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Revenge of the Broken Hearts is the eight book in my Skye Wright Rise and Fall series<\/a>, and is coming out this late June\/early July. <\/p>\n

Our hero Skye reconnects with an old flame, a man whose reputation permeates so many realms in the Bay Area punk and alt communities, a man who inspires strong emotions in a community of artists, musicians, and scenesters. And those emotions are not always so noble.<\/p>\n

This book comes right after book seven of the Skye Wright series, Circus Tent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chance<\/strong><\/p>\n

     Skye thought about how her friends had warned her that the singer for Deaf Lark Sensors was smitten with her, and his status as temporary boy toy to help her let off some steam now and then was a precarious one since he was getting ideas that they were a serious couple.
\n      She was initially attracted to him because of his lyrics. As the main song writer for his band, he put a lot more thought into what he was writing than most musicians she knew. She decided to associate with such a musical scribe even though his band was in a more eclectic genre than the usual barbed-wire-in-a-meat-grinder kind of music her previous partners were usually associated with.
\n     He did have that one irritating habit.
\n     \u201cThe new offices are going to have a storefront\u2026\u201d
\n     \u201cOh! You know what you should do with the store? Def sell lots of accessories, not just music.\u201d
\n     Skye sat back and sipped her coffee, not having been able to finish her sentence before Huffer interrupted her.
\n     She wanted to get back to the subject of the new storefront, but after Huffer offered his learned suggestions on how to make the Butt Fork store more effective, he steered the subject to his band and their plans for their new album.
\n     \u201cMore coffee?\u201d asked Skye as she held up her empty coffee cup.
\n     Huffer paused, as if he was surprised by the abrupt intrusion of his monologue. \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d
\n     Skye busied herself with her coffeemaker as she mulled Huffer\u2019s conversational excitability. She didn\u2019t feel they knew each other well enough at the time for her to let him know that she would like to get a word in edgewise now and then, though she knew she would eventually have to bring it up if their association lasted much longer.
\n      Skye usually had a difficult time with jabberjaws, people who would hold other people or even groups of people hostage with their verbal diarrhea, but Huffer always had something interesting to say, and she silently reacted with nods and subtle hand gestures whenever he made an interesting point about whatever subject he was lecturing about at the time.
\n      His cute and cerebral factors were his saving grace. Even though she rarely ever went after guys inflicted with the cute curse, there was something refreshing about his bright eyes and young face along with his neatly trimmed beard, as well as his intellectual pursuits, a diversion from the usual kind of men she found herself jumping.
\n      But she knew in her heart that their coupling was only temporary. Their casual relationship was on a path to doom. She knew it only too well. And she only felt slightly guilty about it.
\n     \u201cSo when can my band score some studio time?\u201d asked Huffer as she came back to the kitchen table with fresh coffee.
\n     \u201cYou\u2019d have to ask Larry,\u201d said Skye as she picked up Dee Dee from her chair and sat down.
\n     Huffer looked stunned, his bright eyes getting wider. \u201cBut you\u2019re the owner of Butt Fork.\u201d
\n     \u201cYeah? So?\u201d
\n     \u201cYou can jam us in, right?\u201d
\n     \u201cHell no. Larry does alla\u2019 the studio scheduling now.\u201d
\n     Huffer sat still in his chair, looking indignant.
\n     \u201cHey, I got enough on my plate,\u201d said Skye. \u201cI gotta delegate.\u201d
\n     \u201cBut\u2026\u201d
\n     Skye waved a hand. \u201cLarry knows you\u2019re down with me. He\u2019ll put you guys in a good spot.\u201d
\n     Huffer decided at that point to launch into the finer details of how he intended to set up his band\u2019s recording sessions. <\/p>\n

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/p>\n

     Skye slumped in her office chair as she felt her shoulders and eyes become heavy as she engaged in a daily morbid task.
\n     She reflected on how Tandasil was always hailed as the real boss of the Butt Fork label and studio, and never did she feel that concept more acutely than when she opened the daily sales, financial, and inventory reports that the Vulcan, the unofficial nickname for Tandasil, insisted Skye look over every morning, even if she only did so perfunctorily.
\n     Skye was not sure why the spreadsheeted burden brought her mood down. With the addition of The Powder Snouts, the sudden and inexplicable viral success of The Jolly Sturms, and the alt-music sensation Gail Burp defecting to their label, they were raking in sales and cash at an alarming rate for a business that was supposed to be a semi-stable underground industry dweller.
\n     That The Dynamite Chicks were becoming even more popular with their last tour was also making waves.
\n     Even with all of the eclectic looking punks wandering around the place, Skye could easily spot the multi-colored dreadlocks of her old gutter punk friend Trilly.
\n     Trilly was waving a stack of papers at Skye. \u201cI gotta touch base with you about the new storefront.\u201d
\n     \u201cYou do?\u201d
\n     \u201cTandasil recruited me to help with the new space.\u201d
\n     \u201cNo shit?\u201d blurted Skye in genuine surprise.
\n     \u201cIf Colleen were working on the store instead a\u2019 fuckin\u2019 around with office stuff she\u2019d be doin\u2019 all this\u2026 whatever the fuck it is I have to do,\u201d exasperated Trilly as she looked over the papers in her hand.
\n     \u201cEh, you\u2019ll be fine,\u201d said Skye.
\n     \u201cFuck me,\u201d said Trilly as she continued to stare at the pages. \u201cI keep thinkin\u2019 I\u2019m gonna fuck somethin\u2019 up.\u201d
\n     Skye stood up and stretched her arms. \u201cAt least you\u2019re not acting like some self-righteous douche who thinks she\u2019s got it all under control. Those are the assholes that make the real mistakes.\u201d Skye looked at her laptop. \u201cYou goin\u2019 over there? To the new spot?\u201d
\n     \u201cShould I?\u2019 asked Trilly, looking worried as she looked up from her pages.
\n     \u201cLet\u2019s go wander to the new headache after I look over all this junk. We can grab a cuppa coffee on the way over.\u201d
\n     Trilly leaned on the desk. \u201cHey, you still bangin\u2019 DF Huffer?\u201d
\n     Skye rolled her eyes in slight surprise. \u201cNow an\u2019 then, yeah. What\u2019s it to you?\u201d
\n     \u201cEh. People are jus\u2019 gettin\u2019 worried.\u201d
\n     \u201cWorried about what?\u201d
\n     \u201cY’know, he’s a tweaky type.\u201d
\n     Skye had to roll her eyes again. \u201cLike I’m ever gonna get together with someone who\u2019s not a whack job.\u201d
\n     \u201cThere\u2019s something about him that bugs me.\u201d
\n     \u201cI know, he can be kinda twitchy.\u201d Skye leaned on her desk. \u201cDon\u2019t worry. I won\u2019t be with him much longer.\u201d
\n     Trilly checked her phone. \u201cOkay, Tandasil just texted me with more storefront details.\u201d
\n     \u201cAre you totes in charge of the store now?\u201d
\n     Trilly pocketed her phone. \u201cDamn Skye, don’t you even know what’s happening with your own company?\u201d
\n     \u201cFuck no. There’s too many goddam details to fuck with.\u201d
\n     Skye promised to make her way to the new storefront in a few minutes as Trilly ran off. Skye decided to cruise her social media pages before turning to her emails, trying to see how much time she could realistically waste before she had to deal with actual business once again.
\n     She checked out a few bands on Instagram and then perused the official Butt Fork BlueSky account to see what the social media manager Francine had been up to before making a gratuitous pass on Facebook.
\n     She was scrolling through her feed when Skye\u2019s eyes suddenly became wide as her heart skipped a beat.
\n     \u201cHoly fuck!\u201d she said under her breath.
\n     \u201cHoly fuck?\u201d
\n     The short spikey black hair and thick rimmed glasses known as Molly had snuck up behind her.
\n     Skye pointed at her laptop. \u201cMy old friend Jules came up on my Facebook suggestions.\u201d
\n     \u201cJules?\u201d
\n     \u201cI knew him from high school. He was the one who shot me up with junk that one time, back in the day when I was a total wastoid.\u201d
\n     \u201cHoly crap! I didn’t know you did heroin.\u201d
\n     \u201cI smoked it a couple a\u2019 times before Jules, but I only slammed it once, that one time with him.\u201d
\n     \u201cDamn! No shit?\u201d asked a still wide-eyed Molly.
\n     \u201cWhy you so surprised? You knew I was an all out speed freak, right? Is it such a leap to think I at least tried heroin?\u201d
\n     Molly\u2019s face relaxed. \u201cYeah. I shouldn\u2019t talk. I done plenty a\u2019 drugs myself.\u201d
\n     \u201cYou ever get mixed up with junk?\u201d
\n     \u201cFuck no. I mean, I was offered plenty a\u2019 times, but I never touched the stuff.\u201d
\n     Skye turned back to her laptop. \u201cI wouldna\u2019 blame you if you did.\u201d
\n     Molly pulled up a chair and sat down. \u201cYou ever grind about that?\u201d
\n     \u201cAbout him shooting me up?\u201d
\n     \u201cYeah. Like, he got you to try some stuff you weren\u2019t into at the time. Coulda been dangerous.\u201d
\n     \u201cHell no. I\u2019m glad he did it.\u201d
\n     \u201cReally?\u201d
\n     Skye sat back in her chair. \u201cI never got into junk, but a lot a\u2019 my friends did, especially my friends in the program who are tryin\u2019 to stay clean. Even though it wasn\u2019t my gig, I know what the stuff tastes like. I know what my friends are up against.\u201d
\n      \u201cMakes sense.\u201d Molly looked at Jules\u2019 Facebook profile. \u201cI remember him from his band, that splash they made.\u201d
\n     \u201cThey made that splash because he was in the band.\u201d
\n     \u201cWhat? Ladies man?\u201d
\n     \u201cGod, everybody wanted a\u2019 piece a\u2019 him.\u201d
\n     Molly raised an eyebrow. \u201cI bet more than a few boys wanted to grab that too.\u201d
\n     \u201cNo doubt.\u201d
\n     Molly leaned in and took a closer look at Jules\u2019 profile. \u201cWait, I really remember this guy now. He went out with my gal Shay.\u201d
\n     \u201cShay, the bass player for Chum Hummer?\u201d
\n     \u201cShe was totally smitten. He ended up cheating on her.\u201d
\n     Skye crossed her arms. \u201cLemme guess. With another junky?\u201d
\n     \u201cYeah. She was really pissed.\u201d
\n     \u201cHe ticked off a lotta lovers back then.\u201d
\n     Molly was silent for a moment as she rolled her eyes in thought. \u201cDidn\u2019t he have a gym? Like, he was a fitness instructor?\u201d
\n     \u201cBoxing gym. He was a boxer.\u201d
\n     Molly\u2019s eyes brightened. \u201cYeah! He got like, super clean and sober and started a boxing gym.\u201d
\n     \u201cI was there.\u201d
\n     \u201cAt the gym?\u201d
\n     \u201cHe taught me a few moves. I learned a few things.\u201d
\n     \u201cI didn\u2019t know you were a boxer.\u201d
\n     \u201cI\u2019m not. Not really. My fighting style is still more barroom brawling.\u201d
\n     Molly got a dour look on her face. \u201cHe relapsed though.\u201d
\n     \u201cHard. He went straight back to junk.\u201d
\n     Molly seemed to sink in her chair. \u201cNo light beer relapse? I remember a lot of people were really bummed about it.\u201d
\n     Skye leaned on her desk and gazed at Jules\u2019 Facebook profile. \u201cIt was a big deal. It was like, shock waves, everywhere. The punk scene, the drug scene, the recovery scene… He broke a lotta hearts when he went back out.\u201d
\n     \u201cYou gonna hit him up?\u201d
\n     \u201cFuck yeah I am. I wanna find out what he\u2019s up to.\u201d
\n     Molly’s expression became serious. \u201cI mean, some peoples were kinda worried about you hanging out with Huffer. That Jules guy\u2026\u201d
\n     \u201cWhat about Jules?\u201d
\n     \u201cYou know, the junk.\u201d
\n     \u201cJesus Molly, how many people we know who\u2019ve relapsed? How many junkies do we know? We don\u2019t just write them off when they trip up.\u201d
\n      \u201cYeah, sure. But\u2026\u201d
\n     Molly fumbled with her hands.
\n     Skye held up a hand. \u201cDon\u2019t worry Mol. I know what I\u2019m doing.\u201d
\n      \u201cSure. No big.\u201d
\n     Molly turned and made her way into the studio as Skye puzzled over Molly\u2019s reaction.
\n     She decided to chalk the conversation up to random weirdness as she wrote a message to Jules, asking how he was doing.<\/p>\n

You can find the entire Skye Wright series below.
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