Bad-boy
Luke "Lucifer" Blackwell is living the life. Being the lead singer for
the rock group Riot 59 has brought him everything he could ever
want—billions of dollars, endless parties, and enough groupies to last a
lifetime. But when Luke’s wild life starts to wear him down, he returns
home to Texas—and ends up in the arms of the one woman who’s always
made his heart beat faster than a pounding drum…Kayleigh Taylor likes
being a small-town girl, so she’s always been wary of Luke Blackwell’s
fast-paced life—and of Luke himself. Fully expecting never to see the
sexy singer who broke her heart years before, Kayleigh is completely
shocked to find him back home, avoiding the spotlight and pursuing her instead.
Kayleigh knows this can’t be right--his heart was always devoted to his
music. But as they spend more and more time together, Luke is awfully
convincing that his heart belongs to someone else…
Rocked
by the Billionaire
is my favorite of the Billionaire’s Club: Texas series. Unlike his brothers in
the previous two novellas, Luke grew up with the girl who had his heart.
Unfortunately, at eighteen Luke was ready to leave their small town behind to
prove that he wasn’t the piece of white trash good-for-nothing troublemaker so
many of his peers believed him to be. But Kayleigh loved small town life and
didn’t want to leave, so Luke left her behind without a look back, breaking her
heart in the process. Eight years later he’s back in town to get his life back
in order and one of the first things he sees is her and he realizes that she still owns his heart and he wants her
back.
I think that the reason I loved Rocked by the Billionaire so much is
that I could relate to Kayleigh and her frustration about how much of a hold
Luke had over her after so much time, even after breaking her heart. I believe
many women have that guy that makes
us lose our mind and common sense when he blows back into our lives. I do and
any time we run into one another, I’m right back to being the 20 year-old girl
I was when we were together. Adding to the feelings of nostalgia, Ms. Baxter
also infuses a TON of sexual chemistry between Kayleigh and Luke. The sex
scenes are panty-melting hot. Good grief! And that punch was perfect! Of course
the author gives the couple the happy ending they deserve. I’m just sad that
Luke is the last of the Blackwell brothers bringing the series to an end, but
at least Ms. Baxter has another series available that I’ll have to check out.
Have you ever read a book and thought “I’ve read this
before?” Yeah, that was me and Rocked by
the Billionaire. While I had never read this particular book before, the
story was so similar to many I read in my teens that I was bored. The entire
way through – well, except for the moment I wanted to kick the heroine for
dumping her boyfriend just because the ‘hero’ was back in town.
But that wasn’t the only thing that kind of drove me nuts.
The writing style was reminiscent of young adult novels – and that turned me
off instantly. When I want to read a YA book, I read one. I don’t expect that
kind of writing in an adult book. In the end, I would classify this book as
erotica and not erotic romance – because the focus was more on the ‘have to get
the woman into bed’ than on the romance. And here you can see why it being
written in a young adult style would bother me – young adult literature and
erotica do not mix.
If you are looking for a simply written, uncomplicated
erotic story with teenage-style reactions in adults, this may be the book for
you.
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