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

“I’m really okay. Nothing I can’t handle.”


“I’m not saying you can’t handle it,” Sean countered. “Only letting you know you don’t have to worry over it alone. I’m here, Em.”


Emerson looked way from the window and gazed at Sean in wonder. Such simple words, but they meant the world to Emerson. He knew Sean was there, of course, but hearing it aloud made some of the tightness in his body loosen.


“You know,” Sean said conversationally, which immediately let Emerson know he’d worked up the courage to say this. “If you perform in Boston and hate it, we can find someone else. I don’t want you to think you’re backed into a corner. You’ve never signed any contractual dates.”


Emerson turned his body to face Sean. “I don’t want you to sing with someone else. I won’t share.”


Chapter 58