Need You Around (Unabridged‪)‬

Dustin Averin, lead guitarist for Manifold and crown prince of the European Kirata community, has been ignoring the call home by his queen for longer than he’d care to remember. His purpose, to sire the next generation of Kirata with a willing female, is the furthest thing from his mind. Dustin’s cat isn’t interested in anyone, and unless he has a pure mating, one where he actually wants to be with the woman in question, he is content to be alone, play in the band, and wait.

When a chance meeting at a music conference leaves him hurting and broken from a woman he didn’t even expect, his interest is piqued, as well as his cat’s. It is rare that he's even perked up in the past few years, but this one….

It’s just too bad she’s not Kirata, and she didn’t leave him any contact information.

Things are changing for Dustin, with a new sponsorship with Trouble Hardware and the new tour sending things in the right direction. Dustin’s belief in the product gets him a lot of perks, including getting some prototypes from the company hand-delivered.

Hand-delivered by the sexy as hell woman that broke several of his ribs at the conference.

Thrown back together by fate, Dustin’s interest in Asha grows…and hers stalls until realizations come to light that neither can deny.