Bøger af J. Bengtsson

I'm the privileged youngest child of the famous McKallister family. He's a runaway foster kid living rough. We were never meant to meet. This is where our story begins. It's nowhere near how it ends. GraceThe beat. The cheers. The thrill of the unknown. I shouldn't leave the safety of the music arena-my last name is McKallister, after all, and I'm intimately familiar with worst-case scenarios. But I'm drawn by the talent and the turmoil behind the weary eyes of the drummer on the streets. I've never seen anyone my age as wild and unrestrained, a lightning bolt of electricity that never hits the same spot on his bucket drums twice. He plays with such confidence, such rage. I have to know who he is and where he learned to bang out drum solos like he owns the night. I want to help him. No, to save him. If only Rory will let me. RoryWhen I play, I'm in my element. I know how to draw a crowd and how to keep them riveted. For a small period of time every day, I'm special. Talented. Going somewhere. Little do they know I'm going back to nothing: no family, no friends, no roof over my head. When the music ends, I fade into the background like the undesirable I am. And then she shows up, so pretty and polished and pure. I don't expect her to stay and talk. I definitely don't expect her to sit down on the sidewalk and drum a song onto my thigh. Yet here she is-anyone's ultimate dream girl-promising to save me. Too bad Grace stumbled upon me a decade too late.

We never fell out of love. It's the story of our lives.KeithYeah, I'm screwed up. I'll admit it. People think they know why. After all, my superstar brother's past looms large.Don't I wish it were that simple?It would be so easy to blame all my problems on the childhood tragedy that ripped my family in two...but it would also be a lie.Sam knows the truth. She's always known and yet, she's loved me from the start. I try so hard to hold onto her but I'm messed up.And she's not going to wait forever. SamanthaNo one saw us coming.I was the quiet, smart girl on track to college. He was the aimless high school surfer/stoner on track to expulsion. We helped each other. We fell in love. We were supposed to live happily ever after.But with Keith McKallister love has never been enough.

When you spend your life chasing an impossible dreamQuinnJust six years old when my brother was snatched off the street, I grew up in the aftermath of tragedy. While other kids were happily playing in the sandbox, I was hiding under press conference podiums listening to my parents beg for Jake's safe return.People ask if I'm screwed up after what happened, and I never know how to respond. Life after the kidnapping is all I've ever known. Well, that and being the youngest brother to a rock star. Jake was the ultimate survivor. The prodigal son. My king.But I'm not that worshipful kid anymore, and I'm tired of walking a step behind. I've got the talent. I've got the drive. And now I'm coming for Jake's throne.JessWhat to do with a runaway rock star in my passenger seat?Jess of yore would've jumped at the chance. Hell, she'd already be in his lap by now. She was fearless and fun and sexy. She lived like there was no tomorrow... until tomorrow came calling and delivered her an ultimatum: repent or risk losing it all. And so responsible Jess was born, the good girl who paid her rent and watered her plants and put others before herself. The new, improved version of myself represented stability and a roof overhead. Yet sometimes... sometimes I missed that reckless girl. Wild Jess. God, she'd been so fun.And now Quinn was here, built like a god and asking me to play. One mindless afternoon of fun. Surely I could spare that for a future rock legend. I could bring old Jess back for just one day.What could possibly go wrong?

Finalist Audible's Best of The Year Romance 2017 She wants to love but history has taught her not to.Emma, older sister of renowned rock star Jake McKallister, has crafted a quiet existence for herself. Fiercely independent, scorned at work, and indifferent to relationships, she's spent the past decade trying to move on from the crime that shook her family to the core. Living by a promise she made to herself as a distraught sixteen-year-old, Emma has sworn off marriage and children... until a chance encounter with a scruffy hitchhiker throws her orderly world into chaos.A wild child raised in mayhem by a teenage mother, fearless Finn Perry cruises through life as the perennial nice guy. Now a struggling actor, he supports himself by performing daredevil stunts. At a crossroads in his life, one thing has always remained constant in his world: Finn's desire to start the family he never had. The mystery woman who rescues him from the side of the road sure seems like the perfect person for the job.But unfinished business from Emma's troubled past looms heavy, threatening to destroy the fledging love she's found with the only man to ever jump-start her wounded heart.

For fans of the Cake series by J. Bengtsson comes a funny, heartwarming companion novella featuring the Cake characters in lockdown. Just like the rest of the world, the McKallisters find themselves struggling to conform to a new way of life after the virus confines them to their homes. These connected short stories give fans a chance to catch up on all of their favorite Cake characters as well as enjoy a bonus epilogue and interviews with the characters. Find out how Jake and Kyle cope with isolation-and each other-after they enter quarantine following exposure to the virus. Follow Finn and Emma as they desperately try to prevent a super spreader event at Perryland-while attempting to ration the toilet paper. And go on a humorous journey with Quinn as he searches for a place to stay after initially refusing to lock down with the others. And in a bonus epilogue, Keith is called upon to lead the family on a secret mission that unites them all.

Audible's winner for Best New Adult Romance of 2018. Voted Favorite Celebrity Couple-Audible 2018They say love conquers all. That's what Jake and Casey are counting on.JakeFate doesn't own me.At least that's what I tell myself. Life is better than it's ever been. I have my health and am at the top of my game, performing to sold-out crowds around the world.And I've got the girl - the beautiful, quirky girl I've just made my wife. Life is good. If only fate would stop screaming in my ear. CaseyI'm lucky. Everyone tells me.I have an incredible family.A nerd's dream job at a prestigious accounting firm.And I'm married to the hottest rock star to ever roam the earth.Yes, life is perfect.Until it all comes crashing down around me.

A Top 10 Amazon Bestseller2018 Audie Award Finalist in Romance A decade has passed since Jake survived a stranger abduction. He now finds himself on top of the world, a singer famous for the music that helped him heal. He thinks he's put his past behind him. He thinks he's okay. But a chance pairing at his brother's wedding with feisty, funny Casey, who's completely unfazed by his starpower, shows him all he's been missing out on.Casey Caldwell never had grand plans for her life. She's perfectly happy with the idea of meeting some nice, nerdy guy after college and settling down near her family. But once she meets Jake, she can't remember why she ever wanted a simple life.Whisked away into a world of music, riotous fans, tour buses, and movie-worthy shopping sprees, Casey is introduced to a life she could only have dreamed of.But every fairytale has a villain... and theirs lives inside Jake's head.

He wants to step out of the shadows but sins from the past keep him shackled to his brother's side.Kyle McKallister is the younger brother to one of the world's most elusive and embattled celebrities. He has carved out a comfortable existence touring with his famous brother and living in the lap of luxury with no commitments or plans of his own, only a deep, haunting loyalty to his brother. But Kyle's life is about to be shaken up when the opportunity comes to compete on a popular reality show. Small town girl Kenzie Williams has come on the show for one thing only: to win. But when a disastrous start forces her to rely on an eclectic band of misfits, she finds herself immediately smitten with a handsome and mysterious cast mate. But life on the island is just a game. Can Kyle and Kenzie's fragile spark survive the pressures of the real world?