs the ladder of success. He's living the perfect life, and enjoying every minute of it. With a steady stream of sexual conquests that satisfies his raging libido, he thinks he has all he needs in life...until Leila enters it.Jack is not prepared for the sudden pull he feels towards Leila, and struggles daily to deny his attraction is anything more. Leila finds falling for her new boss is constant torment. Both convince themselves friendship is their only option.An intimate moment causes their willpower to collapse, and their erotic love affair to begin. Finding love was a bonus that neither Jack nor Leila anticipated. As they begin their tour together professionally and personally, life couldn't be any better for the couple. Until a mistake from Jack's past threatens their new relationship, and their perfect future together.

The inspiring true story of a woman who learned that it’s never too late to live the life you want As a young girl growing up in the 1950s in central Pennsylvania, Vicki Grubic Riordan idolized stars like Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly. She soon found her calling as a dance instructor, but like many baby boomers, she put her passion on hold to focus on starting a family. Only when her marriage ended and she was left with little means of support for herself and her two young sons did Vicki return to her first true love: teaching dance. In doing so, she found much more than a way to make a living: she found a way to make a difference. With her exuberant personality, infectious enthusiasm, and unwavering belief in the magic of movement to make even the darkest times better, Vicki has inspired thousands of women to do things they never dreamed possible. At the age of sixty-two, when her peers were thinking about retirement, Vicki opened the doors to what has become America’s largest adult tap dancing studio. She has gone from teaching fifty students a year to teaching more than five hundred, and thanks to Vicki, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has become the unofficial tap capital of the world and the home of her celebrated “Tap Pups.” The majority of the women (and a handful of men) in her classes are in their fifties and sixties, but instead of yielding to the expectation that they’d be slowing down at this stage of life, tap has helped them to get in touch with their own natural rhythm. Tap helped Anni, 56, get through a difficult divorce with grace. It gave Betsy a newfound self-confidence, and at 57 she was inspired to wear eye makeup for the first time in thirty years. And when Jeanne, 62, was diagnosed with cancer, the Tap Pups rallied to offer their full support. Vicki’s students come from all walks of life: teachers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, insurance agents, therapists, CPAs, retirees—married, divorced, single, and widowed—but through dancing together, no matter their innate talent or years of experience, Vicki’s Tap Pups have found a potent source of friendship, vitality, and fulfillment. After years of putting everyone else first, these women know that now it’s their time to shine. In Encore Performance, Vicki inspires readers of all ages to listen to the beat of their own hearts and dance through life as they were born to do.

In this “heartrending, passionate, and surprisingly humorous account of the conjunction between art and death” (Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author), acclaimed opera singer Charity Tillemann-Dick recounts her remarkable journey from struggling to draw a single breath to singing at the most prestigious venues in the world after receiving not one but two double lung transplants. Charity Tillemann-Dick was a vivacious young American soprano studying at the celebrated Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest when she received devastating news: her lungs were failing, her heart was three and a half sizes too big, and she would die within five years. Medical experts advised Charity to abandon her musical dreams, but if her time was running out, she wanted to spend it doing what she loved. In just three years, she endured two double lung transplants and had to slowly learn to breathe, walk, talk, eat, and sing again. With new lungs and fierce determination, she eventually fell in love, rebuilt her career, and reclaimed her life. More than a decade after her diagnosis, she has a chart-topping album, performs around the globe, and is a leading voice for organ donation. Weaving Charity’s extraordinary tale of triumph with those of opera’s greatest heroines, The Encore illuminates the indomitable human spirit and is “an uplifting story of overcoming significant odds to fulfill a dream” (Kirkus Reviews).

In a world where mages and monster grow from cultivating mana. Isaac joins the class of humans known as mages who absorb mana to grow more powerful. To become a mage he must bind a mana beast to himself to access and control mana. But when his mana beast is far more human than he expected; Isaac struggles with the budding relationship between the two of them as he prepares to enter his first dungeon.Unfortunately for Isaac, he doesn't have time to ponder the questions of his relationship with Aurora. Because his sleepy town of Locksprings is in for a rude awakening, and he has to decide which side of the war he is going to stand on.Disclaimer: There are adult situations and harem relationships.

You only thought you knew how this was going to end, but their story is far from over. The explosive finale is bound to leave you breathless. A Sinful Encore is the third and final book in the Brilliance trilogy.

He's hurt a lot of people.She's his last chance at redemption. World-renowned guitarist and hard rock's own Casanova, Dante Martinez, knows about reaping what he's sown. Nearing forty and faced with serious health problems resulting from decades of alcohol and drug abuse, Dante is forced to put his career on hold. He spends his days in therapy, at AA meetings, and consumed by a new hobby-learning how to cook. Women are not part of his rehabilitation plan. At thirty-four, Camille Rockwell thinks she has it all figured out. As a successful businesswoman and a busy single mom, she swore off men years ago and isn't looking for a relationship. That is, until reformed bad boy rock star Dante Martinez buys her fifteen-year-old daughter an expensive gift at a local guitar shop and offers to be her tutor. Dante's instantly smitten with the feisty, overprotective redhead. And although Camille is feeling things she never thought she'd feel again, she doesn't want the complications that come with a man like Dante, nor can she afford to have her daughter get hurt. Only, Dante isn't ready to give up until he's done everything he can to win Camille over. Will Camille be able to resist Dante's charm or will she fall under his spell and let him turn her quiet, idyllic life upside down?

"An angsty, broody rock star and a determined, relatable heroine? Sign me up!"- Michelle St. James, bestselling author of the Mob Boss Saga Recent college graduate Ella Davis knows all about catastrophic choices. Witness to her mother's alcoholism and an endless parade of bad men, Ella is determined to build a better life. Her plan: keep her head down and her eye on the prize of her fledgling PR company. No vices, no distractions, and definitely no bad boys. The plan almost works - until gorgeous, brooding Gideon Pike swaggers into the picture. Frontman for indie rock band Eternal Youths, Gideon Pike is on the fast track to trouble. Still grieving the loss of his beloved father, Gideon knows the only way to avoid pain is to keep his heart under lock and key. The band’s rising fame gives him the perfect vehicle to do it and Gideon revels in all the vices that go hand-in-hand with rock stardom. But all bets are off when he lays eyes on Ella across the room at a party. Drawn to her like a moth to a flame, Gideon pulls out all the stops to make her his even as he knows he’s on dangerous ground. Ella falls hard and fast, abandoning practicality in the wake of Gideon’s dark allure. When their love affair forces them to confront their demons, Gideon and Ella have to decide whether to protect their hearts - or let their love play an encore.

Josh Jones realizes his family isn't typical, but it's the only life he's ever known. Aunt Lou, Gramps, Uncle Charlie, Grandpa--they all have shaped the young man he has become. But as he grows into manhood, Josh begins to face important questions about life, love, and faith. Three million books sold in the series!

Omnibus Edition Charcoal Notes, Crimson Melodies and Raven Acoustics Follow the lives of the owners of Red & Black record label as they navigate their way through the music industry. The nine-book series is now complete. Charcoal Notes: It starts with Sebastian Wild and Tara Adkins in Charcoal Notes. Their friendship turned to a business partnership, and now Seb wants more. So does Tara, but she is worried that he won’t see her as more than a friend. When Seb senses that all is not well at home with her flatmate, his protective side comes out. Sebastian and Tara embark on a passionate journey, attempting to prove to each other that it only matters what they think about their relationship, not the public or his parents. Sebastian thought he had won her heart until Valentino, the devious, handsome Italian man, tries to lure Tara away. Game on, may the best man win Tara’s heart forever. Crimson Melodies: Donovan Dreamboat Carter's ambition in life wasn't to become the lead singer of the band Maverick. His plan to move to Brighton to assist his aunt run a halfway house was to get away from his past. He'd finished his degree, had the skills to help his aunt. Life for him would be settled. When he saw Alex Devlin, lead singer of the globally successful rock band, Fragile, peeling carrots at his aunt’s kitchen sink, he faltered on the threshold. His knew with certainty that his life would change forever. Raven Acoustics: Errol is out of rehab and is set on world domination. His record label is only too happy to pull his puppet strings to get him to the top of the soul music charts. But it comes at a price, a price Errol doesn't find out until it is too late. He seeks solace in a local candle maker's shop where Jane, the owner listens to tales of woe. When Ivory walks into the shop that has been his home away from home for over ten years, he is knocked sideways. It's only when he meets Ivory that he vows to keep his sobriety promise.