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Rock Me Longer

Author : Jenna Jacob
Publisher : Jenna Jacob
ISBN 13 : 1732573123
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me Longer written by Jenna Jacob and published by Jenna Jacob. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have everything I want—except her. I’m Burk Jennings. After more than a dozen years as lead singer of the iconic rock band Licks of Leather, I have houses, women, and money to burn. But fame and fortune can’t buy peace, so after this tour, I’m hanging up my microphone. Then she steps onto the tour bus, and instantly I know she’s what I’ve been missing. There’s just one problem. She’s engaged. I’m Sophia Jackson. My personal life has crumbled and my dream job is a nightmare. Now I have the impossible task of keeping the bad boys of rock in line. Worse, I have to resist the sexy, velvet-voiced lead singer who ignites all my fantasies—or I’ll find myself unemployed. But passion can only be pent up for so long, and when desire bursts and my secrets are spilled, I risk losing it all. **There is no cheating in this HEA**

Rock Me

Author : Cherrie Lynn
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974267613
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me written by Cherrie Lynn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candace Andrews has had enough of pleasing others. In an act of birthday rebellion, she sets out to please herself-by walking into the tattoo parlor owned by her cousin's ex-boyfriend. All she wants is a little ink, and Brian's just the guy to give it to her. As soon as she submits to his masterful hands, though, the forbidden attraction she's always felt for him resurfaces...and she realizes the devilishly sexy artist could give her so much more. Sweet, innocent Candace is the last person Brian expected to see again. She's everything he's not, and her family despises him. He doesn't need the hassle, but he needs her, and this time no one is taking her away. Not even those who threaten to make his life a living hell. Backed into a corner, Candace faces the worst kind of choice. Cave in to those who think Brian is a living nightmare...or hold her ground and risk it all for the one man who rocks her world. Each story in the Ross Siblings Series is standalone story that can be enjoyed in any order. Series Order:Book #1: UnleashedBook #2: Rock MeBook #2.5: Breathe Me InBook #3: Leave Me BreathlessBook #3.5: Light Me UpBook #4: Take Me OnBook #5: Watch Me Fall

Rock Me on the Water

Author : Ronald Brownstein
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062899236
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me on the Water written by Ronald Brownstein and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein—“one of America's best political journalists (The Economist)—tells the kaleidoscopic story of one monumental year that marked the city of Los Angeles’ creative peak, a glittering moment when popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become. Los Angeles in 1974 exerted more influence over popular culture than any other city in America. Los Angeles that year, in fact, dominated popular culture more than it ever had before, or would again. Working in film, recording, and television studios around Sunset Boulevard, living in Brentwood and Beverly Hills or amid the flickering lights of the Hollywood Hills, a cluster of transformative talents produced an explosion in popular culture which reflected the demographic, social, and cultural realities of a changing America. At a time when Richard Nixon won two presidential elections with a message of backlash against the social changes unleashed by the sixties, popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become. The early 1970s in Los Angeles was the time and the place where conservatives definitively lost the battle to control popular culture. Rock Me on the Water traces the confluence of movies, music, television, and politics in Los Angeles month by month through that transformative, magical year. Ronald Brownstein reveals how 1974 represented a confrontation between a massive younger generation intent on change, and a political order rooted in the status quo. Today, we are again witnessing a generational cultural divide. Brownstein shows how the voices resistant to change may win the political battle for a time, but they cannot hold back the future.

Rock Me

Author : Carly Phillips
Publisher : CP Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1942288425
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me written by Carly Phillips and published by CP Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pop star & her bodyguard ... A pop star in danger. Her reluctant bodyguard. A past they can’t deny. Summer Michelle is on the verge of ultimate fame. Ben Hollander has sworn off mixing business with pleasure. But keeping his hands off of the sexy songstress is easier said than done and once the threat is neutralized, will she choose fame over love?

Rock Me on the Water

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976053903
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me on the Water written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up where its predecessor -- the best-selling On the Loose -- left off, this reflection revisits the physical and spiritual terrain that shaped two brothers' lives. Consumed by a passion to fully experience the western wilderness and to navigate untamed -- and unpredictable -- waterways, Terry and Renny Russell set out to travel down the Green River in Utah. Several miles into the journey, their raft doubles over. Terry perishes, and after washing up on the beach, Renny embarks upon what is to become a nearly four-decade-long odyssey to understand how he came to be the sole survivor and how to fully connect with his brother's spirit. Interweaving the past and present, this vibrantly illustrated meditation documents the metamorphosis of Renny's psyche, the natural environment that has sustained him, and ultimately his redemption.

End of Me (A Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Romance)

Author : Lee Piper
Publisher : Lee Piper
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book End of Me (A Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Romance) written by Lee Piper and published by Lee Piper. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love isn’t beautiful. And neither is the final riff of my guitar as it bleeds into silence. I wait for him to say something, anything. But he just stares at me with his whiskey-colored eyes as if he knows I need him. And I do. My album won’t record itself and he’s the best producer in the business. But I made a mistake. I crossed a line. Now I’m at his mercy, and his brand of destruction is going to ruin more than my career. *End of Me is a standalone in the Rock Me series. The Rock Me Series LIE TO ME END OF ME SING TO ME SONG FOR ME BAD FOR ME ALL OF ME Topics: Romance, New Adult Romance, Rock Star Romance, Rock Star, Contemporary Romance, Slow Burn Romance, Alpha Heroes, Bad Boy Romance, Steamy Romance, Sexy Romance, Hot Romance, Insta Love Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance Romance, Dominant Hero Romance, Alpha, Captivating Romance, Swoon Worthy Romance, Possessive Hero Romance, HFN, HEA, Dominant Heroes, Sassy Heroines, Romance Series, Rock Me Series, Lee Piper, Lee Piper Author.

Rock Me Harder

Author : Jenna Jacob
Publisher : Licks of Leather
ISBN 13 : 9781952111020
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me Harder written by Jenna Jacob and published by Licks of Leather. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I dazzle the world when I play the guitar, But I never let anyone dazzle my heart... Until I spent one night with her. Darren Ash is living the dream. As lead guitarist for iconic rock band Licks of Leather, he seemingly has it all. But secretly he's struggling to forget the woman he shared a scorching encounter with over two years ago. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees her shattering in ecstasy, feels her soft body beneath him, and hears her screaming his name. Unable to purge his ache, he resolves to find and claim her. There's just one problem... He doesn't know her name. Tori Combs can never forget foolishly tumbling into bed with bad-boy rocker Darren Ash. Every day, she sees his face. Every night, she's haunted by memories of his addictive kiss and masterful touch. Thankfully, he'll never find her; she made sure of that. If he did, he would destroy the new life she's created...with the son he knows nothing about. But Darren refuses to let her go. Soon, he's at her door, demanding answers-and her heart. Though Tori tries to resist him, their undeniable passion explodes. But when he learns the shocking truth, can they recapture the chemistry they once shared. Or will her betrayal keep them apart forever?

Rock Me

Author : Jenna Jacob
Publisher : Jenna Jacob
ISBN 13 : 1952111048
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me written by Jenna Jacob and published by Jenna Jacob. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rock gods from Licks of Leather wow the world with their raw lyrics and electrifying tunes. But nothing about the rock-star life—especially whirlwind tours, banging parties, and eager groupies—can mute the demons that put each on their personal highway to hell. Lead singer Burk Jennings is blessed with a voice that’s netted him millions of dollars. But cash, adoring women, and mansions on each coast can’t grant his restless soul peace—until her. Guitarist Darren Ash lives to strum under the spotlights. But when he hooks up with a gorgeous redhead, she rocks his world, steals his heart…and disappears. He finds her—along with something life-altering. Keyboardist Ozzy Page caresses the ivories, haunted by the woman who once slipped through his fingers. She’s since risen from the ashes to the top of the charts. When fate thrusts her back into his life, he’ll have to conquer his hunger…or lose his heart. Drummer Ross Walker bangs the drums like a boss…but his existence is empty. After nearly losing it all, he got clean and sober. Now he ruthlessly maintains control. But when an innocent beauty crashes into his disciplined life, Ross must hold even tighter—or come undone completely. Bassist Syd Wilson plucks each note with gusto, so he isn’t swallowed up by his horrific past. But when tragedy strikes again, his only salvation might be a compassionate beauty—if she has the strength to help him and he has to courage to change forever.

Rock Me Gently

Author : Judith Kelly
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408806908
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me Gently written by Judith Kelly and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A harrowing and moving memoir about childhood and coming to terms with the past 'Simple yet shocking ... Sad and disturbing, it's unexpectedly uplifting too' Elle 'A searing account of the emotional and physical cruelty meted out at the orphanage' Sunday Times In the 1950s, shortly after her father's death, Judith Kelly was left in the care of nuns at a Catholic orphanage while her mother searched for a place for them to live. She was eight years old. But far from being cared for, Judith found herself in a savage and terrifying institution where physical, emotional and sexual abuse was the daily norm and the children's lives were reduced to stark survival. As the months became years and no word came from her mother, she sought comfort from the girls around her, and especially the bright, angel-voiced Frances. When a tragic accident robbed Judith of her dearest friend, the memories were too traumatic to confront. It was not until years later, on a Kibbutz in Israel, that a friendship with an elderly Holocaust survivor gave Judith the strength to revisit her past - and the orphanage of her broken childhood.

Your Band Sucks

Author : Jon Fine
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014310828X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Your Band Sucks written by Jon Fine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir charting thirty years of the American indie rock underground by a musician who was at its center Jon Fine spent nearly thirty years performing and recording with bands that played aggressive and challenging underground rock music, and, as he writes, at no point were any of those bands “ever threatened, even distantly, by actual fame.” Yet when the members of his 1980s post-hardcore band Bitch Magnet came together for an unlikely reunion tour in 2011, diehard fans traveled from far and wide to attend their shows, despite creeping middle-age obligations of parenthood and 9-to-5 jobs. Their devotion was testament to the remarkable staying power of indie culture. In indie rock’s pre-Internet glory days, bands like Bitch Magnet, Black Flag, Mission of Burma, and Sonic Youth—operating far outside commercial radio and major label promotion—attracted fans through word of mouth, college DJs, record stores, and zines. They found glory in all-night recording sessions, shoestring van tours, and endless appearances in grimy clubs. Some bands with a foot in this scene, like REM and Nirvana, eventually attained mainstream success. Many others, like Bitch Magnet, were beloved only by the most obsessed fans of the time. Your Band Sucks is an insider’s look at that fascinating, outrageous culture—how it emerged and evolved, how it grappled with the mainstream and vice versa, and its odd rebirth in recent years as countless bands reunited, briefly and bittersweetly. With backstage access to many key characters on the scene—and plenty of wit and sharply worded opinion—Fine delivers a memoir that affectionately yet critically portrays an important, heady moment in music history. Praise for Your Band Sucks: “Everything a cult-fave musician’s memoir should be: It’s a seductively readable book that requires no previous knowledge of the author, Bitch Magnet or any other band with which he’s played.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Jon Fine has produced as evocative a portrait of the underground music scene as any wistful, graying post-punk could wish for.” —The Atlantic

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life

Author : Steve Almond
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679603654
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life written by Steve Almond and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week. With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession. Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes: • sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters • a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned • a vigorous and credibility-shattering endorsement of Styx’s Paradise Theater • recommendations you will often choose to ignore • a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa” • obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics But wait, there’s more. Readers will also be able to listen to a special free mix designed by the author, available online at www.stevenalmond.com, for the express purpose of eliciting your drool. For those about to rock—we salute you!

Love You Forever

Author : Robert N. Munsch
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9780920668375
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Love You Forever written by Robert N. Munsch and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman holds her newborn son And looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, Love You Forever has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French). Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in a 8" x 8" size. In gift editions we carry: a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding.

Rock Me Faster

Author : Jenna Jacob
Publisher : Jenna Jacob
ISBN 13 : 1952111013
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Rock Me Faster written by Jenna Jacob and published by Jenna Jacob. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I didn’t want a fake girlfriend—but now I’m feeling something real. I’m Ross Walker, drummer for the iconic rock band Licks of Leather. On stage, I light up like a live wire. But when the spotlights fade, I’m a loner. My agent insists that’s bad for my image, so he hired me a fake girlfriend. I’m annoyed AF. She’s quirky—and way too innocent—but she’s also gorgeous…and not like any woman I’ve met. The longer we’re together, the less I can fight my attraction. And the more I’m falling…. There’s just one problem. I swore off relationships forever. I’m Harmony Sharp, a self-help internet vlogger. To save my idyllic Kentucky home, I accepted an offer to guide Ross to spiritual enlightenment. But there’s a catch: I can’t tell him we’re not merely faking love to rehab his image while on tour. The surly beast resists my help, but despite his growls, he slowly opens up. Passion follows as the line between fantasy and reality fade. Then tragedy strikes. When my deception is revealed, I’ll have to convince him my love is real…or leave with a shattered heart.

Rock the Boat

Author : Beck Dorey-Stein
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0525509178
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Rock the Boat written by Beck Dorey-Stein and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] witty, heartfelt debut novel about a belated coming-of-age.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Old friends discover how much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) when they reunite in their seaside hometown for one unforgettable summer—from the New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval When Kate Campbell’s life in Manhattan suddenly implodes, she is forced to return to Sea Point, the small town full of quirky locals, quaint bungalows, and beautiful beaches where she grew up. She knows she won’t be home for long; she’s got every intention (and a three-point plan) to win back everything she thinks she’s lost. Meanwhile, Miles Hoffman—aka “The Prince of Sea Point”—has also returned home to prove to his mother that he’s capable of taking over the family business, and he’s promised to help his childhood best friend, Ziggy Miller, with his own financial struggles at the same time. Kate, Miles, and Ziggy converge in Sea Point as the town faces an identity crisis when a local developer tries to cash in on its potential. The summer swells, and white lies and long-buried secrets prove as corrosive as the salt air, threatening to forever erode not only the bonds between the three friends but also the landscape of the beachside community they call home. Full of heart and humor—and laced with biting wit—Rock the Boat proves that even when you know all the back roads, there aren’t any shortcuts to growing up.

Your Brain at Work

Author : David Rock
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061943541
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Your Brain at Work written by David Rock and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday to reveal how we can better organize, prioritize, remember, and process our daily lives. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s possible for this couple, and thus the reader, not only to survive in today’s overwhelming work environment but succeed in it—and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.

Behind the Boards

Author : Jake Brown
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1480329762
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Boards written by Jake Brown and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). The term "soundtrack of our lives" is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians in discussing rock 'n' roll's timeless hits, spanning every subgenre, from pop to hard rock, heavy metal to new wave. In the pages of Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed , the first definitive rock record-producers' anthology of its kind, readers are taken inside the studio, into the creation of the generations of classic records that collectively make up that soundtrack of our lives. The book appeals to both fans and academic audiences interested in the art of sound recording/record producing, providing a rich demographic spread of potential niche and mainstream markets. This is the first definitive record-producers' anthology to cross every one of rock's subgenres, featuring intimate, first-hand accounts of how the making of many of rock 'n' roll's greatest hits were created, via exclusive interviews with the producers who recorded them. Some of the songs discussed are "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, "Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "Beautiful Day" by U2, "One" by Metallica, "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC, "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, "Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction, "Sledge Hammer" by Peter Gabriel, and "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith, among countless others by legends like Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, the Pixies, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Journey, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Sting, Tom Waits, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink, John Mellencamp, the Black Crowes, New Order, Ministry, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, and many more.

Always Me

Author : Dickie Rock
Publisher : Merlin Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781903582749
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Always Me written by Dickie Rock and published by Merlin Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As lead singer of the Miami Showband, Dickie Rock's concerts often mirrored the scenes of hysteria and adulation that greeted The Beatles. Dickie and the band dominated the Irish charts for most of the Sixties. Here, Dickie, lays bare the story of his rise to fame and the many challenges that have faced his family over the years.