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Bad Beats: A Rockstar Romance Kindle Edition

by C.L. Riley (Author), Gemma Newey (Illustrator, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 62
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He's a household name. Posters of his tattooed body are plastered across bedroom walls from San Francisco to Singapore. Women want to be with him. Men want to be him. He's brash, bold, and bossy as hell, and he is about to become my employer and my step-brother, which wouldn't be so bad; except ...

He's already been my lover.

Hot Scoop Magazine's Sexiest Performer Alive, Sean 'Shag' Steal, is the front-man for Crude Element, the hottest band on the scene. With every song he pens, blazing up the charts, he's got the world at his feet.

Attempting to change his public image as a kinky, womanizing pig, hasn't stopped his wayward ways. I should know.

He played me his music. He played with my body. And he played with my heart, leaving it tattered in tiny painful pieces, nearly broken beyond repair.

I was finally putting the pieces back together when his mother and my father decide to blindside us. They're getting married!

Could things get any worse? The answer to that question is a resounding yes.

Pushed by my dad to replace Shag's former PA, I find myself working with the one man who lives to torment me. He won't take 'no' for an answer, and he always gets what he wants. This time he wants me back in his bed, at least until our parents say, 'I do.' I have to resist. There is no way I can handle another heartbreak.

If only he hadn't earned his silly nickname because of his 'shagging' skills, resisting would be so much easier.

No cliffhanger, HEA!

Warning: This book is for mature audiences and contains sexual situations, language, and subject matters some readers may find offensive, including drug use.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01F0MQP1K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 16, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3756 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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C.L. Riley

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C.L. Riley is an author who could be considered genre confused!

She loves to read almost anything but has a major soft spot for broken, bad boy, alpha males.

She enjoys writing and reading MC and Rockstar romances, dark fantasy, erotic suspense, paranormal, new adult, UF... Whoa! Let's slow it down! It is evident she is fond of reading and writing an array of diverse stories.

There is a common theme in all the genres: Bad Boys!

She lives in Oregon with her furry friends and has young adult kids that pass through often. Her sense of humor is at times a bit over the top, and she’s not one to keep her thoughts to herself (Hint: talks to self and blames it on those furry family members). She’s been called warm, encouraging, and zany…among other things.

Her readers mean the world to her, and she welcomes friendly dialogue and hopes you will connect with her on social media. https://www.facebook.com/RomancewithRiley/

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Carmen Baldwin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great rock-star romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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💗💗💗💗💗 I give it five hearts as well five stars, Shag was a man-whore at first and had other abuses to his self. But you could see why in his past when he saw Cadie at a concert which her bbf had won, that started the romance. It was a rock start and Cadie had a hurtful past as well about her looks she was plus- size, which I love. Her and her bbf which name was robin also won a cruise with the band, but Shag had a jealous personal assistant that wanted him. That did not stop Cadie and shag getting to together but there last night some thing happen that broke them up and put shag band in jeopardy. Months later he had to put on a readily show on Meeting his mate to keep his band, he also finds his mother is in love with Cadie father. What I loved about Cadie is her goodness and sweetness with shag, at first she was mad but when he told her about the things that happen, she was there for him and he needed a new assistant so they go to the island to film the show and things started happening that crept them apart, like the owner of the island, he was a good guy, but a old love of shag shows for the show . The ending was great, the sex scenes was hot and I just loved the story. Would recommend this book to all romances readers!
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donna b
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZINGLY ORIGINAL!!!!'
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016
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I picked up this book , I couldn't put it down!!! Cadie friend Robin ( big fan Crude Element) wins trip on a cruise ship & takes Cadie's-Shag is the lead singer for Crude Element who is sponsoring the contest. They both have things in there pass ,but once Shag lays eyes Cadie it instant attraction , chemistry between them was sizzling!
Then you find out that Cadie's Dad is dating Shag's Mom 😱! This was so DIFFERENT SO ORIGINAL! I don't want to give away all the twists and turns C.L RILEY had me hooked from the beginning and couldn't wait to see where she was taking me. C.L will keep the you on your toes and you will fall .........in love !
Can't wait to see what else C.L has for me!
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Heather C.
4.0 out of 5 stars Bad Beats
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016
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This was a great read! I really enjoyed the mystery in the story. I couldn't put the book down. I can't wait for the next book in the series!!
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Amber L Shriver
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute story and an easy read...
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2016
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I'd like to start off and say that I absolutely love CL Riley and her books but unfortunately for me this was not one of my favorites. While it was a good book and I did like the characters for some reason I was expecting a "groupie book", at least that's the impression I got with all the hype prior to the release so it was a bit of a let down after I started reading this story and realized the story wasn't how I envisioned it to be. After the initial "huh?" I did embrace this story and I really like story lines where the hot guy falls for the not so perfect girl or the typical body type you would think a hot rock star would go for. The book was a bit corny with references to famous people like "Brian" Seacrest, etc or "LMZ" instead of TMZ and I was a bit disappointed that there were so many typos since I don't recall this being a problem with her prior work. Overall it was a decent easy read with a cute plot.
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Kathleen Page (Lemke)
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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I love reading Rock Romance books so I couldn't wait to read this. I was so happy when I received it early! This book had me screaming and had me laughing! I love the little twist, that I didn't see coming. I hope the rest of the band member each get their own book!! Great job C.L. Riley!!
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Danena
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017
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It was a great read. It had great characters and a interesting story line that will keep you reading. I can't wait to read more books in this series. Rated very good
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J.F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Riley and I really enjoyed it. Hopefully more books will come with the ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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This was the first book I read by C.L. Riley and I really enjoyed it. Hopefully more books will come with the rest of the band members.
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Kara’s Books
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but.....
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019
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There is a lot to like about this book - The writing is fast paced and the Author manages to throw more than one genre into the story. We have Rock Star/StepBrother and Billionaire. I admit to liking the first and third unfortunately not the second, the Step Brother angle seemed a little to coincidencidential for me. The Billionaire was actually Jagger Hewitt another character that I liked more than the main character who's name btw got on my last nerve - Sean "Shag" Steal. In fact the word/name Shag is used over and over again. Bad Beats at times seemed as though it was two separate books The Cruise and After the Cruise. Central characters in the first part are non existent in the second and considering what happened between Shag and his original PA, that part of the story felt unfinished.
The ending seemed to tie everything up in a nice fast bow. I wished by then Cadie would have called him Sean.
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M. Corchis
5.0 out of 5 stars Rock & Roll at its Finest
Reviewed in Canada on January 20, 2017
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Great story, I loved every minute.
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amanda nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars Got to love a rockstar
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2016
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Sean Shag Steal is THE hottest rockstar but with the worse reputation! Then on a trip where the band invite competition winners he falls for a girl named Callie! Is she gonna be the girl who calms this bad boy down.
Well as per the title this is the twist! This is a step brother romance but the style in which the author as written the book keeps you hooked until the end x it's not your typical step brother story x CL Riley has me hooked with every book she has written ans this is no exception x
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Cheryl Joel Newton
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book
Reviewed in Australia on June 15, 2016
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What can I say? I loved this book. This is a great story with lots of hot sex and I can easily see at least four more books in the series. I read the Scorched souls series books 1-4 back to back a couple of weeks ago and fell in love with CL Riley's writing style. Her female leads are feisty and I, as a woman with curves, loved Cadie. I love my curves. So if you haven't had the chance to read any of her books don't leave it any longer. This book was awesome.
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Linny
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy ladies
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2016
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Good book to read
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