Title: One Kiss with a Rock Star
Series: Half-Life #2
Series: Half-Life #2
Authors: Amber Lin, Shari Slade
Date of Publication: November 6th 2014
Half-Life bassist Krist Mellas is
caught in a PR nightmare after his dirty sex video blew up online. His agent
has the solution: a fake engagement with sultry pop princess Madeline Fox.
Krist can’t think of anything worse than a charade with the bubblegum
bombshell…except losing the band.
Madeline knows better than anyone
what it means to live a lie in the spotlight. She’s determined to help Krist
without ever letting him find out what it costs her—or about her girlhood crush
on him. But after a smoking hot back alley encounter with him leaves her
breathless, she can’t deny she wants the snarling bad-boy rocker.
In a world of glitter and
diamonds where the kisses are fake but the climaxes are real, their facades
start to crack. And the publicity storm may shatter them both.
WARNING: This book contains a
scorching threesome, a dirty talking pop princess, and a surly rocker who hits
all the right notes.
Krist planted his palms on the cold metal behind her and
leaned over, blocking her body with his in case they had an audience lurking in
the shadows. It wasn’t out of the realm of possibility. If someone got a
picture, they wouldn’t be able to tell for sure who was under him. Unless
they’d gotten one as they exited the building. In that case it didn’t matter.
None of it mattered; they were already linked together now.
But that didn’t mean he had to play along. “You’re too much. You manipulate me
into singing at your party, something that’s probably already buzzing on the
gossip sites, and you want me to make it up to you?”
Her head fell back, exposing the long column of her
neck, her breasts rising and falling as she laughed. A throaty laugh, almost
mournful. “Yes.”
“You weren’t happy with the performance? You wanted an
original composition?”
“‘Broken.’” Her eyes widened as soon as the words were out
of her mouth, like she’d surprised herself with the admission.
That fucking song. That goddamn fucking song. The only song
he sang lead. The last song he’d written on his own. The least popular song in
their whole catalog. And she wanted him to sing it. Either she was trying to
earn some fan cred or she really did want to make a fool of him. He couldn’t
tell. “Never gonna happen.”
She licked her lips and nodded, sliding her hands over his
stomach and chest, trailing heat up his body, until they rested on his shoulders.
“Then one kiss. A real one.”
His laugh tore at his throat, rustier than the wall they
leaned against. “Is that all you wanted? You didn’t need to orchestrate a video
shoot and a fake engagement to get another kiss, princess. All you had to do
was ask.”
“I’m asking now.”
She asked him with her whole body. With her hands kneading
the tense muscles of his shoulders. With her thigh wedged between his legs,
pressing against his crotch. With her breasts thrust toward him, dangerously
close to spilling out of her top. With her mouth, wet and open, a breath away
from his. Every inch of her working toward this goal. Working him.
Energy crackled between them, different from what they’d
shared onstage or in the club. This felt raw and real, even if he was certain it
was another page from her playbook. Maybe it was the harsh wall behind them or
the smell of the dumpster wafting over from a few feet away. They weren’t
celebrities on the job, watching and being watched. They were just two people,
turned on from too much skin-to-skin contact in a club, looking to scratch an
itch.
He could lie to himself when he needed to, when he had an
itch.
He took a step back, and she gasped, disappointment
spreading over her face like a haze. He replaced it with shock when he grabbed
her by the hips and lifted her up. She wobbled, but her body was strong, a
dancer’s body, used to being hoisted and tossed. She wrapped her legs around
his waist, hooked her arms around his neck, and then they were all tongues and
teeth. More clash than kiss. The naked heat of her scorched his belly. No
panties.
He caught her bottom lip between his teeth and nipped. He
wanted to nip more. To bite and suck and sink his body into something warm and
wonderful. He spun them around and leaned his back against the wall.
If only this could be anonymous, like they really were just two people who met
in a club. “I’m not going to fuck you, princess.”
He hated how cruel he sounded. Lock’s voice rang in his ears. If
I wanted to fuck you, I’d have done it already. God, that had hurt.
She didn’t need to be hurt like that, not on her birthday.
“You keep saying that, maybe—”
He cut her off. Maybe he could make it up to her. “Maybe you
should be quiet while I finish giving you your birthday kiss.”
Before she could tug her dress back into place, he
was crouched low between her legs.
“Oh. Okay.” She splayed her fingers over the top of his
head.
He anchored his hands on her ass and looked up the line of
her body. Her dancer’s body. Used to being hoisted and lifted. “Hang on. We're
going up.”
And then he pushed off, lifting her into the air again.
A dirty piggyback ride with his face buried in her pussy.
From ONE KISS WITH A
ROCK STAR by Amber Lin and Shari Slade
BUY LINKS COMING SOON!
Book One in the Half-Life Series
Three Nights with a Rock
Star (Half-Life #1)
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.
What
people are saying about Three Nights with
a Rock Star
“This book will ROCK YOUR SOCKS
RIGHT OFF!” – Red’s Hot Reads
“Three Nights with a Rock Star has
the love story, the push you up against a door sex, and the holy hell I can’t
believe they’re doing that ménage sex, but it also has the sweetness of family
and the heartbreak of possible betrayals, broken friendships, and leaked sex
tapes. I cannot wait to read Krist’s story, One Kiss with a Rock Star!” – Hines
and Bingam’s Literary Tryst
“The chemistry between Lock and
Hailey is blistering. Sparks flew the first time they saw each other. It was
nice to see that both main characters had issues to work through to be able to
maintain a relationship between them.” – Cocktails and Books
“Three Nights With A Rock Star was
right up my ally, I loved every minute of it! From the sexy lead singer Lock,
to the cute mousy Hailey. I’m more than looking forward to the next book One
Kiss with a Rock Star.” – Books Unhinged
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 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.
I felt so bad for Krist after reading Three Nights with a Rock Star. He was the third wheel and his feelings didn't seem to count to the others. I am glad he got his own book in One Kiss with a Rock Star.
Krist is a complicated character. He seems so tough. He's heavily tattoed. He's a rock star and he has a tough guy persona, but that's not him. In real life incredibly vulnerable, sensitive, and submissive.
Maddy, on the other hand, has a carefully cultivated girl-next-door image. She's a teen idol. But that's not the real Maddy. She's been in the limelight since a young age and stuck in a horrible contract which gives her no freedom. Maddy wants to become "an adult", but her manager wants to keep her in line.
Krist and Maddy get together as a P/R stunt, orchestrated by their agent. Krist wants nothing to do with Maddy or her pop-star persona. But after a scandal of his own he needs to do something for his rock-star image. So he agrees to a fake engagement with pop-princess Madeline Fox. Madeline agrees to it for her own reasons.
Krist soon realizes that everything he knows about Madeline is not true. She's not weak. She's strong and dominating. She takes charge when she wants something and the something she wants is Krist. When he gives in they are extremely H-O-T! Both have their own issues they are dealing with, but together they work them and are stronger.
I tend to read more alpha male books and this book was a refreshing change. Maddy was definitely the one in control and Krist submits to her.
I can't wait for Moe's story and to see what happens with the band. I give One Kiss with a Rock Star 4 stars!
