BLURB:
Rock a
stadium. Bang a chick. Repeat. As lead singer of The Devil’s Share, Dash Conner
could get anything or anyone he wanted—until he met Lexi Grant.
SYNOPSIS:
MONEY.
FAME. WHISKEY. SEX.
For Dash
Conner, lead singer of The Devil’s Share, everything he wanted was his for the
asking. Whiskey. Drugs. Money. Sex. But not Lexi Grant. For the first time
since he picked up a guitar, a girl was actually demanding he woo her. For a
chance with her, Dash would do that and more.
Lexi
Grant was no groupie. Just because the biggest rock star in the world smiled at
her didn’t mean she had to fall into bed with him—but it was going to be
awfully hard to resist that impish smile and those tatted abs. Surely one night
of fun wouldn’t hurt anyone.
Unless
that night ends with a broken condom.
For Lexi
and Dash, that’s just the beginning. Add an overly affectionate pit bull, a
missing guitarist, a house full of sorority girls, a junkie ex-bandmate and an
extreme aversion to Jäger, and it’s either a recipe for disaster or true love.
This book had me thoroughly pulled into the story from the very first page! I think what makes this stand out (at least to me), is that everyone seemed to get along with each other, and the band members all seemed to take to Lexi right from the start. I also enjoyed the fact that Lexi isn't a woman who is barely into her 20s, she's 27 and had made it known from the start that she wasn't a groupie and doesn't do the whole one-night stand gimmick. But you know by page 2 that she and Dash will compete in the mattress Olympics. I will say that she made Dash work for it, she didn't just give it up, no matter how much he flirted with her in front of a sold-out stadium concert.
Not to give anything else away, but I was kind of surprised when I learned about Luke, but once the story was explained, it was easy to see why he was behaving the way he was. And while I liked the members of the band, I have to say that I really loved Dagger. What's not to love?
Who is Dagger you ask? You'll just have to read the book to find out. All I can say is that I hope we see Dagger in future books, and I realize that this book literally just came out, but I'm already impatient for the next book in the series!
ARC provided in exchange for honest review.
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Excerpt:
Amy elbowed me in the ribs, “Uh, Lex? Dash is staring at
you.”
In order to keep myself from ogling him, I’d taken up
counting the number of topless women in the crowd. FYI: I got to twenty without
even having to search that hard. I looked back in Dash’s direction. Yep, he was
staring. I smiled. I couldn’t help it. He smiled back. His smile was one of
those panty-dropping megawatt smiles—the kind that makes you feel like you are
the only person in the world that could elicit that particular smile, even
though you know logically many a girl have been lured in with it.
Dash kept his eyes on mine, but spoke into his microphone.
“Uh, guys? There is a sexy brunette standing over here to my right. Does she
belong to one of y’all? Please tell me she doesn’t.” He winked at me again. Amy
had a death grip on my arm.
Luke stood up and peered over his drums trying to see into
the shadows to where we were standing. “Is she standing next to a blonde chick
with big blue eyes that’s drooling even though she’s clearly wearing a wedding
ring?” The crowd laughed and so did Amy.
Dash chuckled, “As a matter of fact, yes she is.”
Luke nodded and sat back down. “That’s my friend Lexi.”
Dash’s smile grew. “Well isn’t that just the best thing I’ve
heard all night. So, Lexi…are you enjoying the show?”
I couldn’t help but laugh at this situation. A rock god was
flirting with me over the sound system in a sold-out stadium. I nodded my head
yes.
“Good. Can I get you anything? This is officially our first
date by the way.”
I bit down on my lip, contemplating how to play this. I
could laugh him off and say no…or…I could have the time of my life with a rock
star. I tipped my hand back towards my mouth, indicating I wanted a drink.
“Could someone please get my girl a drink?” Dash turned back
towards the crowd. “Sorry about that folks but I’ve been staring at her since
the show started.” He led into the next song; the crowd sang every word right
along with him.
Some guy walked over and handed each of us a beer. Amy
turned to me. “Holy shit, Lex. You have to do him. You have to. On behalf of
every married woman out there, you have to sleep with Dash Conner.”
“On behalf of every married woman, Ams? Or on behalf of
you?” I took a long pull of my beer. Amy married her college sweetheart and
even though she was in fact drooling, they were deliriously happy together.
“Come on, Lexi. One night with a sexy rock god. Who turns
that down?”
“I do. I’m too old for one night stands, rock god or not.”
AUTHOR BIO:
L.P. Maxa
lives in Austin Texas with her husband, daughter, 3 rescue dogs, 1 stray cat,
and 1 fish that keeps dying that she keeps replacing so her toddler doesn't
notice. She loves reading Romance novels as much as she loves writing them.
L.P. says that inspiration can come from anywhere; a song lyric, a quote, a
weekend with friends. The tiniest things spark amazing stories.
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