Today I’m excited to participate in the Release Blitz of ‘Inferno’
by Kathryn Kelly. ‘Inferno’ is the first book in the Phoenix Rising Rock Band
series and is out NOW!!
About the Book:
I’m a
rocker with the eyes of the world on me. Waiting for my triumph or my downfall…just
waiting.
Most
of my life is in my hands. My destiny? That’s another story. My destiny isn’t
as debt free.
My
band, Phoenix Rising, arrives in Houston to cut a new album. Before we perform
our first concert in the city and I choose my groupies of the night, I’m thrust
into debauchery. Sleeping with a gorgeous woman twenty years older than me has
its perks, especially when her husband orchestrated the encounter and eagerly
watches. To me, performing is performing. If a man wants to share his wife, who
am I to stop him?
Unfortunately
for me, I don’t make a clean getaway as I leave the McCall mansion. Georgie,
their sixteen-year-old daughter, is in the midst of her own intrigue, sneaking
home in the middle of the night after an evening of drugs and sex with her
older brother’s best friend. In her, I see me. She’s lost and drifting. Her
hedonistic parents insist she’s old enough to make her own decisions. Instead
of time and love, they give her money and things.
I’m a
twenty-five-year old international superstar and I know better. I’m cocky and
arrogant. I know it so I own it. Somehow, I’ve always bested the fates. I have
all to lose—my reputation, my career, and my freedom. Her mother’s jealousy
forces my hand and I take Georgie on the tour.
This
is our story and our secret relationship and the destruction of my life. You
know the adage about secrets?Three may
keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Wise words from a wise man. If only I
had listened. Secrets have a way of revealing themselves in the harshest way.
Inferno
was inspired after I read a news article about a much older man who fell in
love with a girl when she was 16. My imagination took over from there and
Georgie and Sloane were born. The ending to the real story was sad and
heartbreaking. However, Georgie and Sloane will ultimately find happiness.
Excerpt:
Hooking
a finger inside my mesh T-shirt, she shakes her head. She really likes touching
me. If I did relationships, I’d get her number. Give the paparazzi another
reason to chase me and attempt to pick apart my actions. They’ve supposedly
pegged my type. What would they say if I introduced her as my lover? Young and
dark-haired. I can’t think of a better way to fuck with them.
“You
aren’t an addict anymore.” Her voice breaks into my contemplations. “You’ve
been clean since you demolished the record company’s studio and you’re halfway
through the American leg of your tour. You’re not messing that up. I won’t
allow it.”
Her
defiance makes me laugh, although my heart hammers. While I consider using her
for my amusement, her concern for me is genuine. “It isn’t for me. It’s for a
special friend.”
“That
porn star you’re dating?”
Fuck,
she really does follow my life closely. “I’ve never dated one porn star.”
Although I fucked several on the plane ride to Houston. “I want the fucking
baggie. Now.”
Again,
she denies me with a shake of her head. I suspect she’s used to getting her
way. Is it because she’s spoiled or ignored, I don’t know. I do know what she
needs, though. Discipline. Structure. Focus. At one time, I found it in my
music. Lately, not even music has been enough to subdue my restiveness.
Asshole
steps beside her. “Powder belongs to me,” he says tightly, a handkerchief
pressed to his bleeding nose, his eye already swelling. “It’s my decision who
gets it or not and I’ve chosen her.”
Cursing,
I dig in my back pocket and offer him all the hundreds I have.
“Sloane,
please.” Her tortured whisper will haunt me. The care and concern infused in it
is more than I get from anyone. “Do you swear it isn’t for you?”
I nod
and, as quickly as I came upon her, she leaves. Just like that. A delicate star
brightening my life one moment and an elusive angel floating forever away the
next.
Long
minutes later, I sit with the coke, fighting the urge to do a line. My hands
actually shake.
“Sloane,
please…”
Her
plea bounces in my head and her scent remains on my fingers, my lips, and in my
mouth. For her, the sad, little temptress, I find the nearest bathroom and
flush the blow. Then, I splash water on my face. It isn’t cold at all, so it
doesn’t give my system the shock it needs to snap back from my encounter with
her.
I
regret not forcing the issue about her name. All it took was one look from me
to get my dick into her mouth. I’m sure one, cold command for her name would’ve
produced results, too. Maybe, I didn’t want to know it. A name is so personal.
This way, our sex remained simple and unencumbered with expectations.
She
said I’d forget her name, so she never bothered to offer it to me. But, she’s a
younger, softer, feminine version of me. For the rest of my life, I’ll remember
the unidentified waif with the gorgeous purple eyes.
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About the Author:
Kathryn
Kelly is living her dream and writing books. She's always been an avid reader
and still devours books in her spare time. She also enjoys football,
socializing, music, eating, and jokes. In her head, she's the ultimate biker
babe. In reality, she's an ordinary girl-next-door and a native New Orleanian.
I live in the Netherlands and I’m a fulltime Nurse and a fanatic book addict. Ever since I was a little girl I read everything I can get my hands on. This blog is all about those books and many more. I hope you enjoy your time here on Maureen’s Books.
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I’m a fulltime Nurse on a Traumatology department at an Academic Hospital. As
long as I can remember my life has been filled with books and stories. I grew
up with my mom and was just the two of us for a long time. But we were never
really just ‘with the two of us’. Our house has been filled with books and
bookshelves and the books never stopped coming. I grew up reading everything I
could put my hands on from ‘Mathilda’ and ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by Roald
Dahl, till all the Harry Potter books and the Twilight series. So growing up
I’ve have been in all sorts of different worlds. I used books as an escape when
things got tough but I also used books to find my peace and somehow grew in the
woman I am today.
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