LIVING ON THE EDGE (Crimson Edge 1) by Kat Mizera-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 21, 2025

Welcome to the Crimson Edge tour… where love and music are both about to get their big break.

Secrets.

I have a really big one.

My image as the bad-boy drummer for Crimson Edge isn’t going to save me when word gets out.

My band is going to be furious.

And the woman I’m falling for?

She’s not going to stick around for the fallout.

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REVIEW: LIVING ON THE EDGE is the first instalment in Kat Mizera’s contemporary, adult CRIMSON EDGE erotic, rock romance series-a spin off set in the author’s Rock Hard and Rock Harder worlds. This is thirty-two year old, Crimson Edge drummer Angus Jeffries, and twenty-four year old, journalist Ryleigh Tucker’s story line. Several characters cross over with, or are mentioned, or have connections to characters in the author’s Rock Hard series, Rock Harder series, and Las Vega Sidewinders hockey series.

NOTE: There is a prequel novella-Edge of Forever- focusing on Crimson Edge guitarist Sam Fielding and teen singing idol Kirsten Aiken.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Angus and Ryleigh) LIVING ON THE EDGE follows Ryleigh Tucker as she struggles to make a name for herself in the world of music journalism. Ryleigh’s late father worked for the music magazine Rock Harder, and gifted his daughter a shot a fame working for Rich Fowler and Rock Harder magazine. A music reviewer and online blogger, Ryleigh is desperate for a full-time job, and her first assignment is to write an expose on the up and coming rock band Crimson Edge but from the outset Ryleigh’s place with the band is fraught with issues of trust, and when secrets are revealed, Ryleigh is forced to take the blame for something she did not do. Crimson Edge drummer Angus Jeffries is hiding a secret, and if exposed, his life with the band may spiral out of control but Ryleigh Tucker is about to uncover a much darker series of lies, and pay the price for someone else’s sins.

The world building focuses on the dynamics of the band as the pressure to succeed is threatened by someone else’s jealousy and hate. A perceived betrayal will push Ryleigh out of Angus’ life, a betrayal meant to destroy and break out story line hero. As the band begins their climb towards stardom, someone else is determined to take them down.

The relationship between Angus and Ryleigh begins acrimoniously as the band isn’t found of someone reporting their every move but Angus quickly discovers Ryleigh is much more than a wanna-be journalist, she is the woman who is about to destroy his heart. Ryleigh knows that to get involved with Angus Jeffries is a potential conflict of interest, and in this, Ryleigh battles between head and heart when someone else takes advantage of her burgeoning career. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to the energetic members of Crimson Edge: guitarist Sam Fielding and his girlfriend, teen singing idol Kirsten Aiken (Edge of Forever), lead singer Jonny Gold who struggles with the betrayal of his band ‘brother’, bass player Mick who is in love with another muscian’s girlfriend, rhythm guitarist Tate Jeffries, band manager Sasha Petrov (Anatoli -Las Vegas Sidewinders 4), singer Lexi Rousseau from Nobody’s Fool; Ryleigh’s questionable boss Rich Fowler, musician and Crimson Edge nemesis Callum Yates, and his girlfriend /model Taryn Blakeny, and bus driver Ben.

LIVING ON THE EDGE is a familiar story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, jealousy and manipulation, trust and heartbreak, forgiveness and love. The rock star / journalist love affair has been done by many authors, and all with the same take on betrayal and forgiveness but none the less, LIVING ON THE EDGE is a spicy tale of heart break and forgiveness. The character driven premise is captivating, dramatic and edgy; the romance is passionate and intoxicating; the characters are determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

KAT MIZERA

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kat Mizera was born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of Wanderlust. She’s lived from coast to coast, and everywhere in between, but home is wherever her family is. A devoted mom and wife to her wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat loves to travel the globe with her adventurous, hockey loving family. Greece is at the top of that list. She hopes to one day retire there, spending her days writing books on the beach.

Kat is former freelance sports writer who now writes steamy hockey romance about her favorite fictional teams, the Las Vegas Sidewinders and the Lauderdale Knights. The library of novels she’s penned also include sexy contemporary stories about baseball stars, alpha sex club owners, bodyguards, rock stars, and royalty. Regardless of genre, her books about bad boys with hearts of gold will steal your breath, rock your world and melt your heart.

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