Woot woot! This novella was everything I wanted and more! I hope it'll be available in paperback for my shelves!
Rock Courtship (bk 1.5) A Rock Kiss Novel:
David & Thea’s Story
Releasing September 30th
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Blurb
What happens when the Gentleman of
Rock decides to play dirty?
A drummer for the hottest rock band on the planet, David has a single, powerful weakness: Thea, the band’s publicist and the woman who steals his breath away with her every move.
Only problem is, Thea doesn’t date clients—or musicians. Emotionally scarred by a cheating ex, she’s not about to risk her heart with a man who has groupies buzzing around him like flies. Even if his sexy smile ties her up in knots.
What she doesn’t know is that David is a one-woman man...and he’s madly in love with her. David’s determined to prove he’s worth the risk, and willing to court her, step by exquisite step. Thea’s about to discover just how long and hard this handsome drummer can play.
A drummer for the hottest rock band on the planet, David has a single, powerful weakness: Thea, the band’s publicist and the woman who steals his breath away with her every move.
Only problem is, Thea doesn’t date clients—or musicians. Emotionally scarred by a cheating ex, she’s not about to risk her heart with a man who has groupies buzzing around him like flies. Even if his sexy smile ties her up in knots.
What she doesn’t know is that David is a one-woman man...and he’s madly in love with her. David’s determined to prove he’s worth the risk, and willing to court her, step by exquisite step. Thea’s about to discover just how long and hard this handsome drummer can play.
Excerpt: Rock Courtship (Book 1.5) A Rock
Kiss Novel
“Beer—whatever you have on tap,” David said to the grizzled
bartender and grabbed a stool, his eye on the rugby game in progress on the TV
screen bolted above the bar.
He’d hardly taken a sip of his beer, the
dark liquid bitingly cold, when he felt a presence at his back. Instincts honed
by a childhood in one of the toughest areas of New York had him focusing on the
mirror behind the bar to check out the situation before he turned. A big, bald,
and heavily muscled male with a spiderweb tattoo on his neck was standing
behind and just to the side of David, a smirk on his pockmarked face.
Belly heating, David turned with a slight
smile. “Problem?”
The bald man bared his teeth and,
laughing, looked to a table to his right. “Hear that, boys?” he called out to
his friends. “The pussy rock star here wants to know if there’s a problem.”
Laughter and shouts from that particular
table, while the rest of the men in the bar went quiet. David didn’t move, taking
a measure of the players without letting it show. “Always know your opponent”
had been one of the first things his father had taught him—Vicente Rivera
didn’t believe in turning the other cheek; he believed in teaching his sons how
to put bullies on the ground and keep them there.
“Yeah, there’s a problem,” the bald guy
said, shoving at David’s shoulder. “This is a real bar for real men. Not
pussies.”
Like that, then. Good. He was in the mood to do some violence. Lifting his beer,
David took a long drink, then slammed it down… and punched Bald Head in the jaw
at the same time that he kicked out with his foot to connect with the other
man’s knee. The jackass went down like a ton of bricks.
Roaring in rage, the man’s friends came
at David.
He grinned and started to show them what
this “pussy rock star” could do.
It wasn’t until they’d broken a table and
several chairs, and the bartender had called the cops that David realized Thea
would have to deal with the fallout from this. Fuck, fuck, fuck, he thought as
he was shoved into a cell alone, his erstwhile opponents in the cell opposite.
Sliding down the graffiti-marked wall to the floor, he thought about the phone
call the desk sergeant had said he could make and decided against it.
Fox had Molly with him—the band’s lead
singer had been waiting for his girl to arrive since the instant Schoolboy
Choir set foot in the city. As for Noah and Abe, they both had their own plans.
He knew any one of the three men would drop those plans in an instant to come
to his aid, but since the cops had made it clear he’d be spending the night in
a cell no matter what, why mess up their plans?
“You do
or say anything that’ll hit the media, you call me. Day or night. I hate
surprises—so don’t you dare surprise me.”
Thea had given that order to all four of
them when she’d agreed to act as their publicist. Her up-front nature and
dedication to her job was part of the reason they’d hired her; Thea was the
best and she didn’t take any shit from her clients. He wasn’t doing himself any
favors by not calling her.
Right then, David couldn’t find it in
himself to care. It wasn’t as if she could hurt him any more than she already
had. And Jesus, how long was he going to carry this torch that was burning him
alive? “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” he said aloud, banging the back of his head against
the wall.
Additional
Excerpt can be found on Nalini’s website HERE
★★★★★ stars
I've been eager for David and Thea's story ever since I first found out David's love for Thea was unrequited in Rock Addiction. Knowing David had patience and stamina in spades, I knew he was going to find a way to breach Thea's defenses and bring her around. I just had no idea how romantic, emotional, and satisfying it would be.
Thea is the consummate professional. She's worked with enough rock stars to know they don't have the best track records when it comes to fidelity and her heart is already fragile. She likes David, is attracted to him, but doesn't want to cross boundaries that might ruin their friendship and make their professional relationship awkward. David on the other hand is passionate about his music, his family, his band, and Thea. He's truly "The Gentleman of Rock" and I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have a rock star hero that isn't a d-bag or player, but a regular-ish guy who just happens to love deeply and strongly.
I think the memos David and Thea send each other are my favorite part of their courtship. They really took me by surprise. Some of them were so hot and others were so sweet, they kept both me and Thea on our toes. I love that most of David's courting is done while the two are apart. It's easier to have a relationship when you're close to each other, but harder when you're apart. I love that David is considerate of Thea and her time and feelings and her family as well. Another one of my favorite parts of this story has to do with family and the role it plays in the book. Both David and Thea look to their parent's relationships as role models for what they'd like. Then there's the family they've chosen to have, like David and his three other brothers in the band, who know not to mess with Thea or tease him about it because he's serious about her. And finally, there's the familial bond between Thea and Molly, the sisters. I loved how they supported one another.
I thought Molly and Fox were hot and perfect for each other in Rock Addiction. I didn't think Nalini was going to be able to write a story about the band or a couple I would like better, but I was wrong. David and Thea have won me over. I love their sweet story. It's a novella, so it's not very long, but it's very well developed. I couldn't put it down. I experienced so many emotions as I read and they ran the gamut from happy to frustrated to rage and back again. I think Rock Courtship is my favorite for now. I can't wait to see how Nalini surprises me again with Abel and Noah's stories. I do hope this will be available in print. I 'd love to see it on my bookshelf. It's truly a beautiful story.
* A copy was provided by the author via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for them in any manner.*
Rock Addiction (Book 1) A Rock Kiss Novel
Blurb
A bad boy
wrapped in a sexy, muscled, grown-up package might be worth a little risk…
Molly
Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her
childhood and made her the focus of the media’s harsh spotlight, she vowed to
live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary
Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch
that could become an addiction.
A
one-night stand with the hottest rock star on the planet, that’s all it was
meant to be…
Fox
promises scorching heat and dangerous pleasure, coaxing Molly to extend their
one-night stand into a one-month fling. After that, he’ll be gone forever, his
life never again intersecting with her own. Sex and sin and sensual indulgence,
all with an expiration date. No ties, no regrets. Too late, Molly realizes it
isn’t only her body that’s become addicted to Fox, but her heart…
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Meet the Author
Nalini lives and works in beautiful New
Zealand, and is passionate about writing. If you’d like to explore her other
books, you can find lots of excerpts on her website. Slave to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, whileAngels’ Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. Also, don't
forget to swing by the site to check out the special behind-the-scenes page for the Rock Kiss series,
complete with photos of many of the locations used in the books.
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