The Designated Drivers' Club by Shelley K. Wall

Author:Shelley K. Wall [Wall, Shelley K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, suspense
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2013-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Grant glanced back through the email from Hodge with disdain. Quonna Lynnaid wanted to issue a press release that she was seeing an up-and-coming Rock Star named David Keith. She also wanted to rearrange her schedule to appear at his next performance.

David hadn’t weighed in on the request yet. Grant had learned enough about him in the past two weeks to know he had potential to be a big hit. He also had potential to be his own worst enemy. Too charming for his own good, combined with an addictive personality, spelled trouble. They could usually work around it, but something about David didn’t feel right, and it had nothing to do with Jenny. Although, he admitted, that didn’t help.

Grant and Hodge were meeting that morning to discuss how best to handle the new “relationship” that had developed since the party. He also knew Hodge would want to evaluate each member of David’s band and start reviewing potential replacements for at least two of them. Their drummer was offbeat periodically. It was slight and only happened a few times but it was still noticeable and detracted from the professional performances.

As much as he liked several of their clients’ personalities and enjoyed working with them, Jenny was right in her assessment that Grant didn’t fit this lifestyle. He would never have envisioned it for a career. Catering to spoiled stars of screen and music, as well as controlling their public images, was a lot less noble than he would’ve chosen. Still, it had some perks, most of them financial. Hodge was one of the best and very careful to stay away from the people that could damage his reputation and business. Human nature often ruined a lot of celebs. While Hodge was no angel himself, he was a shrewd businessman.

“What do you think of our Keith?” Hodge asked after David left the meeting. The meeting hadn’t gone as Quonna expected. David seemed pretty excited about the prospect of getting his name in the gossip mags but less enthusiastic about a potential strong link to Quonna. No surprise. He was keeping his options open.

“In what respect? Talent or overall?” Grant asked.

“Both, I guess.”

“I don’t mind answering that but, more importantly, what do you think? You’re the boss.”

“I think his voice is strong. It’s unusual in that raspy, sexy way women go for. He’s got a good look, friendly, charismatic. Looks like someone you want to know. There’s something else though, that I don’t really have a grasp on yet. He’s hiding something. I’m not too concerned about his relationships. That happens all the time. Quonna’s a little old for him but would certainly boost him into the big time a little faster if we linked them up. It won’t last long though. You and I both know as soon as his name starts headlining, he’ll have a string of women around if he wants to.”

“Yeah, so far I’m with you.”

“There’s something else that doesn’t quite fit.”

“Like what?” Grant asked.

“Well, he did something odd at the party,” Hodge said.

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