“Dakota Willink gives you all the feels and stolen moments you crave!” ~ Crystal’s Book World“A beautifully written novel about first love and heartbreak.” ~ Tamara Lush, RITA Finalist“Not in anyway what I expected! It was so much more!” ~ Audiobook ObsessionFrom Amazon Bestselling Author, Dakota Willink, comes the first book in the Cadence duet—a second chance romance that will leave you … Cadence duet—a second chance romance that will leave you breathless!
One summer. One touch…
Cadence Riley didn’t have time for guys—no matter how potent their smiles were. She knew better than to fall for someone like Fitz Quinn, the spoiled bad boy son of a wealthy politician. But the second he spoke to her, she knew she was in over her head. He was a gorgeous trouble maker with a cocky attitude. Her heart warned her, but she didn’t listen. There was something protective and good beneath the bad boy exterior that made her insides flutter. Before she knew it, she fell hard and fast.
Fitz wasn’t prepared to meet a girl like Cadence. She was shy and innocent—and nothing like the girls who usually flocked his doorstep. How could he resist her mile-long blond hair and emerald eyes? He knew he shouldn’t want her. His father already had other plans for him and a relationship with her could never go beyond the summer. He thought their stolen kisses by the lake were only supposed to be a summer fling. Falling for her shouldn’t have happened. But it did.
Now the clock is counting down until Fitz has to return to the life that awaits him in Washington D.C. As September draws closer, how will they survive the end of everything they’ve come to love?
*Cadence Untouched is a 60k word, full-length, new adult romance novel. The second book in the duet, Cadence Defined, releases February 26, 2019!
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Dakota Willink is a New Author for me and She Had me Intrigued from the Very Beginning of CADENCE UNTOUCHED! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN and DEVOUR it in ONE ONE Sitting since there is So much Suspenseful Surprises and Entertainingly funny. The chemistry between the two characters- Cadence & Fritz are Off the Charts Hot and Heartwreching at the same time!
But gotta Warn you that This Book will Leave you hanging and wanna know what was going to happen next!! Especially the Ending!! OMG!! I WANTED TO SCREAM AND THROW MY TABLET ACROSS THE ROOM!!
DEFINITELY A MUST READ BOOK AND DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THE NEXT ONE- Cadence Defined.
This book!!! This book is absolutely amazing! It’s my first book from Dakota and it won’t be my last, and I don’t even mean because I also read book two! I mean it was just that good, I need more from here.
First love, first heartbreak, first everything, that’s what we get with this book!
Cadence learns sometimes you should trust your head instead of your heart. She knew she shouldn’t fall for Fritz but doesn’t anyways. How could she not? He was older, Rich, and charming.
Cadence was sweet and starry eyed when it came to him.
I love the raw emotion in this book! I think feeling emotions of the characters is a sign of a great book!
And oh how I felt for Cadence.
I absolutely loved this book and cannot wait to read more from her!!
This is the 1st book I’ve read written by Dakota Willink; she has done a great job at writing a good book; I will definitely be reading more of her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I loved the chemistry between the characters.
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I loved the the book the storyline was well written and the characters were interesting. Cadence works for her parents at their summer camp. Cadence very bright girl and does not take crap from people. Fitz comes from wealthy family, his father is in the public eye as a politician, so when Fitz causes trouble they try and keep it quiet, so they sent him to summer camp to help that is when he noticed Cadence.
Thank you for allowing me to review this book it was great.
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It was a good read of young love, secrets and trying to find out what makes people different and alike at the same time.
Not your typical young adults, but still loving and lovable.
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A great start to this duet. A sweet and loving adolescent coming of age story that just may be the forever kind!! Can’t wait to see what happens in book 2.
This is the story of Fitz, and Cadance, who meet when Fitz comes to work off his community service hours, at her family camp. Their friendship quickly turns into a love affair, that is emotional and intense. But Fitz has another life back home he plans to return to, and it can only last for the summer. This story gave me a whirlwind of crazy feelings, and ended in a big twist. Great quick read.
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This is the first book in the duet. Cadence is a strong, knows what she wants girl and is working at her family’s camp doe the summer. Fitz is a wealthy politician’s son and is going to Camp Rily and has determined that it will be the worst three months of his life. However, when these two meet, we get a clash of chemistry and inteique that makes for an interesting summer! A summer fling is not the end of the world, on fact it could be fun and good life experience. However, as the summer progresses Cadence and Fitz begin to realize that this is more than just a summer fling, feelings are so much stronger than originally spoken. As the summer draws to a close and secrets surface and promises are spoken……what is going to happen to them? I am off to read book two to find out.
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Better than 5 stars. What an emotional book – needs lots of tissues! Cadence & Fitz meet at summer camp. She works at the music camp that her parents own. He’s spending the summer volunteering at the camp to help make his legal troubles disappear. They are most definitely attracted to each other. They meet at the lake every night to watch the sunset and spend time together. He breaks her heart when he finally reveals why he’s there, and what’s in store for his future. She vows no regrets as they get together again. And then he breaks her heart for real. This ends with a cliffhanger that I expected – I can’t wait to read the next book. First read from this author – definitely won’t be the last.
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Cadence, who’s taking on more of a role at her parents’ summer camp, meets Fitz on the first day of camp. He and a friend are there to do some community service. Fitz is a bit of a player and the son of a politician. He’s attracted to her when he first sees her and calls dibs on her with his friend. He is soon to find out, though, that she is not that kind of girl. Instead, Fitz and Cadence get to know each other, and a romance slowly develops into what is probably the great love of their lives. Fitz is hiding a secret, though, that changes the possibilities of where their relationship can go.
The author did an outstanding job showing the evolution of Fitz and Cadence’s relationship. Fitz actually did change over the course of the book. He became less of a player as he came to know and care her and was actually quite protective of her (until…). I didn’t like that in Fitz’s sections there was a fair amount of profanity. Looking at the book’s cover and reading the description, I expected something a little bit more gentle and sweet. I’ll admit to being disappointed with two things that happened towards the end of the book.
***** SPOILER START ******
I always hate, hate, hate when the hero seems to think that he has to pre-break the heroine’s heart by being a jerk instead of just allowing it to break on its own when he leaves her. And also, you knew when they didn’t use a condom that first time that a pregnancy was going to result, so it was disappointing when that happened. I just hate these two cliches.
***** SPOILER END *****
While I haven’t yet read the second book yet, I think the concept of having a duology that shows a couples’ first and second chances at love an interesting and even awesome idea. I enjoyed a second chance at love romances, and we usually just hear about the first round as characters reminisce with others or have memories, or it may be just revealed in a data dump. So it was interesting to read Fitz and Cadence’s first chance at love and how the characters grew and changed during that fateful summer. It will be interesting to see how these characters have turned out in book two.
This was a really super read and I really enjoyed it. I just love Cadence and Fitz these two are fantastic characters and you cannot help but like them. This is a really good well-written book and I was hooked, the storyline pulled me right in and held my interest all the way through I really enjoyed it
This book was a nice YA/new adult read and focuses on the characters Cadence and Fitz. Cadence meets him at her families summer camp. Readers will be intrigued as to why Fitz is there in the first place as he is the son of a politician.
Cadence Untouched was an emotional read and allows readers to watch the relationship between these two characters and see a genuine and sweet romance. These two were destined to be together.’
This book brings back memories of first loves and summer romance. There is cliffhanger at the end and makes you want the next read. I will definitely listen to audiobook too.
After the intro to this book I spent the whole rest waiting to get back to what was happening. Because of this anticipation I felt like the rest of the book kind of dragged on. After finishing it, I realize that it was a great build up to book 2. It was the background that this couple shared.
I loved how they met, how they changed over that summer. So many people talk about summer romances or summer flings as inconsequential relationships but this relationship literally changed their lives completely.
Cadence and Fitz meet at a Music & Arts Summer Camp. Cadence’s family owns the summer camp, and she has spent her summers running it all her life. Fitz is there as sort of a punishment. Hes to spend the summer volunteering at the camp, then he is to be married, all because of a college mistake. Cadence doesn’t know Fitz’s story, only that he is a spoiled rich kid as she calls him. Over the summer, their feelings for each other will change and grow. But at the end Fitz must leave her behind.
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A decent story but a bit slow to grab me. Opposites attract in this YA story. Fitz is the older, richer, spoiled guy that find himself attracted the shy, younger, innocent Cadence. This is the story of their summer romance. Ends with unanswered questions that you will need to read book 2 for the conclusion.
They couldn’t have been more different but opposites attract in this one. Fitz was supposed to be a bad boy doing his penance but there was something about Cadence that changed his tune. A sweet summer camp story with an innocent girl and a rich party boy with a secret. It was a good read.
What happens when a rich kid meets a sweet, innocent girl at summer camp? In this case FIREWORKS! Fitz and his friend are arriving for the summer at an arts summer camp, Fitz spots Cadence and is instantly drawn to her. Cadence’s first impression of Fitz is he’s a spoiled rich kid that is trouble. The camp is owned and run by Cadence’s family. The first night there, Fitz takes a walk on his own, and stumbles on a trail that leads to a lake. Cadence is there with her dog. She goes swimming, and Fitz thinks she is drowning, so he dives in to save her. This triggers a bad flashback for him. They talk and he insists on walking her home as it is unsafe for her. She finds this sweet. Eventually she allows Fitz to start hanging out with her at the lake, which until now, had been her own personal space. Until Fitz, she was only focused on school and her art, but she was inexplicably drawn to him. Cadence was nothing like who he was normally drawn to, and he wanted to be a better person for her. She brought out a side of him that he didn’t often show, and didn’t know he had. He had a rough upbringing with a Dad who didn’t show him love, and allowed no tears or much of anything. Fitz knows he shouldn’t start something with Cadence, and really tries not to, because he knows he has a commitment once he leaves camp. His time with Cadence and falling in love for the first time, he is desperately trying to figure out how to change his future. This is the first of a Duet book, so we will have to read the second to know the final outcome. This book brings back memories of first loves, summer romance, and so many things. The characters are real, and drew me in from the beginning. I can’t wait to read the next one to find out how everything turns out for Cadence and Fitz.
I really enjoyed my first book by this author. The story was an emotionally charged roller coaster of first love and its impact on a young girls life. Cadence tries to stay away from love until she meets Fitz than all bets are off. When he has to leave her heart is broken. I look forward to the conclusion of this duet.
Dakota Willink is a new author for sure but will definitely be watching for more.
In Cadence Untouched we meet Cadence who helps run a camp, and Fitz who comes to the camp to help out. Fitz has some anger issues and that can be from his father but who knows. Both Cadence and Fitz has from two different lifestyles styles but there is something about each other that they like. He comes to the camp thinking he won’t have a good time and be bored. Cadence doesn’t put up with a lot and she knows what she wants and goes about getting it.
Since this is a duet book you will have a few cliff hangers but don’t be discouraged to read this cause book two Cadence Defined will answer all questions.
Great Job Dakota on keeping my attention to the storyline and I will definitely look forward to book 2.
This is a second chance at love boom that is filled with so much love, and heartbreak, that will have you craving MORE! I devoured this book and I SERIOUSLY CAN’T WAIT for the next book!! Cadence is a beautiful sweet girl who tries her hardest not to fall for the HOT bad boy, but her heart doesn’t listen to her mind. I cried, laughed and loved right along with Cadence and Fitz, but that ending,,,,, GAH!!!!
Don’t worry about the cliffy, book two is right around the corner!
This was a good read. Although it was a quick read, there were parts that seemed to drag on too long.