Fans of Kristen Callihan and Kylie Scott will scream for this sizzling bad boy rock star romance!
I'm not who you think I am.
Shane Hawthorne has it all. At least, that's what the headlines say about me. I have millions of fans, awards, more money - and women - than I know what to do with. But what you don't see is the wreckage I've caused. The memories and pain I can't escape, even when I pour them into music and spin them into gold.
I tried to forget. To lose myself in booze and groupies. It didn't work. It hurt me and - worse - it hurt my band. That's the last thing I want to do, so I'm cleaning up my act... starting with Delaney Fraser.
Gorgeous, smart, drama-free, and even nice - Delaney is the perfect "girlfriend." When I'm with her I don't have to pretend. It's like she sees the real me. And I can see a future with her. But that's dangerous. Because the truth is, Shane Hawthorne doesn't actually exist. He's a shield to hide who I really am. Fraud. Runaway. Addict. Murderer.
And it's impossible to love a lie, right?
The Nothing but Trouble series: Rock King Rock Legend Rock Rebel
This book is a rock star romance, and there are certain elements that always exist in this trope. the rock star is going to be sexy, and at least a bit of a bad boy. The woman he gets involved with is either going to be hired to be around him, or from a completely different world. This was all in here...and yet it was done in a way that felt a little different, I think because even though he is tough on the outside, you get Shane's POV and you know that he is pretty much in love with Delaney from about their second meeting.
I liked this. I liked the story of the bad boy who really relies on the girl. And, I liked how vulnerable he allowed himself to be. There are a couple of really heartbreaking moments in the book, both around her possibly leaving or him thinking that she will choose to leave, that really drew me to the character and to the emotion of the story.
I also thought her "secret", the thing she is keeping from Shane and the world was realistic and that Shane's reaction was authentic. So often, the horrible end of the relationship break up that happens in a romance feels like it is there because the plot requires it (and let's face it, it really often does) but in this title, it felt real.
This is the second title by this author that I have read. I enjoyed, but didn't love the first one. This one, however, was very well done and enjoyable from beginning to end.
I recommend this title, and I am looking forward to the next in the series.
My eyes skidded over Delaney, taking in her flushed face and
now naked lips, their gloss left behind on her wineglass. I continued my downward trajectory,
sweeping over every inch she’d poured into the red dress still scratching at my corneas. “I don’t
know what kind of guys you’ve been with before—but I’m with you right now because I think
you’re fucking gorgeous. I look at your face and all I see is your perfect mouth, practically
begging for me to kiss you.”
Finishing the last of my beer, I set the glass on the table. “That
night, I could barely tear my eyes away from your ass, like half the guys there. And as for the
rest of you, no one needs to tell me that you were made for my touch, Delaney.”
I kept my comments focused on Delaney’s physical attributes
because everything else—especially this strange connection we seemed to share—made me
feel like I was unraveling from the deepest part of me. It was too big, too unruly, to cage in with
mere words. But whatever it was, it had kept me from walking away.
My heart thudding, I tried to stem the tide of words leaking from
my mouth, but they wouldn’t stop. “I don’t want you because Travis told me I should. I want you
because...Goddamn it, I’d have to be dead not to.”
Tara Leigh attended Washington University in St. Louis and
Columbia Business School in New York, and worked on Wall Street and Main Street before
“retiring” to become a wife and mother. When the people in her head became just as real as the
people in her life, she decided to put their stories on paper. Tara currently lives in Fairfield
County, Connecticut with her husband, children and fur-baby, Pixie.
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