Title: TAMING DEX
Series: 69 Bottles #4
Author: Zoey Derrick
Publish Date: 05. 15
Publisher: Zoey Derrick
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic, LGTB, M/M/F, M/F/M,
M/F, F/M, M/M
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Received from: Zoey Derrick (in exchange for an honest review)
Tour by: Once Upon An Alpha
Goodreads link: Taming Dex
Date completed: 05 20 .15
Description from the publisher:
Dex Harris, Drummer for America's
Hottest Alternative Rock Band 69 Bottles, has never gone looking for love—for
good reason. After an ill-fated night after a tour stop in Phoenix, his wicked
demons resurface. Is he strong enough to resist falling back into the black
hole that was once his life or will he let addiction consume him?
Raine Montgomery has worked for Bold
International, Inc since she moved to California at eighteen. She’s fought her way into the executive offices as an
assistant to CEO Cami Michaels, but being an assistant isn't what she imagines
doing for the rest of her life—so when Cami sends her to assist with the 69
Bottles tour, she jumps at the opportunity.
There’s only one kink in that
plan—and his name is Dex Harris.
Raine doesn’t expect to be on the
radar of the sexy manwhore drummer, let alone the center of his sights.
Shattered from a long-term relationship with a cheater, Raine is determined to
make Dex prove himself.
Will Dex toss away his one-night
stands in favor of sleeping every night with only one woman—or is Raine simply
his latest conquest?
A Rock Band. A Tour Bus. One Wild
Ride....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the fourth book in the 69
Bottles series. They do need to be read
in order. Absolutely do not attempt to
read this book without reading CLAIMING ADDISON, CRAVING TALON, and REDEEMING
KYLE first! Okay, technically, this one
stand alone, but you really don’t want to miss out on the threesome that is
Addison, Talon, and Kyle.
Raine has a fan-crush on Dex. Sure Talon Carver is the leadman for the band
and most girls want the singer, but not Raine.
She wants the bad-boy, man-whore, sex-god, drummer, Dex Harris. She’s not there as a groupie, and she’s sure
he’d never notice her anyway. He hasn’t
noticed her at the offices. She’ll do
her job and pine from afar. That’s the
plan.
Let’s face it, Dex is a horn-dog to
the nth degree! He is a self-admitted ass-hole. He has been since book one when Addison got
on the bus. His life has been the cliché
– sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. There is a
new groupie in every city, and he sees no reason for the party to end. That is until he falls for Raine. He doesn’t know how to do the relationship
thing, but for her, he’d allow Cupid to move in. Unfortunately, because he’s never tried to
woo a girl beyond a single night, he’s a screw-up on stand-by at all
times. He makes every mistake in the book
and I think he may have even invented a few new ones!
I loved that Raine tried to be
pragmatic about the situation – I’ll get my one night with the rock star/crush
and then be able to focus on the job. I
love that she never made it easy for Dex.
I even love that this is not the end of their story (though I did scream
for a few minutes because, like Veruca Salt (Willie Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory), “I want it now!”)
One thought on the steam factor for
this story – like the rest of this series, this is a read it one-handed kind of
book. Have the husband/boyfriend/boy toy
or BOB on stand-by, because they are going to love this book, too, even without
reading it!
I haven’t missed a single one of
Zoey Derrick’s books so far and it is my sincere recommendation that you don’t
miss them either. One-click; click it now!
Grammar/editing: ungraded – book
received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
The 69 Bottles series:
1.
Claiming Addison
2.
Craving Talon
3.
Redeeming Kyle
4.
Taming Dex
5.
Devouring Raine (coming soon)
Other Books from Zoey Derrick:
·
The Struggle
·
One Week
The Reason series:
1.
Give Me Reason
2.
Give Me Hope
3.
Give Me Desire
4.
Give Me Love
Love’s Wings series:
1.
Finding
Love’s Wings
2.
Chasing
Love’s Wings
I look at her and chuckle lightly
and go back to enjoying the show on the stage in front of me. Addison gets
hooked up to her mic for the second time and I escape back behind the stage to
the other side because I know Dex will come off stage shortly and I want to be
there when he does.
They finish up the song and my heart
starts to flutter. Dex makes eye contact with me. His steel grey eyes penetrate
me and cause me to shiver and my already heated sex to fire up. The little ball
of nerves is on fire as he narrows his eyes at me. He’s on a rampage, but he’s
not angry. He charges off of the stage first and Addison giggles as she passes
him.
Excitement, terror and pure lust
course hotly through my veins. I back up toward the wall, trying to put some
distance between us before he crushes me. But I have no outlet, nowhere to go.
Fuck, he knows this. I put my hands up in self-defense, but he smirks. Grabbing
my wrists, he spreads my arms wide and then over my head, pinning me to the
wall.
His lips crash hard onto mine. He
smells like Dex, heady and sweaty, but it’s fucking sexy as hell. He steals my
breath away the moment his tongue slides inside, seeking mine.
He abruptly pulls back, he is
breathing heavy. “You.” Kiss. “Made.” Kiss. “Me.” Kiss. “Pop my stick.” Lick
across my lips. “You made me lose my place.” He kisses me again. “You made me
screw up.” I give him a wicked chuckle. “You naughty girl.”
“Think about what you just said.”
I’m still laughing.
“Well, that is how fucking gorgeous
you look tonight.”
“Shut up,” I tell him.
He pulls back.
“Shut up and fucking kiss me, you
idiot.”
He smiles wider than I’ve ever seen
him smile before and he presses his lips and sweaty body against mine and I’m completely
and totally lost in his kiss. His lips, his tongue, his body pressed against
me. His knee slides between my legs and I writhe against him and he groans.
After a few more beats, he breaks the kiss. “We need to talk,” he whispers.
“Yeah, we do.”
“Stay?”
“Yes,” I breathe.
“Promise?”
“I promise.”
He slowly lets me go, like he knew I
was going to be unsteady on my feet and he doesn’t want me to fall. Once I’m
situated, he goes and grabs three bottles of water. He tucks one under his arm,
then hands me one. I smile as we both open our bottles. He downs his in two
swallows and immediately goes for the other one and downs that one equally as
fast. I take a big pull off of mine and hand it over to him.
He smirks, takes it and drinks it.
“Gotta go,” he breathes. “Get back
on the other side of the stage,” he says as a command.
‘Yes, sir.” He scowls at me, but
then smiles and goes back on stage.
Thank you [Once Upon An Alpha] for hosting this tour.
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