Kit
and Noah’s rock star romance is finally here in the newest addition to Nalini
Singh’s Rock Kiss Series!!
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Blurb
Kit
Devigny could have loved rock guitarist Noah St. John. Their friendship burned
with the promise of intense passion and searing tenderness…until the night Noah
deliberately shattered her heart.
Noah
knows he destroyed something precious the night he chose to betray Kit, but
he’d rather she hate him than learn his darkest secret. All he has left is his
music. It’s his saving grace, but it doesn’t silence the voices that keep him
up at night. Chasing oblivion through endless one-night-stands, he earns a few
hours’ sleep and his bad boy reputation.
When
a media error sees Noah and Kit dubbed the new “it” couple, Kit discovers her
chance at the role of a lifetime hinges on riding the media wave.
Wanting—needing—to give Kit this, even if he can’t give her everything, Noah
agrees to play the adoring boyfriend. Only the illusion is suddenly too real,
too painful, too beautiful…and it may be too late for the redemption of Noah
St. John.
Holy Cow! This book was
intense. There were so many things that I loved about it and some that were
hard to read, but added such depth to the story.
Normally, I have a hard time
dealing with a hero who fights a relationship for the woman’s “best interest.”
It drives me crazy when they don’t let people make their own choices. However,
this is one of the few times that I understood why he felt that way. Noah has a
dark past and it affects him in ways that make him feel ugly inside, like a corrosive
element that will eat away at anything good. He is ravaged by nightmares and
barely sleeps. And, despite wanting to kick his ass after the prologue, I fell
in love with him quickly.
I guess what had occurred in
his past quickly, however the suspense of what happened isn’t th focus of the
story. So, it didn’t matter to me that I’d figured it out. I was so tied up
emotionally, all I wanted was for Noah to find peace and happiness.
Kit is a fantastic heroine.
Kind and compassionate, full of love and sweetness. However, she is certainly
no doormat. She stands up for herself and doesn’t fall all over Noah the moment
he apologizes and graces her with his panty-melting smile. All the while, she
is there for him, wanting happiness for both of them and giving him her love.
The chemistry between these
to is palpable and the tension lasts for much of the book. However, when these
two get together, wow! The hest bursts off of the pages!
I have loved all of the
books in this series and Rock Redemption is another gem. There is so much
emotion in this book, some darker subjects, and so much love. I couldn’t put it
down! I highly recommend every book in this series!
*Review by Elle C
Excerpt from ROCK REDEMPTION by
Kit
groaned at the sound of her phone. Reaching out blindly toward the nightstand,
she hurled mental curses upon herself for forgetting to turn it off so she
could catch some uninterrupted sleep before her four-a.m. makeup call.
It’d
be fun and great for her career, her agent had said when recommending Kit take
the superhero flick. Coming off two serious and emotionally wrenching projects,
Kit had taken Harper’s advice and jumped on board the high-budget, high-octane
venture. Unfortunately, Harper had forgotten to mention the four hours it would
take to put her into the head-to-toe makeup required for the role. Daily.
“What?”
she snarled into the phone without checking to see who it was.
“Hey,
Katie.”
Every
cell in her body snapped wide awake. Lifting her eyelids, she just stared at
the ceiling through gritty eyes. Her heart thumped, her throat moving
convulsively as she swallowed. She hated that he could still do this to her, hated
it, but her visceral response to Noah wasn’t something she could stop. She knew
because she’d tried for the past two years and three months.
“Noah,”
she said flatly. “Do you know what time it is?”
“Two
fifteen,” he answered.
Kit
should’ve hung up. God, he’d hurt her. So much. But there was something in his
voice that had her sitting up. “Are you drunk?” One thing she knew about Noah:
no matter his bad-boy rep, he was never wasted. He might give a good indication
of it, but look closely and those dark gray eyes were always sober.
“Probably.”
A silence, followed by, “I just wanted to hear your voice. Sorry for waking
you.”
“Wait,”
she said when he would’ve hung up. “Where are you?”
“Some
dive.” He took a deep breath, released it in a harsh exhale. “I’m sorry for
being an asshole. I wanted to tell you that. I don’t want to go without saying
that.”
“Noah,”
she said, a horrible feeling in her stomach. “Where exactly are you?”
“The
Blue Flamingo Inn off Hollywood Boulevard. Far, far, far off.” He laughed, and
it held no humor. “It has a neon sign of a blue—surprise!—flamingo that’s
flashing right through my window. Looks like someone stole the curtains.”
Having
already grabbed her laptop, which she’d left beside the bed after answering
some e-mails before sleep claimed her, she found the Blue Flamingo Inn. But Noah
was already gone, having said, “I love your voice, Kit,” in an oddly raw tone
before hanging up.
He
didn’t pick up when she called back.
“Damn
it! Damn it!” She shoved aside the blanket under which she’d been buried,
having turned the AC to ice-cold as she usually did at night. Shivering, she
tugged on a pair of jeans and an old sweatshirt over the panties and tank top
in which she’d gone to sleep.
Pulling
her black hair into a rough ponytail to keep it out of her eyes, she ran
through the house, phone in one pocket, credit card and driver’s license in the
other. In the kitchen, she grabbed her keys off the counter and shoved her feet
into the tennis shoes by the door that led to the garage.
She
was in her car and on the way to the motel three minutes after Noah had hung
up, mouth dry and an ugliness in her gut. “Please be okay, please be okay,
please be okay,” she kept saying, the mantra doing nothing to calm her down,
but at least it kept her mind focused.
She
wanted to call Molly and Fox, or the others in the band, but no one was
currently in the city. Schoolboy Choir had completed the final show in the
band’s hugely successful tour just over two weeks earlier. Day after that,
they’d all gone their separate ways to recharge and regroup.
“Much
as I love these guys,” David had said with a grin that reached the dark gold of
his eyes, “I’ve been looking at their ugly mugs daily for months. We need to go
blow off some steam separately before we start snarling at each other.”
At
the time, Kit had nodded in understanding, having had that same experience
while working on location for long periods. Tonight, however, she wished the
others were all here, not scattered across the country, because something was
very wrong with Noah.
“Noah doesn’t do drugs,” she told herself as
she drove as fast as she dared, not wanting to risk getting pulled over and
further delayed. “He isn’t the kind to—” She couldn’t say it, couldn’t even
think of Noah ending his life. “No,” she said firmly, her hands white-knuckled
on the steering wheel. “Noah isn’t like that.”
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The
Rock Kiss Reading Order
Rock
Addiction (Book One) Rock Kiss Series
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US: http://amzn.to/1j8LqE4
Rock
Courtship (Book 1.5) A Rock Kiss Novel:
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UK: http://amzn.to/1GwsEMj
Rock Hard (Book Two) Rock Kiss Series
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US:
Amazon
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Rock
Redemption (Book Three) Rock Kiss Series
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Author Information
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild
Hunter, and Rock Kiss series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot
shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write
about a beautiful, charismatic guitarist with a dark past. 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, while Angels’ 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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