"Theo Cresswall is my best friend, my person, the man I'd do anything for. And the one I've spent way too long pretending I don't want." - Gia
"I don't dance. Everyone in Moonstruck Cove knows it, and Gia knows it better than anyone. But when her ex is the only alternative? Over my dead body." - Theo
GIA
I've built everything I love right here in Moonstruck Cove—my dance studio, my students, and a contract that puts this town on the map. But one competition stands between me and keeping it all.
My partner just quit. With weeks to go, I've searched everywhere for a replacement and come up empty.
My ex could fill in, but I'm still hoping for a better option.
Then Theo volunteers.
Theo Cresswall—rock star, drummer of The Glowing Devils, my best friend. The man I've spent way too long pretending I don't want. The man who hasn't danced a single step since I talked him into a competition at sixteen and it ended in disaster.
He says yes before I can argue.
Now we're rehearsing every day. His hands on my waist, my body learning his rhythm, the Argentine tango pulling us somewhere we swore we'd never go.
I need to win this competition. He needs to survive it. And somewhere between the first rehearsal and the last, the line between best friends and something more is getting harder to see.
I can't afford to fall for him. He can't afford to stay.
But Moonstruck Cove has a way of making you want things you were never supposed to have.
THEO
She needs a partner. I'm already here. Simple.
Except nothing about Gia Flores has ever been simple for me.
I've been back in Moonstruck Cove for the concert—The Glowing Devils' first return in twelve years. I wasn't planning to spend it in a dance studio, working my way through routines that require me to hold Gia closer than I've ever let myself.
But her ex's name came up. And that was that.
She thinks I volunteered out of friendship. Maybe I did.
Or maybe I just know that some things are worth looking like a fool for.
Dancing with the Rock Star is book 1 of the Moonstruck Cove series—where famous men come home… and stay. It can be read as a standalone.
Tropes:
- Best friends to lovers
- Celebrity small-town romance
- Steamy open-door
- Dance competition
- Forced proximity
- Dual POV
- Feel-good HEA
- Australian setting
