Lost Stars (Rose)

Growing up, Jude McCallister was the bane of my existence. My best friend. Fiercest ally. The most annoying boy in the world. At 18, the boy I loved to hate became the man I couldn't live without. We were young. Madly in love. Invincible. Strong enough to weather any storm. Cocky enough to believe that no amount of time or distance could destroy us. When Jude finally returned home from overseas, it should have been cause for celebration. But the man I'd fallen in love with was gone, and in his place was someone I no longer recognized. I can't do this, the note said. I'm sorry. Now, after six long years, he's back. Only my heart...it doesn't beat just for him anymore.

Our worlds never should have collided, but it seemed our paths were always destined to cross. Brody McCallister was only supposed to be a means to an end. My golden ticket to get me closer to what I really needed-a way to make peace with what I'd done when I was 18, dirt poor, and left to fend for myself. I only had six weeks in the middle of a hectic world tour to do it. So the last thing I needed was to fall for a cocky cowboy. A walking contradiction with a charming grin, a dirty mouth, and a gift for healing wild and broken things. His life was in Texas. Mine was on the road. He guarded his privacy fiercely. I was constantly hounded by paparazzi. Everyone warned me it could never work, that ultimately I'd be forced to choose-my music career or him. I didn't listen. I fell for him anyway. Hook, line, and proverbial sinker. But Brody was hiding secrets. And when the storm finally broke, it destroyed everything in its wake...including us.

What happens when the love of your life refuses to love you back? Jesse McCallister. Motocross legend. Reckless heartbreaker. And the love of my life. Too bad he only thought of me as his best friend's little sister. Naïve and innocent. Only 18. Completely off-limits. Unrequited love...was there anything more painful? Turns out there was-when he kisses you but has no memory of it. When he tells you his heart was broken and he doesn't believe in love. When he doesn't want you kissing anyone else, but you're stuck in the friend zone. Despite the odds stacked against us, my foolish heart refused to stop loving him. Now I'm falling under his spell. Drowning in his perfect lies. Addicted to his stolen glances and forbidden kisses. I'm on a collision course with disaster and only one thing is certain...Jesse McCallister is going to ruin me.

Ridge McCallister: King of the junkyard. God of the gridiron. Cypress Springs' beloved bad boy. With just a wink and a smile, he has most girls at his beck and call. Good thing I'm immune to his (debatable) charms. Don't get me wrong, he is beautiful. With the body of a Greek god and the face of a fallen angel, who could resist? Too bad he's so…Ridge. Every time he opens his mouth, I want to punch him. Or kiss him. No, I don't want that. Not at all. Not even a little bit. Yet here I am in a no-strings-attached summer fling with the guy I love to hate, and my traitorous heart is calling the shots. The problem is he's a wreck, and I'm ruined. And as anyone can tell you, when wrecked meets ruined things tend to get… messy. Make no mistake about it: we are going to destroy each other.