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"Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kayla Whitman. Desperate to find an outlet away from her controlling mother, she picked up a pair of drumsticks, forever altering the rhythm of her life. Since then, she's been determined to make her own way, finding her home with her bandmates even as she fights to keep her past and her present firmly separate. Things were simple enough when the Lillys were playing local gigs...

"A raucous satirical thriller narrated by Rikki Thunder - drummer for the world-famous 1980s heavy metal band Whyte Python - who is unwittingly lured into an elaborate government plot to bring down the Eastern Bloc"-- Provided by publisher. "It's Los Angeles, 1986, and metal rules the world. For aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder, life is beautiful, just like his hair--even if he is sleeping in a condemned paint store and playing with a band that's going...

"Oakley Easton wants two things: to be a good mom to her daughter and to ditch her less than ideal night job. Hooking up with bad boy drummer Pike Ryland? Not on the agenda. She needs a promotion. Not sex, tattoos and rock 'n' roll. Pike isn't about to let Ms. Prim and Proper shut him down so easily, especially when he stumbles upon Oakley's sexy night job. She's only playing a role on those late night calls with strangers, but when he gets her on...

"Distant lovers. Shady friends. Racist strangers. Estranged parents. Insufferable bosses. Who says your twenties are fun? Julian Strickland is seemingly the lone Black man in the hipster dreamland of Portland, Oregon. To his friends, he's the coolest member of the scene: the soulful drummer from Chicago in an indie rock band that's just about to break through. But to himself, he's a sheltered Christian homeschool kid who used to write book reports...

All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she'd take it, as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the spotlight and singing lead. And with their new all-female pop rock band gaining traction, soon everyone would hear their songs. Except, on the way to an event, the Bittersweet's van careens off an icy mountain road during a blizzard, leaving one member dead and another severely injured....

Lambasted in the tabloids after a night of reckless partying, bisexual teen drummer Emmy King turns to her friends for support and evaluates the wisdom of getting romantically involved with her bandmate Alfie, which may trigger another scandal.

"Tetsuro Takamitsu, a Japanese drummer, has devoted his life to taiko drumming, sacrificing family for performing. McKenna Stafford, an African American doctor, has given her life to medicine, abandoning hope of marriage and children. Brought together by a freak accident, McKenna finds her heart repaired as she mends Tetsuro's hand"--P. [4] of cover.