Being stranded in L.A. wasn't the best start to Jared Jackson's music career. In fact, it should have been the forewarning that things were not what he thought they'd be. Especially when he's collected from the airport by the band manager's sharp-tongued niece. The draw for Jared is immediate. In his heart, he knows Skylar Murphy is the girl for him. Proving it to her, however, is a whole other story. As new friendships are forged with his bandmates, Jared learns that the guys are planning to start their own band, effectively severing their band manager's control. With his future in peril,...

Secretly located in the tunnels under Chicago's city streets, Cole Enterprise is home to a group of trained soldiers. Jake Aceton is their newest acquisition. Recruited from boot camp before graduation after being handpicked by Grant Jackson, Jake is plunged into the mysterious underground world, forever changing his life. Regardless of his relevance to Cole Enterprise, Jake has a hard time looking past all he has to give up. Can he learn to live in his own shadow in order to protect those he loves?