Sweet TemptationA Players Rockstar Romance (Players #3) Jaine Diamond Contents Get VIP Access! Author’s Note Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Epilogue Books by Jaine Diamond Enjoy This Book? Playlist About the Author Copyright © 2020 Jaine Diamond All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, uploaded or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotation embodied in reviews. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. 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Author’s Note This book, Sweet Temptation (Players #3), is the third novel in the Players series—a rockstar romance series about the members of the rock band “the Players,” and the women and men who love them. This is a spin-off series from the Dirty rockstar romance series (and the eleventh book in this world). Some characters and storylines in this book had their genesis in the Dirty series and the previous Players books, and if you want every detail of the crazy-romantic rock ’n’ roll adventure so far, you’ll want to read the Dirty series first. If you are new to my books and would like to check out the Dirty series, I recommend you start with Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1), OR you can start with Dirty Like Us (Dirty #0.5), which you can get free in both ebook AND audiobook form, by signing up to my Diamond Club mailing list. I write each book as a standalone, so that it can, well, stand on its own… But I do consider the books in the Dirty series and the Players series “interconnected standalones,” meaning you could pick and choose which ones you read, in any order, but you will definitely get the most out of the series, the individual books and the relationships within if you read the books consecutively. Reading order so far The complete Dirty series: Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1) Dirty Like Us (Dirty #0.5) - Free Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2) A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty #2.5) Dirty Like Seth (Dirty #3) Dirty Like Dylan (Dirty #4) Dirty Like Jude (Dirty #5) Dirty Like Zane (Dirty #6) The Players series: Hot Mess (Players #1) Filthy Beautiful (Players #2) Sweet Temptation (Players #3) With love from beautiful Vancouver (the home of Dirty and the Players!), Jaine Chapter One Summer “I’m here, bitch!” I announced. “Let the party commence.” “Summer!” Elle swept me into a welcoming hug. Of course, the party had already started, long ago. I was late. You might think I’d enjoy showing up as fashionably late as the next diva, but in reality, I was anal-retentively punctual for work related events. Professionalism was one of my hallmarks, along with my sass, my liberal flirting, and my ability to musically kick ass. The last twenty hours or so of my life had been a total shit show, so the lateness wasn’t completely my fault. But I’d tried to make up for it with smiles, strategic compliments, and a lavishing of hugs as I swept through the room. Now that I’d reached my destination—my longtime friend, Elle Delacroix—I could stop faking it, at least. “Where’ve you been?” she asked me. “I thought you were coming at ten.” “I was.” I dropped my purse on the hightop table she was standing at, right next to a gorgeous, well-dressed couple; Brody Mason and his wife, Jessa. They were turned away from us, talking to some people, and hadn’t noticed me yet. The music was loud. The restaurant was packed, pretty much standing room only here in the lounge. VIP guests were mingling and broody security guys were casually hovering. Including Elle’s bodyguard, Flynn. Ugh. I’d glimpsed him hanging out in the shadows across the room, keeping a vigilant eye on her. She was, after all, a rock star. I’d come alone. I still had the luxury of doing that, if I wanted to. I wasn’t nearly as famous as Elle was. Yet. I glanced around. The entire upscale restaurant had been booked out tonight for this party, a listening party for the debut album from a local pop singer who’d been “discovered” on a reality show, scored herself a record deal, and was about to explode out of the music scene here in Vancouver. I’d heard she was a real spoiled princess (i.e., brat) in person. She was here tonight, and I’d given her a hug on my first pass through the room in search of Elle, but I honestly didn’t care about that. I was here for Elle. She’d been invited to sing guest vocals on one of the tracks on the album; Brody, incredible manager that he was, had set that up. And while Elle was at home, taking care of her new baby, she’d managed to squeeze it in—like the superstar she was. “When’s your song playing?” I asked her, dreading the answer. But things in the rock star world were always late, right? Maybe I hadn’t missed it. “You missed it,” she said. “They played it at exactly ten-fifteen, as promised.” “Shit.” “It’s fine. You’ve already heard it. And you’re here now.” All true. But that didn’t make me feel any better. This was a shining moment for Elle—a rock star who didn’t get to rock this year because her band, Dirty, was on a massive
