David & Thea’s Story
RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH
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.
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My Review:
Another fantastic book by Nalini Singh! I loved this story of David and Thea's courtship, and it was a courtship that featured emails and texting over a period of time. It was sweet and sexy, amazing! David has been attracted to Thea for a long time and finally decides to devote his time to gaining her trust and hopefully her love. Molly's (from Rock Addiction) advice was to use email as the first stepping stone in capturing Thea's attention and it worked beautifully. I loved how this story played out with David and Thea slowly developing a relationship while keeping their working relationship separate yet solid. David is called the "Gentleman of Rock" but let me tell you, he is sexy and dirty as well. Thea has trust issues when it comes to rock stars and she does not want to get hurt again so she keeps David at a distance. All that changes with an email! This was a beautifully written romance full of humor, sex and drama that left me wanting more. I highly recommend this fantastic book and series by the popular and wonderful Nalini Singh! ~Booklover Sue
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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
NEW YORK
TIMES AND USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter
series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot
shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write
about hot and wickedly tempting rock stars. If you’re seeing a theme here,
you’re not wrong.
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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