Selling Out

The only thing more daunting than singing in front of sold-out crowds across Europe? Facing the music when you start falling for the guy in the spotlight. AUSTINAfter years of working my tail off in the music industry, I ve finally made it: headlining my own tour across Europe. Sure, it d be great to sing my own songs instead of the stuff my label gives me, but success requires compromise. It also requires a stellar tour team, which is why I know I have to have Mia Sawyer as one of my backup vocalists when I hear her sing. With thousands of women screaming my name on stage every night, it shouldn t bother me that she doesn t seem to think much of me. I don t have time for real relationships anyway. MIAAustin Sheppard is the exact type of man and musician I roll my eyes at. But since my own following on social media is stagnant enough that it s bound to start attracting mosquitoes soon, I figure this may be the only opportunity I have to get paid to sing and to see Europe, for that matter. For an opportunity like that? I can keep my opinions to myself. Life on tour with Austin gives me a front-row seat to everything I wish I could have as a musician. It also puts me constantly and perilously close to the man I ve pegged as a womanizer and a sell-out. So close, in fact, that I m starting to worry the next sell-out will be my heart.