New York Times bestselling author
Nalini Singh continues her Rock Kiss series with a hot, sweet, emotional
contemporary romance about love and forgiveness…
ROCK WEDDING IS NOW AVAILABLE!
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New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh continues
her Rock Kiss series with a hot, sweet,
emotional contemporary romance about love and forgiveness…
After a lifetime of longing
for a real family, Sarah Smith thought she’d finally found her home with rock
star Abe Bellamy, even if she knew Abe didn’t love her the way she loved him.
But their brief relationship, filled with tragedy and heartache, nearly
destroyed her. Alone, emotions in turmoil, and already shaky self-esteem
shattered, Sarah struggles to pick up the pieces in the wake of their divorce.
Abe knows he’s to blame for
the end of his marriage. Caught in a web of painful memories, he pushed away
the best thing in his life – the sexy, smart woman he adores – breaking them
both in the process. Then fate throws him a second chance to get things right,
to prove to Sarah that she means everything to him. Abe desperately wants that
second chance at love…even if he knows he doesn’t deserve it.
But can he convince Sarah –
now strong and independent without him – to risk her wounded heart one more
time?
Excerpt from
ROCK WEDDING by
Nalini Singh
Plowing his gloved fists into the
punching bag in front of him on the morning of the fourth day, Abe blocked out
the other sounds in the gym and attempted to lose himself in the rhythm of the
mindless action. It worked for about a minute before his mind filled with Sarah
again. Her shy smile when he gave her a compliment. The way she’d sit curled up
under his arm and read to him on lazy summer days.
Hard on the heels of that memory
came one of him throwing her books in the pool in a drug-fueled rage. She’d
been sobbing as she tried to save them.
“Fucking bastard,” Abe muttered,
talking to his past self. He punched the bag so hard that it threatened to
swing back right into his face. He didn’t care. He deserved to have his face
beaten in.
Ripping off his gloves afterward, he
showered, then went straight to a bookshop.
It was too little too late, but now
that he’d remembered his asshole behavior, he couldn’t just leave it. Ball cap
pulled low, he wandered the aisles… then realized most people here didn’t care
who he was; they were more interested in the volumes that lined the shelves. He
spent an hour inside the murmuring quiet of the store, searching for the titles
he remembered seeing on their bedside table. She’d definitely read him Jane
Austen.
He couldn’t remember which one
though, so he bought the entire set.
And there was this one romance novel
she loved and had read over and over again. He’d teased her it would fall apart
in her hands one day. She’d just smiled and read him a paragraph that she’d
told him was part of her favorite scene. What the hell had it been? Yes, that
was it. In the end, it turned out the store didn’t have that book in stock, so
he bought her a bunch of new releases featuring people with dogs or puppies on
the covers. He definitely remembered seeing covers like that in their home
After spotting it in a display, he
added in a nonfiction book about a woman who’d set up her own company while
nearly flat broke and who was now a millionaire. At the counter, he paid extra
to have the books wrapped up and packaged.
He’d called his car service earlier;
the driver shot him a funny look when he put the package in the passenger seat
and gave him Sarah’s address. “I’m a courier now?” the stocky middle-aged man
asked, having worked long enough for Schoolboy Choir that he was a friend.
They’d all missed his calm demeanor and total trustworthiness when he broke his
leg recently and had been out for a while.
“Best in the business,” Abe
responded.
The other man snorted. “I’ll get it
to her now.”
Blowing out a breath after the
gleaming black town car pulled away, Abe went to where he’d parked his SUV and
got in. He didn’t want to go home to his empty house, but he didn’t want to
barge in on his friends either. David and Thea, Noah and Kit, they needed time
alone. As for Molly and Fox, while the newlyweds were back home after a short
wedding trip, having postponed their honeymoon until later in the year, Abe
wasn’t about to bust up their love nest.
Gabriel and Charlotte probably
wouldn’t have minded the company since they’d been doing the sightseeing thing,
but the other couple had flown back to New Zealand twenty-four hours
earlier—after inviting all of them to their own wedding.
His phone buzzed right then.
Picking it up, he saw a message from
Fox. Molly and I are at that Thai place
with the noodles you like. We saved you a seat if you want to join us for
lunch.
Damn, he loved his bandmates. On my way, he messaged back.
Starting the engine, he tried not to
obsess over if Sarah would call him after receiving his long overdue gift.
Hell, he’d be content with her throwing the books at his head. All he wanted
was for her to talk to him, to let him show her he wasn’t that guy anymore, the
one who’d destroyed them both.
What I thought about Rock Wedding
I'd almost forgotten about this series, but I'm really glad that I decided to stick with it because Rock Wedding is a lovely story of forgiveness and love that I think will touch many readers.
Sarah is a sweet woman, eager to take care of her husband Abe. He's the keyboard player from Schoolboy Choir, and he's got some big demons riding around on his shoulders. He's dealing with some heavy grief made more potent by drug addiction, and unfortunately takes it out on Sarah. In these brutal opening scenes, Nalini Singh gives a eyes-wide-open view of the end of a marriage. The words here hurt and brought tears to my eyes with their nastiness.
In the aftermath, Sarah manages to make it through the dark days afterward. She moves past Abe as best as she can, but not everything she does works out for her. Her heart is broken a second time and it's Abe that comes to pull her out of her grief.
But Sarah's heart is still tender and she isn't sure if she can survive Abe a second time. I absolutely loved this part of the book, where these two people find their way back to each other. I rarely read romance where forgiveness plays such a huge part, and I adored that about this story.
I loved Abe and Sarah and their journey. It was sweet without being sticky, and realistic without being a downer. It was great to see the characters from the previous books in the series again too.
The writing is great, the emotions pack the pages. I kept turning the pages to the end and it left me wanting more. I definitely recommend this if you are looking for a romance that's a little bit different and diverse.
ARC provided for review.
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About the Author
Nalini Singh is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series.
She lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing.
If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find
lots of excerpts and free short stories on her website. Slave to
Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling
series, while Angels’
Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter
series. The Rock Kiss books are all stand alone and can be read in any order.
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