I Want To Rock With You

<p>Climbing onto the shoulders of a beautiful stranger I ask myself <em>Are there no limits to the humiliations I'll endure for a paycheck?</em> As a tabloid photographer I've abandoned my dignity on the quest for trophy shots to bring my boss a certified A-hole who doesn't think I'm cut out for the job.</p><p>To prove him wrong I've got my camera trained on an A-lister shopping with her kids when this oblivious jerk comes out of nowhere and photobombs me.</p><p>Who are you shooting? He stares at me like I'm more interesting than the celebrity up the block who... has been swallowed up by a crowd. <em>Dammit</em>.</p><p>I wave at my lost opportunity. Nobody now.</p><p>A slight smile plays on his gorgeous lips. Need a boost?</p><p>Honestly he'd make a better photo with his golden hair bright blue eyes broad shoulders and tanned skin-like some model for a California travel agency-but I don't get paid for pics of random hot dudes.</p><p>My shark of a boss would say: <em>Get the shot at any cost.</em> And just like that fear of losing my job overcomes my self-respect. Photobomber drops on his knee and-I can't believe I'm doing this-I climb this mouth-wateringly delicious man and ride him like a parade float.</p><p>And maybe I <em>am </em>an incompetent paparazza because I have no idea the dude between my thighs is Micah Sinclair guitarist for the band The Most Wanted and notorious publicity whore.</p><p>Adding insult to injury by the time I return to the office-without pictures of the actress-social media posts of yours truly atop a bona fide rock star have emerged. My ruthless boss thinking I've made a connection gives me a new assignment: use Micah to get inside his world and dig up dirt.</p><p>But once this charming musician takes me in I'm not sure who's side I'm on. And I think he might be using me.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE: An earlier version of this book was published as A Crazy Kind of Love.</p>