Hard Rock Remix

Hard Rock Remix by Ava Lore

My rating (out of 5 stars):

3 stars—I liked it.

My Thoughts:

I was a big fan of the first book in this “Lonely Kings” series—Hard Rock Arrangement. I didn’t like this one as much, but it was still decent. I felt that this one toned down the characters and everyone seemed bland. The situation was too unbelievable. Now I’m not excited to read the rest of the stories in this series. I may or may not.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“A damsel in distress...

The day of a young woman's wedding should be the happiest day of her life, but for Aylen Ware, it is the worst. Raised from a young age in a secret splinter sect of the Fundamentalist Mormon Church, Aylen has spent her life suppressing her true self and living in constant fear of violence and abuse. The Elders of the church claim that she has been chosen to be the eighteenth bride of a man three times her age and renowned for his cruelty, but Aylen has other ideas. Mere minutes before her wedding, she runs, knowing that she will fail in her flight unless she can find someone to help her...

An unlikely prince...

Half-naked and passed out drunk on a motel bed, Carter Hudson doesn’t seem like a knight in shining armor. Covered in tattoos and piercings, and distinctly disheveled, he frightens Aylen more than a little bit... but appearances can be deceiving. As Aylen runs with Carter's help, she discovers that beneath the rough surface is a scarred young man who has had his own curses and triumphs--and that he is full of surprises. Like his music. And his money. And his fame. Oh...and also his internationally acclaimed rock band. Still, as the two grow closer Aylen discovers they are more alike than not, and finds her feelings for him changing from the wary...to the wicked.

A fairy tale ending...?

But Aylen's past will not let go easily: men from the Church are tracking her, determined to take her back to the cult and a life of misery and servitude. Will the bond between her and Carter be enough to escape the evil that follows her, or is her curse so strong that not even love can defeat it?”

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Super Immunity by Joel Fuhrman
2. Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins
3. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
4. Never Knowing  by Chevy Stevens
5. Simply Irresistable  by Jill Shalvis
6. Nothing But Trouble by Rachel Gibson
7. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
8. The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux
9. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
10. Hard Rock Arrangement  by Ava Lore

Hard Rock Arrangement

Hard Rock Arrangement by Ava Lore

My Rating (out of 5 stars):

4 stars—I really liked it.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“Chronic loser Rebecca Alton is penniless, homeless, and sleeping on her sister’s couch. She needs a job, fast, but in this economy finding one is easier said than done. When she accidentally walks into the wrong office and finds herself auditioning for the role of fake girlfriend and very real babysitter to Carter Hudson, the out-of-control lead guitarist of an up and coming rock band, can she pull it off? And considering who her boss would be, Carter's brother and the band’s bassist, manager, and undisputed king of bad attitudes Kent Hudson, would she even want the job?

Rebecca isn’t sure. In fact, she’s not sure of much in her life, except three things: Kent wants her, she wants him back, and the underlying animal attraction between them may be too white-hot to keep under wraps.”

My Thoughts:

Newest rock series find! There was some serious hotness in this one. I really liked the characters in this book. They were realistic and funny. This was a ray of sunshine in my dismal smut reading binge.