Paint It Black

A Beneath the Stain Novel Everybody thinks Mackey Sanderss Outbreak Monkey is the last coming of Rock n Roll Jesus, but Cheever Sanders cant wait to make a name for himself where nobody expects him to fill his famous brothers shoes. Hes tired of living in their shadow. Blake Manning has been one of Outbreak Monkeys lead guitarists for ten years. He got this gig on luck and love, not talent. So hearing that Cheever is blowing through Outbreak Monkeys hard-earned money in an epic stretch of partying pisses him off. Blake shows up at Cheevers nonstop orgy to enforce some rules, but instead of a jaded punk, he finds a lost boy as talented at painting as Mackey is at song-making, and terrified to let anybody see the real him. Childhood abuse and a suicide attempt left Cheever on the edge of survivala place Blake knows all too well. Both men have to make peace with being second banana in the public eye. Can they find the magic of coming absolute first with each other?