Ghost Notes

A M/M Post-Hardcore Scene Romance

By: Marian Black

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Five years ago, Chris Hayes and Matty Rossi were everything to each other—until a record deal tore them apart and turned them into the emo scene's bitterest rivals.
Now Chris fronts Scarred Saint, the mainstream success story with soaring vocals and MTV rotation. Matty leads Venom & Velvet, the scene's authentic hardcore darlings. They've spent half a decade trading barbs in interviews and carefully avoiding each other's tours.
But when legendary musician Stephen Paglia is diagnosed with cancer, the two are forced to reunite for a charity single. Two weeks in a Los Angeles studio to write one song. That's all.
Except the musical chemistry that made them perfect together at twenty-one hasn't faded—it's only intensified. Every harmony is a confession. Every late-night writing session brings them closer to the truth: Chris never took that record deal, and Matty never stopped loving him.
As their song transforms into something devastating and beautiful, so does their relationship. But with their bands watching, their labels threatening, and the entire music industry invested in their rivalry, choosing each other could cost them everything they've built.
Unless love and art are worth more than the machine that tried to keep them apart.
A story about second chances, the cost of fame, and two men who discover that some harmonies are worth fighting the whole world to preserve.
Set against the 2000s emo/post-hardcore scene, this emotional rockstar romance features:

• Enemies-to-lovers (who were lovers first)
• Forced proximity
• Secret romance
• Industry politics and drama
• Emotional hurt/comfort
• Steamy reconciliation
• An HEA that changes everything

"We were lightning in a bottle—too bright to last, too hot to hold."