Fade Into You (Shaken Dirty #3) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Book Tour

FADE INTO YOU (Shaken Dirty #3) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Book Tour

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Fade Into You

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 15, 2016

She’s one addiction he can’t resist.

Wyatt Jennings has been called a lot of things by the media. Bad-boy rocker. Intense drummer. Addict.

Finally out of rehab and desperate for a fresh start, Wyatt rejoins his mega-platinum rock band Shaken Dirty as they prepare for their world tour. But Wyatt’s demons are never far behind, always nipping at his heels for one. More. Fix.

Enter Poppy Germaine, the band’s new social media consultant. A beautiful bombshell who somehow manages to get underneath Wyatt’s skin, Poppy’s an addiction Wyatt can get behind. And even though she’s with the label—and therefore off-limits—he craves her. Needs her.

Except Poppy isn’t actually a social media consultant. She’s the daughter of the label’s CEO, sent undercover to babysit Wyatt and keep him from falling off the wagon again. Proving herself to her father is Poppy’s only goal—until she finds herself in Wyatt’s bed. But if Wyatt discovers the truth, it could send him spiraling all over again

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REVIEW: FADE INTO YOU is the third installment in Tracy Wolff’s contemporary, adult, erotic Shaken Dirty romance series. The series focuses on the members of the rock group Shaken Dirty. This is record executive Poppy Germaine, and Shaken Dirty’s drummer Wyatt Jennings’s story line. FADE INTO YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Poppy and Wyatt) FADE INTO YOU looks at addiction, lies, and heartbreak as Wyatt Jennings discovers that rehab is only the start on his long road to recovery. Wyatt is an addict-alcohol and heroine are his drugs of choice-but a few hours out of rehab and Wyatt is struggling to stay clean and sober. Enter Poppy Germaine-an executive from the band’s label-but a woman working under the guise of a social media princess. What ensues is the building relationship between Poppy and Wyatt, and Wyatt’s battles with his demons, his past, and the members of the band.

Poppy is on assignment, and with it comes the responsibility of her father’s record label but Poppy is no newcomer to the music scene. As our heroine struggles with her attraction to Wyatt, she finds herself falling in love with a man who battles both internal and external demons.

The relationship between Poppy and Wyatt is one of insta-lust that begins within minutes of Poppy mistakenly making out, in a dark alley, with Wyatt Jennings. Poppy needs to overcome her crush on the band’s drummer to effectively take control of Wyatt’s sobriety but saying and doing are two different things when Wyatt’s need for Poppy is almost as strong as his addiction to alcohol and drugs. The $ex scenes are erotic and intense. There is no denying the intense heat of want and need but the insta-lust/love felt a little too rushed even for an insta-love story line.

The world building continues to look at the band’s infrastructure: their struggle to find a new bassist in light of Micah’s betrayal; Wyatt’s battle with staying clean and sober; and the band’s potential fall out with their recording label.

FADE INTO YOU is an emotional story line about one man’s fall from grace, and the demons he continues to battle from past through to the present. The premise is dramatic and intense; the characters are impassioned and real; the romance is a quick build to a happily ever after.

Series Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Crash Into Me
Drive Me Crazy
Fade Into You

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy

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Excerpt

He was on fire. There was no other way to describe it, no other words to do justice to what she was seeing. What she was hearing. Wyatt was in the back right corner of the stage, but it was like he was the only one out there. Like there was a giant spotlight focused right on him while everyone else was just standing around in the dark.
Obviously, that wasn’t true. The whole band sounded amazing. Ryder’s vocals were right on, Jared’s guitar playing was phenomenal as usual, and Quinn was as close to perfect on the keyboards as a human could get. It was crazy.
More, it was like it had been two days since they’d played together instead of two months. That’s how well they blended together, how well their styles meshed. Sure, Li was a little off, just as she’d known he would be—he was good, but his skills weren’t up to their level and his style was too removed to work with what the others were throwing out. Plus, he wasn’t coming close to keeping up with the drum line Wyatt was laying down, which was a problem considering bass and drums worked hand in hand in most Shaken Dirty songs.
But then again, it wasn’t like keeping up with Wyatt was easy at the best of times. And now, when he was mounting a full-on assault on those drums? Even Jared and Quinn were struggling to stay with him and this was their music. He was their drummer.
But hell, she didn’t think any musician in the world could be on that stage tonight and be anything but overshadowed by what Wyatt was doing. His stick work was so fast, so precise, so fucking brilliant, she wouldn’t be surprised if his whole kit burst into flames right in front of him. There was a part of her that wondered how it hadn’t already.
Music was her life, and rock was the genre she was most passionate about. She could name every member of every halfway decent rock group in the world, could list off the best singers, best guitarists, best drummers and bassists and keyboardists to ever live, along with their best performances. And she would swear that at this moment, no drummer she’d ever heard—not Keith Moon, not Dave Grohl, not Josh Freese, not even Charlie Watts—could hold a candle to Wyatt Jennings. He’d always been amazing, had always been brilliant at making the drums the creative backbone of every Shaken Dirty song, but right now, in this club after two and a half months of rehab, stone-cold sober and wailing away on the tom-toms, he was the best she’d ever seen. The best she’d ever heard.
And she wasn’t just thinking that because it had only been an hour since he’d given her the two most intense orgasms of her life…
Which she still couldn’t believe she’d let happen.
Not with Wyatt.
Not when she had a job to do that so specifically revolved around him.
Not when she’d worked so hard and for so long to prove her father wrong…one slipup, one moment of giving in to the fire she worked so hard to keep tamped down, and she might have fucked it all up.

About The author

Tracy WolffTracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten she’d read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, Tracy knew she’d found her life-long love. Now an English professor at her local community college, she writes romances that run the gamut from contemporary to paranormal to erotic suspense.

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Drive Me Crazy (Shaken Dirty #2) by Tracy Wolff-a review

Drive Me Crazy (Shaken Dirty #2) by Tracy Wolff-a review

Drive Me Crazy

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DRIVE ME CRAZY (Shaken Dirty #2) by Tracy Wolff

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 24, 2014

His rival’s in his bed, and this rocker is ready to play.

Former rivals Quinn Bradford and Elise McKinney are not friends, at least not anymore. As teens, all they cared about was psyching each other out before concerts. But when Quinn—now the keyboardist for Shaken Dirty, the hottest rock band on the scene—returns to his hometown and hears about the car accident that shattered Elise’s career, he’s determined to make things right.

Elise wants nothing to do with an arrogant rock star, despite how bad she so clearly wants him, so Quinn kidnaps the stubborn little piano player and whisks her back to his mansion. A little seduction might be just the thing to keep Elise under his care…and in his bed. But amid pranks both childish and very adult, their past comes rearing back to haunt them. And it might be more than either of them can forget.

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REVIEW: DRIVE ME CRAZY is the second instalment in Tracy Wolff’s contemporary, adult, erotic Shaken Dirty romance series. The series focuses on the members of the rock group Shaken Dirty. This is keyboardist Quinn Bradford and classical pianist Elise McKinney’s story-a second chance at love tale with a friends to lovers premise. As teens, Quinn and Elise had been rivals on the concert pianist circuit until the day Quinn walked away following an accident where Quinn blamed himself for Elise’s injuries. Fast forward ten years-Quinn is a member of one of the most successful and hottest rock bands and Elise is back on his radar-only this time she has been injured following a fatal traffic accident that left her manager dead- now Quinn wants Elise back in his life.

The premise of the storyline is on Elise’s recovery and the possibility she may never play the piano at the same level before the accident. With her hand badly damaged and the potential for a career ending injury, Elise finds herself living with the man with whom she had fallen in love over ten years earlier. Elise has lost everyone and everything that she has loved in the previous year and when Quinn reenters her life, she is frightened of losing –all over again. But Quinn’s history with Elise is not all flowers and candy, and the reason he left so abruptly will come full circle when Elise, once again, becomes collateral damage in a fight amongst the band.

The relationship between Elise and Quinn is sexy and sensual as well as humorous when the pair reconnect through pranks and comedic situations. Let’s just say you will never again look at a Twinkie or a ‘bedazzler’ the same way. Elise has loved Quinn since they were teens and she is hoping that they have both matured to the point that neither will run when the going gets tough.

The world building continues with the inclusion of most of the previous storyline characters including the members of Shaken Dirty. The problems with drugs, alcohol and jealousy follow the band from one story to the next and I don’t think we have seen the last of Micah and his attempts to destroy his former mates.

DRIVE ME CRAZY is a fast paced storyline about two people who have been given a second chance at friendship and love. This is also a story about betrayal and trust; pain and healing and, the price of fame. Tracy Wolff writes a delicious story of finding love and never letting go.

READING ORDER
1. Crash Into Me
2. Drive Me Crazy

Reviewed by Sandy

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Crash Into Me (Shaken Dirty #1) by Tracy Wolff-a review

CRASH INTO ME (Shaken Dirty #1) by Tracy Wolff-a review

Crash Into Me

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 14, 2013

Jamison Matthews has lusted after Ryder Montgomery since she was a preteen. But now that Ryder and her brother’s band, Shaken Dirty, has made it huge, she’s just one of many pining for the brooding lead singer. Too bad Ryder still sees her as a little sister. Not that it matters. Her brother would never allow it, and the last thing Jamison wants is to be another notch on a rock star’s bed post-even if it’s Ryder’s.

Ryder doesn’t deserve happiness. After his fame destroyed his last girlfriend, he swore he’d never fall in love again. So when Jamison, the girl he’s been in danger of loving for years, joins the band on the road, he’ll do anything to deny the sparks between them–even after one hot night together. But Jamison is determined to show Ryder that he’s worthy of love–her love–and that she’s all grown up and ready to play.

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REVIEW: CRASH INTO ME is the first storyline in Tracy Wolff’s new contemporary, rock star romance series SHAKEN DIRTY. This is Jamison and Ryder’s story-Jamison is the sister of Ryder’s best friend and fellow bandmate Jared and Ryder is the tattooed, pierced and lead singer for Shaken Dirty. Everyone in the band knows that Jamison is Jared’s little sister and there is a hands-off policy enforced. But when Ryder learns that Jamison is the band’s new chef for the tour, he doesn’t know if a hands-off policy is possible because he has wanted Jamison for a very long time.

The reader is taken on a back-stage tour of the down and dirty life of a rock band: we watch as groupies throw themselves at the band; drinking is an art form; and for one, drugs, will be the ultimate high. And all the while, each member feels the need to protect Jamison from the others as well as herself. But Jamison is twenty three years old and has had a crush on Ryder since she was thirteen and no one was going to prevent her from letting Ryder know exactly how she feels.

The storyline also focuses on the ongoing problems with each of the band members. For one, there is a history of substance abuse and for another the past is filled with a history of guilt and loss. Still one more must face the truth about the reality of his personal life when everything begins to crash down around him. And still another buries years of abuse, behind the music.

The relationship between Ryder and Jamison begins as friends to lovers but in the end, Ryder will push Jamison away believing he is not worthy of love. Their love making is sensual and erotic but there is still the proverbial elephant in the room-something in Ryder’s past will not allow him to forgive and move forward. And Ryder’s guilt knows no boundaries when a scene from present day replays over and over in his head-what if he wasn’t there to save Jamison?

The world building brings together the cast and crew of a number one selling rock band and the fans who will stop at nothing for a piece of the band. The characters are colorful as are their histories and current lifestyle and love lives. And in the end, the band will say goodbye to one of their own and welcome a new addition.

Crash Into Me is a fast paced storyline that doesn’t pull any punches; it looks at the uglier side of life on the road and the inability of some people to stay on the straight and narrow.

If you are a fan of the rock genre storyline CRASH INTO ME is another welcome addition. But the epilogue fast forwards the storyline about one year, so I am hoping that Tracy goes back and writes a story for each of the members or at the very least offers a reflection, memory and flashbacks in her upcoming stories.

Copy supplied by the publisher-Brazen Entangled.

Reviewed by Sandy

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