Sean Stirling isn’t having a good day. Hearing snide comments on a photoshoot, he storms off, not caring that he looks every inch a celebrity throwing a tantrum. Things get worse when he falls on the ice-covered street. As a car comes barreling toward him, there’s nothing he can do to prevent his fate. Luckily, Emerson Willis is there to save the day. Emerson pushes the man from the street, then gets bamboozled into accompanying the stranger to the hospital. After Emerson sees himself on television, he realizes the man he saved is a pop star. Now, Sean is smitten and eager to thank his rescuer. Emerson, whose mind is still spinning, can’t tell what to think about the sudden attention. Can the musician convince Emerson they’re made for each other? Or will Emerson dismiss it all as the passing fancy of a rich and famous man?

Double Act

The nurse nodded. “Emerson. What’s your last name?”


“I, err, well…I guess that Sean slipped on a patch of ice on 40th Street. A truck didn’t see him and it looked like he’d be hit. I sort of pushed him out of the way.”


The nurse’s mouth was wide open. “You pushed him out of the way of a moving vehicle?”


“He did,” Sean said with another tender squeeze of Emerson’s hand. “He’s an angel, isn’t he?”


She nodded her head emphatically, then seemed to realize her professional mask was slipping. She cleared her throat. “And are you injured at all, Mr. Willis?”


Emerson hadn’t really thought of it. When he’d tackled Sean, Emerson landed on his knees, then rolledthem along the gravelly blacktop. He supposed he did ache, but not enough to mention it here.


“No, I think Sean took the brunt of the fall.”


Sean laughed, and his voice suddenly sounded like chimes, sweet and melodic. “So, you used me for padding?”


Chapter 4