Blog Tour & Review: The Redemption by S.L. Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis:

 

He was everything she never wanted. Yet, she couldn’t stop thinking about him.

 

Soulful, amber eyes

 

A sex, drugs, and rock n’roll reputation

 

A body that beckoned for sin

 

Three years ago Rochelle Floros was living her dream come true… then lost it all. On the worst day of her life, the last person she expected to be there for her was a rock star and tabloid favorite. Now, she’s trying to rebuild her life after the tragedy that destroyed her fairytale. Slowly, she found herself captivated by a sexy, bad boy drummer she had known for years.

 

Rochelle was caught between the grief that shrouded her heart and the charismatic man that made it race. What she didn’t know is if he was being sincere or toying with her heart. The Redemption is about finding the pulse of your soul in the most unlikely places and giving love a chance to grow.

 

Can what she wants really be what she needs? With his rhythm and her passion, can they make music together? Or will their harmony be lost forever?

 

 The Redemption was a great book.  Dex and Rochelle have such chemisty, no matter HOW much they try to deny it.

Rochelle Floros is the band manager and has known some of the members since they were teens.  Married to the lead guitarist with 2 kiddos.  And a plane crash shatters her world.  The  most unlikely of the group, Dex, playboy extraordinaire and all around bad boy, is there to offer her the comfort she needs.  Time goes by, she's raising  her kids, going through the motions of living a life...but something is missing...and that something is Dex. 

I love the characters, their ins and outs, their chemistry.  I love the byplay between the two, hot and and then cold...so wanting to be together, but one of them always pushing the other away.  This is a story about true love and trying to find it with people naysaying the one you're coming to care for.  Not giving the benefit of the doubt, not trusting.  The emotional instability, leading to the constant clash of wills.  This was an all around great love story.  If you're in the mood for a well written, contemporary adult romance, you couldn't ask for much better.

My absolute favorite part of the book~

Go find the happily ever after you're so desperately searching for that I can't give you.  And maybe one day you'll see that you're throwing away that ending before you even realized you had it.

4.5 Stars

 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234850-the-redemption

 

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-redemption/id919736150?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D410lL3g

 

 

 

About S.L. Scott:

 

S.L. Scott is a former high-tech account manager with a journalism degree pursuing her passion for telling stories. She spends her days escaping into her characters and letting them lead her on their adventures.

Live music shows, harvesting jalapenos and eating homemade guacamole are her obsessions she calls hobbies.

Scott lives in the beautiful Texas hill country of Austin with her husband, two young sons, two Papillons and a bowl full of Sea Monkeys.

Her novels include Naturally, Charlie, Good Vibrations, and A Prior Engagement.

 

Links:

She welcomes your notes at sl@slscottauthor.com.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6467114.S_L_Scott?from_search=true

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slscottpage

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/S.L.-Scott/e/B009L9SPDK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1406569584&sr=8-2-ent

 

 

 

EXCERPT

 

“Here’s the truth of the matter. If we do this... again, there’s no going back to

 

square one tomorrow. Not for me. I won’t be able to act like I don’t care about you, like

 

I haven’t thought about you every day since we were together last. So it’s easier to stop

 

now than later.”

 

With a discouraged sigh, I say, “You’re stronger than me, Dex.”

 

“No, I just know my greatest weakness is the woman beneath me right now.” He

 

rolls over sighing in a way that shows frustration has set in. Turning his head to me, he

 

says, “I want to fuck you so bad, but I also want to do all that making love stuff too. And

 

if we do that, I can’t pretend it didn’t happen.” He sits up and walks to the other side of

 

the room, leaning his back against the wall.

 

I prop myself up on my elbows, caught by the heaviness of the emotions I’m

 

suddenly feeling for him.

 

“Go to sleep tonight. Fly home tomorrow.” He walks into the shadow of the

 

entryway. “I’ll see you in a few weeks.”

 

I hear the door open as I fall back on the bed, my own sexual frustration setting in.

 

But just when I hear the door close, the weight of his body lands on top of me and he

 

kisses me hard. Surprised, my eyes fly open, but then I go for it just like him and kiss

 

him back with just as much passion. He pushes off of me again and stands between my

 

legs. “I make very few promises in life, but this one I can make to you. Rochelle Floros,

 

I’m coming for you. It’s our time, so get ready for me.” He turns abruptly and leaves me

 

sitting there stunned... and tingly.