Unscripted Hearts

Ten pages. Ninety days. One fake engagement. And one very real problem: he's already in love with her.Sarah Vance has made a career out of controlling chaos. Unfortunately, chaos has a name: Jax Mercer, the devastatingly charming frontman of multi-platinum rock band Velvet Riot.When Jax's latest scandal threatens to destroy a $50 million stadium tour, Sarah is ready to do what she does best fix it.Then Jax goes on live television and announces they're engaged.They are absolutely not engaged.With the tour and Sarah's career hanging in the balance, she agrees to keep up the lie for ninety days. But if she's going to pretend to be engaged to the world's most infuriating rockstar, there will be rules.No unscripted touching. No real feelings. No crossing professional boundaries.Jax signs every clause with a smile.Because Sarah doesn't know his biggest secret:He's been in love with her for years.Now there's a five-carat diamond on her finger, thousands of screaming fans watching their every move, and only one bedroom left on the tour bus.Soon, staged affection feels dangerously real. Late-night confessions become impossible to forget. And every supposedly fake touch brings Sarah closer to breaking the one rule designed to protect her heart.Jax has ninety days to convince the woman who manages his entire life that the only fake thing between them is the contract.Sarah has ninety days to make sure he doesn't.But some clauses were made to be broken.

The world knows Maya Lin as the Pop Princess. Rory Mercer knows her as a security nightmare.Maya Lin is the world's biggest pop star-brilliant, rebellious, and desperate for a taste of ordinary life away from the cameras, screaming crowds, and controlling management that treats her like a corporate asset instead of a person.Rory Mercer is the ex-Special Forces operator hired to keep her safe. Stoic, hyper-disciplined, and haunted by the mission that taught him the cost of distraction, he lives by one rule:Never get emotionally attached to the person you're protecting.Then Maya escapes her security detail for a late-night cereal run.Instead of dragging her straight back, Rory makes her a secret deal: follow his security protocols, and he'll personally escort her on the ordinary adventures fame has stolen from her.Late-night diners. Arcades. Laundromats. Stolen moments away from the spotlight.What begins as a tactical compromise soon becomes dangerously personal.Behind Maya's glittering public persona is a lonely woman fighting to reclaim control of her own life. Behind Rory's body armor is a man slowly discovering that protecting someone doesn't mean keeping them in a cage.Falling for Maya could destroy Rory's career.Trusting Rory could cost Maya everything.And when the forces controlling her threaten to tear them apart, Rory must decide whether following the rules will keep Maya safe-or whether loving her means helping her finally break free.Guarding the Pop Princess is a steamy contemporary bodyguard romance featuring grumpy × sunshine, forced proximity, forbidden attraction, an ex-Special Forces protective hero, celebrity romance, slow-burn tension, emotional healing, and a hard-won happily ever after.