Take Pretty Woman. Add BDSM. And then Make It Gay™.One night. One contract. One kiss, and Victor Newcomb will never be the same.By age 24, Vic has accomplished more than most men achieve in a lifetime. Since childhood he’s tried to be the perfect son, the perfect executive, the perfect heir—and as next in line for the throne of his father’s multibillion dollar textile empire, he’s made his life … multibillion dollar textile empire, he’s made his life entirely about discipline and control.
But he doesn’t know what discipline truly means—until he meets Amani Idrissi.
University student. Part-time masseuse. Cello virtuoso. The serene, reserved Moroccan American femme fascinates Vic with his cool allure, changing everything Vic thought he knew about power, about control, about his own sexuality. Yet when cello lessons turn into a business deal of an entirely different nature, Vic quickly realizes he’ll pay anything for the chance to see Amani again. To submit to his touch.
To discover the complete and utter freedom in giving up control.
But the deeper Vic falls headlong into love, the more he realizes he doesn’t know Amani at all. Secretive, withdrawn, Amani seems determined to keep their relationship strictly business. Even if Vic can see the quiet hurts, the old wounds hiding behind those dark, enticing eyes…
How far will he have to go, to win the love of his cocky cellist?
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I cannot express how beautiful I find Cole McCade’s writing. It’s so poetic and lyrical. Amani is probably one of my favorite characters in his books because the character is so unapologetic about being a black, femme, and male. Both he and Vic just needed each other’s love but it definitely took time and hurt feelings to get there.
I know it’s cliche but I would read the phone book if Cole McCade wrote it!
This is so much more than just a story. I laughed. I cried. I had shivers run thru my body. This was such an amazing story of acceptance, love, forgiveness, power. I tried to picture Amani and I know I didn’t do him justice. I really enjoyed how this story wasn’t about image slamming and prejudice. I look forward to reading more by this author.
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This book broke me in all the best ways, and hit so many of my marks for a BDSM story, and gave me a few new ones. I loved His Cocky Valet, but His Cocky Cellist turns that around and magnifies that love 100 times. Amani is everything I love in a certain character that is almost nothing in a series that shall not be named, but who has become one of my favorite characters in that fandom’s fanfic. McCade makes him his own, and turns him into a character I could read for thousands of pages.
I won’t lie. When I finished reading this one, I was in actual tears. I loved this one so much. I can’t wait to see what the next book in this series will bring.
The storyline was well written and the characters were so well developed that as I turned each and every page I felt like the characters jumped from the pages and pulled me right into their story as it unfolded!
4.5 stars- Regardless of whatever pen name he’s writing under, I know I’m in for a treat every time I pick up a book by this author. His smooth, almost lyrical style hooks me right away and the moments and characters’ emotions are described in such vivid detail that I can’t help but feel for them. That was precisely my experience with His Cocky Cellist. I was immediately pulled into the story, finding the characters complex and interesting and their romance breathtakingly beautiful. This release is the second full-length book in the Undue Arrogance series and picks up shortly after the first book closes, but it can easily be a standalone.
His Cocky Cellist isn’t simply labeled as an opposites attract romance. Vic and Amani were a study in opposites and it was evident on every page and woven into every interaction. I loved how the author contrasted their experiences, personalities, and approaches to life to really differentiate them. As expected, there was believable conflict stemming from these differences, especially in the first part of the book. However, it was how these men learned to take into account those differences, empathize with one another, and change their approach that really developed the connection and storyline.
The romance between Vic and Amani was a bit of a slow burn, particularly the emotional aspect of their relationship. I enjoyed seeing those feelings take hold bit by bit, as the characters admitted that this was much more than a physical relationship. That said, this series *is* known for its heat and that was undeniably strong in His Cocky Cellist. Like the first couple, this pairing enters into a D/s relationship. Although BDSM isn’t typically a trope I’d seek out, the way this novel is written makes it so much more than a kink story. If you like complex characters and romances that are more than expected from the outset, I’d definitely recommend His Cocky Cellist.
A beautifully woven story. Cole McCade paints beautiful pictures with words to such a degree that you are experiencing everything first hand. These men are so different but still manage to find love (more) even though it is based on a contract originally. Love these beautiful men and their story.
He has done everything that was expected of him. He tries to be prefect in everything he does to make his father proud of him. Then just one night and one kiss from a man makes him question everything. The more he gets the more he wants. Will it become too much? Will they be together? See if they will
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Nothing like a good book with great characters to enjoy while snuggled up…
I enjoyed reading this book. The characters pull you in and make you want to read more. I cuddled up with a nice warm drink as it’s cold here and couldn’t put the book down. You fall in deep with them, you become hooked on their story. Keep it coming…
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I would rate this 4 stars.
Vic Newcomb has been best friends with Ash since boarding school. He is briefly in book one. You don’t have to read book one or read these in order to understand the plot. Since he’s suffering from hypertension, Ash books him in with his masseuse, Amani Idrissi. Vic is the rich, egostistical, privileged, white man. Amani is the poor, talented, hardworking black man working his way through school. Vic is intrigued by him and during the course of their conversation offers to pay him for cello lessons. He ends up paying him for something else entirely, and that twists the layers of intimacy they are creating. As they both fall in love, trying to remember this is a business contract, they hurt each other.
I liked the characters and wanted them to be happy together. The author’s writing style weaves the audience into their intimacy with alternating POVs. Even though the words master and sub are used, the kink is mild and has more to do with voluntary power exchange. This also plays with the bi for you/out for you trope. With all of Amani’s pride at the beginning of this, it all but disappears as they become a couple. It seems unlikely that the money was such a big deal, is just no longer an issue. It also seems strange Vic doesn’t tell Ash about Amani. There are never any ramifications to a rich, famous, straight CEO suddenly dating a femme, black Moroccan man. In other words, it’s a nice fantasy, but I wanted a little more realism–a little more depth. However, there are references to Richard Gere, so if this is a take on Pretty Woman, that may be unfair of me and there is something to be said for writing the world how we want it to be.
This is my first book by Cole McCade, but it will not be my last. I am hooked, the characters are dependent and complex people, that have a life all their own. I love Kennedy Sloane and I rank this story right up there wit hers. SO READ THIS BOOK.
Victoria is atypical rich boy doing what is family wants but never having found out who he is, this book is his journey to discover his own personality to actually grow up and become who he is. This is only a small part of the whole.
I could go on and on but I WANT YOU TO READ THIS STORY not a long review.
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When I read anything by Cole McCade I know it’s going to be good. This was no exception. He has a tendency to challenge stereotypes and create a certain alluring and passionate atmosphere with just a few words, to make you think and ponder. This story calls questions of class privileges, inequality and xenophobia. The MCs are expertly created and are so different from each other yet fitting so well within their mutual desires and wants. This is enemies to lovers story – well, the closest I could find the name for it.
Victor Newcomb should be at the top of the world. He is powerful, young and handsome. But underneath his polished facade is a man who hides from the world and does not even know it. His chance meeting with Amani Idrissi shakes him up in a way that he does not understand but really wants to see where it might lead to.
Amani has deceptive appearance. Under his silk caftans and flowing beautiful hair is a man of great character and strong will, he commands with his seductive voice and brings joy with his music. But both men have hurdles to overcome before they are in a place that makes them both happy.
Even though there is mention of BDSM as a point of reference their entire relationship is very intimate and eye-opening for both men despite how it initially started. They slowly fall in love but don’t understand it and are a little bit scared of it. I loved both characters, their unconventional ways and their acceptance of each others needs. I loved Mr McCade’s turn of phrase that he used to bring this story to light and how feelings just flowed from the pages, how deep and intense the emotions were between Amani and Vic. I would call this book erotic in a sense but with an excellent characters development and a steady plot. It’s a good fit within the series and I highly recommend it!
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Nothing better than start reading with trust, without fear of a disappointment, knowing it will exceed expectations.
Amani… a dream… petit, femme, graceful, elegant, a lithe body, long silken hair and brown tawny eyes… masseuse, student and cellist…
Victor, tall, sharp looking, broad and chiseled, billionaire, CEO, heir, lonely….
Through a financial contract they start an exclusive exchange of dominance, control and submission. Amani wants to hold a distance and Vic only wants to get closer.
The beauty of Amani is stunning. His grace, his looks coming from Moroccan influence , the way he dresses and moves is extraordinary. The way he talks, whisper, commands, made me tremble.
Victor the way he sees the world and specially Armani, is beauty of a totally other grade.
Two men, connected by a financial agreement.. opposites.. with a gap of differences..
The well this all is coming from… unbelievable. A wonderful story, strong developed, the most wonderful environments. This all build with BEAUTIFUL delicate sentences.
The atmosphere was highly sensitive, the beauty dripped from the pages.
The mild bdsm connected them and made it super romantic with a finesse that made me stop breathing.
Highly recommended
Kindly received an arc from the author (and bought it myself 🙂
What a beautifully written and delicate book this is.
It absolutely can be read as a stand alone. You don’t need the back story of Ash to fall in love with Victor.
Vic is the calm, controlled, business man but he needs some R and R and visits Ash’s masseuse Amani.
Amani is the mild mannered, meek, sultry and beguiling man who will become the cello teacher.
“He couldn’t be more than five foot three, five foot four, but he carried himself with the strength of giants and the elegance of royalty.”
Think you know where the story is going? Well nope! Flip it on it’s head and you are getting there.
There’s some blush inducing sex scenes and some super sweet love scenes.
Cole McCade’s descriptive prose wows me with every book.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless it is faced.”
“And stars trailed in his wake, snaking over the floor in liquid rivers. That is how it looked at first glance, when underneath his coat he wore a belted caftan in a different style from his tunics, a wraparound robe in star-shimmer fabric like gossamer speckled in galaxies.”
I was provided an ARC in return for an honest review. Honestly? This is a great conflict of class, culture differences, and racial awareness (or lack of) story, and I was, for some reason, not expecting that. It’s also a D/s story, and a size difference story and many other various labels and really? Just go read it. I liked His Cocky Valet, but I adore this one so much more. The power dynamics throughout create and highlight trouble in truly poetic ways. I know that sounds wrong, but just trust me here. Read this one.
Yesss, Cole McCade has once again presented readers with a well-crafted tale, likable characters and a storyline that instantly drew me in made this a page turning read. Vic and Amani were engaging and I absolutely loved the dynamic between them. I’m really hoping for a third book in this series.
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This is the first book I have read by this author
so I had no idea what I was in for. Right from the first
page I found it was an amazing read .
Some of the scenes in this read are really steamy
but the way they are written it was an absolutely joy to read.
All around it was just an absolutely enjoyable read.
I would definitely recommend this book.
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What you get when you open a Cole McCade book such as His Cocky Cellist is way more than gorgeously sensual descriptions of sex. There’s sex, and then there’s the whole dance of seduction–sometimes short, sometimes protracted–and so much explicit consent these stories could (maybe should?) be primers for education into BDSM, consent, just plain ol’ human-to-human interactions imbued with respect.
If you long for erotically-charged m/m romance with BDSM and an HEA that will linger put this book on your shelf and send it to the top of your TBR pile. (Note: Cole includes a list of possible triggers in the front of the book, concluding with, “Take care of yourselves, loves.” I read the list, dove in, and didn’t surface until I finished the epilogue.)