Rock King (Nothing But Trouble #1) by Tara Leigh-Review & Giveaway Tour
ROCK KING
Nothing But Trouble
by Tara Leigh
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Genre:adult, contemporary, rock, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 20,2018
I’m not who you think I am.
Shane Hawthorne has it all. At least, that’s what the headlines say about me. I have millions of fans, awards, more money – and women – than I know what to do with. But what you don’t see is the wreckage I’ve caused. The memories and pain I can’t escape, even when I pour them into music and spin them into gold.
I tried to forget. To lose myself in booze and groupies. It didn’t work. It hurt me and – worse – it hurt my band. That’s the last thing I want to do, so I’m cleaning up my act… starting with Delaney Fraser.
Gorgeous, smart, drama-free, and even nice – Delaney is the perfect “girlfriend.” When I’m with her I don’t have to pretend. It’s like she sees the real me. And I can see a future with her. But that’s dangerous. Because the truth is, Shane Hawthorne doesn’t actually exist. He’s a shield to hide who I really am. Fraud. Runaway. Addict. Murderer.
And it’s impossible to love a lie, right?
The Nothing but Trouble series:
Rock King
Rock Legend-TBA
Rock Rebel-TBA
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REVIEW: Rock King by Tara Leigh is book one in the Nothing But Trouble series.
Shane Hawthorne is the drop dead gorgeous lead singer of the world famous Nothing But Trouble rock band. He is complete legendary rock star status. But what the world doesn’t know is behind the public facade he struggles to keep it all together. Previous drug, alcohol and sex addiction is the least of his past worries. He has a secret that he has struggled years to hide. And no one – absolutely no one can find out about it.
Delaney Fraser is beautiful, smart, and drama free. But she is not living the life she wishes she was. She dreams of returning to school to finish her degree and freeing her father from jail. When she gets invited to celebrity agent Travis Taggert’s party – she knows immediately that she is out of her league. Travis invited her because she is exactly the type that rock star Shane Hawthorne goes for. And he was right – from the moment Shane meets Delaney – he realizes he must have her. And not just for the sex but he sees the absolute good in her and thinks that she will do amazing things just being around him. He pursues her to be his “fake girlfriend” for his next tour. Having her there will keep him away from the drugs, alcohol and be a buffer between him and the groupies. But Delaney is hiding from a past and has secrets of her own. When their two worlds collide what culminates in the end could either be revealing and releasing or it could end in utter chaos and broken hearts.
Shane Hawthorne is pure cocky rock god. Or at least that’s what he portrays to the public and his fans. But Shane hasn’t been honest with his fans or anyone else for that matter. He isn’t who anyone thinks he is. He is really Sean Sutter who is running from a past he has regretted and ran from for years. But very few know the truth. When he meets Delaney he can’t help but open himself to her completely. He tells her everything – every detail that he has ran from for years.
But Delaney has her own secret that sent her dad to prison for a crime he did not commit. He makes her swear to never tell the truth of the accident, and to never come and see him in prison.
But in one fell swoop – it is released to the public that Shane hires fake girlfriends for his tours. In the fallout from that, he must come face to face with the fact of who he really is and what he has done in his past. And with the urging of Delaney he faces his past head on.
Just when Shane thinks his life just can’t get any better, his world collapses as he finds out that Delaney has been lying to him and with-holding facts about her life. Will he be able to get past the lies that she told and love her completely? Or is it all too much for him to handle, and can he even walk away?
I have never been a fan of “rockstar” romances. But I thoroughly enjoyed this. The characters were real and true.
I felt their guilt and fears and relief when the revealed their truths. Its a glimpse into the lives of rockstar’s and what exactly life on the road and maintaining a relationship really means. I enjoyed the development of the relationships and even enjoyed the sub-characters.
Although I am still on the fence on how I feel about Travis. I hope there is redemption in his future. Shane and Delaney made me swoon and left me wanting more. Would recommend to anyone that loves a good romance with hot and steamy sex scenes thrown in.
Copy supplied for review
Reviewed by Erin
Tara Leigh attended Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia Business School in New York, and worked on Wall Street and Main Street before “retiring” to become a wife and mother. When the people in her head became just as real as the people in her life, she decided to put their stories on paper. Tara currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children and fur-baby, Pixie.
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