Erotic Romance is in my proverbial wheelhouse, so I jumped at the chance to read and discuss MakingIt Hard by Tanith Davenport.
BLURB:
Vlogger Angel Metzler likes to create content on her two favourite things – rock music and classic cars. So when lead guitarist Judah Kallam approaches her at a car show and asks her to do some promotion work for him, she accepts – and when she notices someone filming them as he’s flirting with her, she kisses him, hoping this will result in good publicity.
Judah tells her he plans to quit his band Vegas Dreams to go solo and is happy to get any publicity he can by any means necessary. Irresistibly drawn to him, Angel agrees to make public appearances with him, but knows it will go no further – she has made a private vow never to date musicians, having been let down by too many in the past. But when the press attention grows too much to handle, Angel and Judah are thrown closer together and the heat growing between them tempts Angel to break her vow – but will Judah still be interested when the promotion is done, or is she just a groupie to him?
Such a great premise, right?
Here’s an EXCERPT:
The lead singer struck the crowd with a piercing look before playing the first chord, and Angel held up her phone, ready to record. These guys looked like they were going to be good.
Vegas Dreams. She would have to fire up Google when she got home. She would need some background information for her review. Names, album titles, future plans.
Judging by the lyrics, their first song was called Never Forever. She had never heard it before but the beat was infectious, and she began to move to the music, letting it flow through her.
As a bridge began, the lead guitarist moved to the front of the stage to start a solo, and Angel’s eyes widened as a wave of heat flooded through her body.
This guy was hot.
His dark hair was long, framing his face, his firm chin accentuated by a goatee. Dark eyes stood out under heavy brows, a curved facial tattoo of some kind—she couldn’t quite tell what—following the edge of his cheek to disappear behind his ear. Skintight jeans hugged his hips, but his chest was bare under his waistcoat, revealing a line of dark hair she instinctively ached to follow with her tongue.
“Sloane? What’s his name?”
Sloane paused, tilting her head in thought. “Judah, I think. Judah something.”
“Cute.”
Turning back to look, Sloane scanned him for a moment before shrugging.
“Meh. You can have him, I’ll take the lead singer.”
Angel laughed. “Yeah, right. I’m not a groupie.”
The lead singer struck the crowd with a piercing look before playing the first chord, and Angel held up her phone, ready to record. These guys looked like they were going to be good.
Vegas Dreams. She would have to fire up Google when she got home. She would need some background information for her review. Names, album titles, future plans.
Judging by the lyrics, their first song was called Never Forever. She had never heard it before but the beat was infectious, and she began to move to the music, letting it flow through her.
As a bridge began, the lead guitarist moved to the front of the stage to start a solo, and Angel’s eyes widened as a wave of heat flooded through her body.
This guy was hot.
His dark hair was long, framing his face, his firm chin accentuated by a goatee. Dark eyes stood out under heavy brows, a curved facial tattoo of some kind—she couldn’t quite tell what—following the edge of his cheek to disappear behind his ear. Skintight jeans hugged his hips, but his chest was bare under his waistcoat, revealing a line of dark hair she instinctively ached to follow with her tongue.
“Sloane? What’s his name?”
Sloane paused, tilting her head in thought. “Judah, I think. Judah something.”
“Cute.”
Turning back to look, Sloane scanned him for a moment before shrugging.
“Meh. You can have him, I’ll take the lead singer.”
Angel laughed. “Yeah, right. I’m not a groupie.”
My Thoughts:
Making It Hard (Did you see what she did here?) is a lovely bit of summer brain candy–and that is far from an insult. So, don’t think I’m being negative. The writing flows beautifully and wraps around the reader like a warm breeze. The sex is hot. (Need I say more?) Angel and Judah are the perfect couple in one of my favorite tropes. Grab your copy today.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Tanith Davenport began writing erotica at the age of 27 by way of the Romantic Novelists’ Association New Writers’ Scheme. Her debut novel “The Hand He Dealt” was released by Totally Bound in June 2011 and was shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2012.
Tanith has had short stories published by Totally Bound, Naughty Nights Press and House of Erotica. She loves to travel and dreams of one day taking a driving tour of the United States, preferably in a classic 1950s pink Cadillac Eldorado.
Tanith’s idea of heaven is an Indian head massage with a Mojito at her side.
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