I walked into a club called Ruin and found it—and him—when he bent me over the piano he was playing.
I did as he said, but not until after he’d decimated me in the filthiest way possible.
I loved every second.
That one, and the ones that came years later. When he sang with me against his will, although the words burned and the scar tissue left him raw.
Nash has secrets, deadly ones, and he won’t let me in. He just gives me dirty little tastes of him that make me desperate for more.
To the world, I’m on top. The lead singer of a famous rock band.
With Nash, I don’t mind getting on my knees.
But someone is watching us. And our stalker isn’t content to stay on the sidelines any longer.
The curtain is about to rise. Win, lose...or die.
Author’s note: Play Dirty is a standalone enemies to lovers rock star romance. It ends in a happily ever after.
Play Dirty is book 1 in the Brooklyn Dawn rockstar series. You may see some cameos in this series from our other rockstar series set in the Oblivion world.
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What I thought about Play Dirty
I was excited to see this title appear on my kindle as this writing duo of Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott know how to deliver a rock star romance that has just the right amount of everything -- heat, plot and a nice helping of rockstar antics. This is a new series about Brooklyn Dawn, a band readers may recognize as they have been introduced in the Oblivion series.
The book opens with Brooklyn Dawn's front-woman, Lindsay York looking for some fun and finding it at a bar called Ruin. Alexander Nash. Their encounter is explosive. The beginning pulled me right into the story.
Nash is a character that we've seen before from this writing duo -- a reclusive Irish producer that every artist wants to work with. He's not exactly an "open" sort of guy. It takes some effort for Lindsey and Nash to sort out their feelings for each other and they get some help from Logan King in Winchester Falls. It turns out that Nash and Lindsey don't just burn up the sheets, so to speak, they can also compose and perform together in an amazing way. When another artist turns up singing their songs, Lindsey questions everything about Nash, providing a dose of conflict in this otherwise predictable story.
There's a third POV in this story as well, that being Kyle, Nash's best friend. There are few surprises regarding this character and his motives toward Lindsey and Nash, and it takes a long time for all his plans to fall in place. I almost wish there was more from Nash's point of view so I could have some sort of feeling about him, but this book was overly long as it was.
Overall, I liked Lindsey and Nash's story. They were really good together and I absolutely loved Lindsey. The story sings when Lindsey and Nash are on page together and Lindsey's best friend Jamie also lifted this story up. I did find Play Dirty to be long and at times too detailed and repetitious, and that's why it's not 5 star for me.
An ARC was provided for review.
Cari Quinn Bio
USA Today bestselling author Cari Quinn grew up wanting to be a singer more than anything else. When she realized she probably wouldn’t be hired as the opening act for the Foo Fighters, she stopped singing and started writing. Now she happily writes about rock stars, MMA fighters, suited heroes, bodyguards and everything in between. And she blasts her music as loud as the neighbors can stand, because hey, she’ll always be a rock star in her own head.
Taryn Elliott Bio
USA Today Bestselling author Taryn Elliott is a music freak who loves everything about telling stories. She has way too many ideas rattling around in her head, but music almost always ends up in the story somehow. She’s extremely lucky to have a job that allows her to slip into the shoes of musicians, actors, business women, tycoons, bodyguards, chefs, bakers, carpenters, inventors, bartenders, wine makers, artists, and so many more characters to come. Talk about living the dream!
