Title: Midnight Blue
Author: LJ Shen
Genre: Rock Star Romance
Release Date: 18 January 2018
Blurb
It should have been easy.
I needed the money. He needed a babysitter to keep him from snorting himself to death.
I was cherry-picked especially for him. Responsible. Optimistic. Warm. Innocent.
The worst part is that I should have known better.
Alex Winslow. British rock star. Serial heartbreaker. Casanova with whiskey eyes.
“Don’t get near the devil in a leather jacket. He’ll chew you up and spit you out.”
Sounds familiar? That’s because it was a headline in a tabloid the second time he got arrested.
Guess what? I didn’t listen.
I signed the contract.
World tour. Three months. Four Continents. One hundred shows.
My name is Indigo Bellamy, and I sold my soul to a tattooed god.
Problem was, my soul wasn’t enough for Alex Winslow. He ended up taking my body, too.
Then he took my heart.
Then he took my all.
Review
A new standalone rock star opposites attract romance from
queen of the mega ‘A’ hole alpha men creator, LJ Shen.
Alex Winslow is out of control again and after a DUI and his
drug possession charge, his management have kicked him into rehab but now he is
out they need him to keep on the straight and narrow. After numerous ‘mansitters’
Indigo Bellamy is selected as the next candidate.
Indie has been left devastated by her parent’s tragic death
and ever since has been the key support for her brother and his family. She
needs money and she needs it fast so when she is offered a job babysitting hot British
rock star Alex Winslow for three months she takes the job. After all how hard
can it be? Indie soon finds out it is more than she expected, especially with
his instant dislike and disparagement of her.
Alex does all he can to run the new sitter off but it
appears he has met his match in the blue haired imp. He sets off his mission to
control her then destroy her but sometimes fate has a hand in messing with the
odds.
I really like the writing style of this author and love the
characters she creates. Alex and Indie were therefore no surprise that I fell
for them from the off. Even with Alex and his dark side you could see the
barest glimpses of the softness he kept well hidden. It also helped he was
smoking hot and a king of the one liners that had me howling with laughter. But
he definitely met his match with Indie who was much stronger than she thought
she was, especially with all that she had gone though and was now going through
with her brother who was not coping with the loss of their parents. There were
a host of fantastic supporting character too.
There were some huge curve balls thrown into the plotline but
to be fair I did see at least one of them coming. I’m not a fan of coincidences
that seem so far fetched but in this story it worked. There were also some ‘Britishisms’
(I made a word up!) that weren’t quite right and had me squinting my eyes at
but I was able to overlook them as this was a great story. It kept me engaged
and gasping throughout.
Overall another fab read from LJ Shen and I definitely recommend.
Four stars.
*ARC kindly provided by the author to Foxylutely
Excerpt
Nat’s words came back and haunted me like a bad haircut from the eighties. An irrational need to check the goods took over me. It wasn’t like he minded. According to the rumors, his dick had seen more cameras than Kendall Jenner. Slowly—so painfully slowly—my eyes drifted down his sinewy body. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Whatever I had in mind, though, didn’t come close to the real thing. Thick, long but not atrocious. With thin veins running through its length.
“Nice view?” he groaned, tucking his junk back into his briefs. His profile was glorious. Strong jaw, pouty lips, eyes like sex…
My eyes snapped up when I realized he was talking to me. “I wasn’t…”
“Looking? Yes, you were. Next time take a picture. It lasts longer.” He rolled his zipper upward and flushed the toilet with the toe of his boot. He turned around and squirted soap into his palm, washing his hands almost violently—rubbing between each finger and scratching his knuckles like he wanted to shed his own skin. When he was done, he looked around for a towel.
I cleared my throat, scrambling to regain my wits. “Longer than the glimpse or longer than your performance?”
Casually—so unbearably casually—he wiped his wet hands over my purple dress. I gasped, moving sideways. It looked like he was about to open the door and get out, but before I had the chance to yell at him for using me as a human towel, he slammed me against the wall, bracing both his arms above my head and pinning me to my spot. I let out a shriek of surprise at the sudden proximity.
Alex Winslow is touching me. Willingly, my surprisingly pitiful brain squealed.
Heat rolled off his body, making my back arch and my breath catch in my throat.
“Let’s make one thing clear—I could fuck you to a point of numbness without even breaking a sweat if I wanted to. Now, careful, New Girl. If you don’t keep your distance from me, I think I just might.”
Meet The Author
L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.
Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets peoples’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.
She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.
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