Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Release Blitz & Review!- Three Nights with a Rock Star (Half-Life #1) by Amber Lin, Shari Slade

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Title:  Three Nights with a Rock Star (Half-Life #1)  
Author:  Amber Lin, Shari Slade
Publication Date: June 2nd 2014

Plot:   When Hailey crashes a Half-Life after party, she expects to find the bastard who knocked up her little sister. Instead she meets the sexy front-man who agrees to give her access to his crew if she gives him access to her body.

All Lock demands in return is three days of complete control over the Sunday School teacher. With a contract, because he’s been burned before. One misstep could send the band—and his tenuous sobriety—up in flames.

Hailey and Lock push each other’s limits… Against the penthouse window. Backstage. In the limo and on the elevator. But as the contract counts down, neither are ready for the party to end.
Band Website:  Half Life Books
Facebook Readers Group for the book - "Backstage with Amber & Shari": https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455284051383052/

 My Review 

Three Nights with a Rock Star fell into the okay zone for me. Basically, the story line entails an overprotective big sis infiltrating America's biggest rock band, Half-Life, and trying to figure out which bozo knocked up her sister.

But, as luck would have it, she gets caught by the band's front man, Locke, and he gives her an ultimatum: three days of unlimited access to your body in exchange to go snooping around my band mates and play detective.

However...as luck would have it, everything isn't what it seems as you find out that Chloe, Hailey's preggo sister, is hiding something. What could it be?

Is the baby's father perhaps Locke? And with Locke and Hailey's feelings growing deeper, what could this mean for them?

Will Hailey get her sister's baby daddy to man up and take care of his child? And will three nights with Locke turn out to be more? Or end up in heartbreak?

My thoughts: So like I said in the beginning, this was an alright read. It was simple, light, and ultra sexy.

BUT...

I did not buy the romantic relationship of Hailey and Locke. While I did see one particular aspect of their lives that sparked some sort of camaraderie between them, I just could not see this three day period and turn of events leading to them to fall madly in love with each other. It just did not make sense for me.

There was no chemistry between them and all I really saw was lust and hot sex. Nothing else.

I don't know guys, a decent read but very unrealistic in my eyes. Sorry!

*I received an ARC via LBTS in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!!*

My Rating:
-Overall : 7
-Plot : 7
-Writing : 7
-Characters : 7
-Cover : 8.5

 Excerpt 

Lock managed not to jump the sexy little Sunday school teacher the second her pen left the paper. Her hand had been shaking as shed signed, and she wasnt ready for sex. At least not the way he did sex. So he showed her into the restroom and let her freshen up. Meanwhile he conferred with the concierge to get her bag brought up and her car moved to a VIP spot.
When she emerged from the bathroom, he knew she was ready. He knew by the fresh lipstick on her full lips and the resolved set of her chin. But most of all he knew because of the flicker of curiosity in her eyes. Under the fear, she wanted to know what came next.
He crooked his finger and beckoned her to him.
Her breathing was shallow, her cheeks flushed, and she kept running her fingers through her hair, touching herself. That long blonde hair cascaded around her face in a messy tumble. Bed head, and they hadnt been anywhere near a bed. Wouldnt be near one anytime soon if he had his way. Which he would. This was his show.
She tugged the hem of her short skirt so it covered a sliver more thigh, drew her shoulders back, and crossed the room, steady on her bare feet. She should be plucking daisies, not padding across the plush carpet of his penthouse suite. Your wish is my command.
No more preamble. If she was really going to do this, hed know now for sure. Im going to fuck you against that window over there, and Im not going to be nice about it. Do you like to hurt, Hailey?
Her name was a weapon on his lips. A sharp thing he could use to lash her. Every time he said it, he watched her tense. This time she wobbled, her answering nod barely perceptible, her coltish legs giving way under the weight of his regard. And he liked it.
She wanted this thrill, and at the moment finding her sisters baby daddy didnt have much to do with it. Her eyes held wariness and guiltbut most of all, excitement. As if his proposition had jolted her awake. More awake than shed ever been in her drowsy little East Podunk life, hed lay money on it.
Hed woken up on stage like that, the whiskey haze parting long enough for fear to creep in, adrenaline spiking into his bloodstream as he fumbled for an instant and thenclick. Everything slipping into its proper place. The music. The band. The crowd. All of it more alive, more real, brighter and sharper because hed come so close to disaster.
Do you like to hurt, Hailey? Hed asked her, and she could only nod.
Hed hurt her so good shed give voice to that desire before he was through. She knew it. He knew it. The subtext breathed in the air around them, a living thing, that damned contract come to life. She wants this. She wants the lurid celeb fantasy. The shock, the pulse-pounding vibrancy that only exists on the edge of a bad decision.
Hed take her there.
Take off your clothes,he said, a little too harshly, his urgency coming out as hard-edged gruffness.
It didnt scare her away. She wants that too. She fingered the button of her cardigan, uncertain, and then popped them all in a rush, exposing a silver tank that dipped low over her cleavage. Fuck. Surprisingly lush curves on her willowy frame, and smooth, pale skin.
He shifted in his seat, imagining his cock between her breasts. Making them slick, squeezing them together, and thrusting, thrusting, thrusting until he came all over her neck. Jesus, he hadnt even seen them yet. She put a hand to her throat as if she could read his mind. As if every dirty thought hed ever had was flashing on his face. And she knew. Why was she taking so fucking long to undress?

 About the Authors 

Amber author   Amber Lin


Amber Lin writes erotic romance with damaged souls and deep emotion.
Her debut novel, Giving It Up, received The Romance Review’s Top Pick, Night Owl Top Pick, and 5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies. RT Book Reviews gave it 4.5 stars, calling it “truly extraordinary.” She has been published by Loose Id, Carina Press, and Entangled.
Amber married her high school sweetheart, birthed a kid who’s smarter than she is, and spends her nights writing down her dirty thoughts. In other words, life is good.

   
Shari   Shari Slade

Shari Slade is a snarky optimist. A would-be academic with big dreams and very little means. When she isn’t toiling away in the non-profit sector, she’s writing gritty stories about identity and people who make terrible choices in the name of love (or lust). Somehow, it all works out in the end. If she had a patronus it would be a platypus.


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