“A deeply emotional journey!” Scandalicious After an attempt on his life leaves him with brain injuries, Ash Gore’s future as lead guitarist for British rockers Black Halo looks uncertain. Unless he can somehow regain the skills he’s lost before the band’s latest tour kicks off, he’ll be consigned to the rock ‘n’ roll scrap heap.Ginny Walters never meant to fall for a rock god. Fate had other … to fall for a rock god. Fate had other plans—which led to them burning up sheets in every hotel room across Europe. Now Ash is depending on her to make everything right. But Ginny has a secret—the sort of secret that could put their love in jeopardy and destroy everything they’ve built if it got out.
As the “King of Licking” and his chosen groupie embark on a rollercoaster physical and emotional journey to save Ash’s career, the past comes back to haunt them both and their love is put to the ultimate test. What happens when the person you trust most, isn’t who you think they are?
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “A great read and a fitting conclusion to Ash’s story. Loved it!”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Angst, fear, sweetness, and packing plenty of heat, this was such an awesome addition to the Black Halo series. It kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Ash and Ginny melt the sheets/pages together.” Goodreads Reviewers
All Right Now is the third book in a trilogy about Ash Gore, set in the world of goth rockers Black Halo. Turn up the volume, grab a cold drink, and climb aboard the Black Halo hard rocking, dirty, sexy, crazy train.
DEEP DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF BLACK HALO:
XANE: (Come Undone, Come Together, Come Alive.)
ASH: (All Night Long, All Fired Up, All Right Now.)
SPOOK: (Off the Record, Reflex, Replay)
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3.75 stars–ALL RIGHT NOW is the third instalment in Madelynne Ellis’ contemporary, adult BLACK HALO erotic, romance, rock band series focusing on the members of the British rock band Black Halo. ALL RIGHT NOW is the continuing story of guitarist Ash Gore, and the woman he loves Ginny Walters-a woman whose been hiding a secret that is about to rock our story line hero’s life. ALL RIGHT NOW should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book two ALL FIRED UP in which Ash Gore finds himself hospitalized after an attack by a man he once considered family and friend.
NOTE: The BLACK HALO series is the companion to Madelynne’s ROCK HARD series. If you have not read the previous instalments there may be some spoilers in my review.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Ash and Ginny) ALL RIGHT NOW follows the ongoing relationship between Ash and Ginny, and the struggles as Ash comes to terms with the possibility that he may never play the guitar again. After a drug-induced fall caused by a band mate’s need to destroy Ash’s life, our hero becomes a shadow of his former self-a whining, angst ridden, embittered rock star who believes life as he knows has come to a crashing halt. With the help of the woman he loves, and another near tragedy involving his health, Ash begins a slow climb back to the man he once was but news of another kind is about to rock his newly, ordered world. What ensues is the growing love between Ash and Ginny, and the fall –out as Ginny’s past comes looking for revenge.
ALL RIGHT NOW focuses on the highly sexual relationship between Ginny and Ash, a relationship that is threatened by Ash’s injuries and self-pity, and the secret Ginny kept hidden from the man that she loves. The $ex scenes are erotic, intense, exploratory and provocative but once again, I take offense with the use of a certain four-letter word I find unnecessary in the romance genre. The author spends an inordinate amount of time focusing on the sexual relationship including our heroine’s use of sexual bribery in her dealings with our story line hero.
Ash’s reaction to Ginny’s secret is over the top but not unexpected. His own actions and the emotional fall out following the attack leaves me questioning his attitude and backlash aimed at the woman he loves, once her secret is finally revealed. Ginny’s timing of the revelation must also be questioned in light of the events that took place only days before.
Most of the previous story line characters and couples play secondary and supporting roles including rhythm guitarist Jan ‘Spook’ Mortensen; bassist (Paul) ‘Rock Giant’ Reed; front man and lead singer of Black Halo Xane Geist, new drummer Luthor Albrecht and their girlfriend Dani Fosbrook. I am looking forward to Rock Giant and Spook’s story lines
ALL RIGHT NOW is a story of one man’s struggle to accept all that has happened, and one woman’s undying love for a man she is about to destroy. The premise is engrossing; the romance is erotic, passionate and edgy; the characters are broken, animated and energetic. There are some geographic-specific expressions, words and British euphemisms that may not be familiar to North America readers.
I would also like to note that for new readers, the author writes two interconnected series –Black Halo and Rock Hard-both focusing on the members of the rock band Black Halo, and in this there is some confusion as to the time line of events (with some cross over and parallel time lines) and reading order. To the best of my knowledge, the reading order is below. There is another series, loosely connected to both of the original series-ANYTHING BUT… focusing on Xane’s cousin Rick Liddell.
Come Undone (Rock Hard #1)
All Night Long (Black Halo #1)
Remastered (Black Halo #1.5 )
Come Together (Rock Hard #2)
All Fired Up (Black Halo #2)
Come Alive (Rock Hard #3)
All Right Now (Black Halo #3)