My heart drummed a worthy rock ballad when my eyes landed on Kylie in a dusty lot of an old bar hundreds of miles from my hometown. We couldn’t have been more opposite if we tried, but melded together like Mac n Cheese. She was the sweet to my sour; the rock to my roll, and the lyrics to my ballad… until she vanished without a trace. Now she’s back, touring with my bandmates and me. I should … I should hate her for leaving without saying goodbye, for the mess she left my life in, but no matter how often I tell my body she’s the enemy, henever listens.
She’s the one thing I loved more than music, but it’ll take more than a heartfelt serenade to crack through the wall her betrayal built around my heart. I’m not the man she once knew, and I plan to show her that the hard way.
Redeeming Slater is a second chance romance that will inspire you to look past the blurred lines of infamy. It has sexy scenes and a devoted story about finding love through forgiveness. It is part of the Perception Series, but can be read as a standalone, although some spoilers may occur.
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This author is new to me, and I found myself enjoying this story. I love a good rock star romance, and 2nd chance romances are one of my favorites. This ticked all of the boxes for me.
Slater is a broken-hearted rock star who thrives behind a drum kit, but it’s when he walks off-stage that the world hits him full-force. He doesn’t give his heart easily, and the one time he did, he had it broken. Now, the woman who did the damage is back in his life, and he’s having trouble fighting the feelings that are swimming back to the surface. He isn’t even sure if he wants to.
Kylie didn’t want to go to this concert, but her friend Melanie dragged her anyway. She has her reasons for leaving Slater behind two years prior, but she isn’t sure she could ever tell him. Yet, the more time she spends around him, the more she wants to be honest. The closer they get, the more she realizes she’d like another chance. But with the ghosts of the past lurking in the background, she has to decide if this is something she can do again without breaking more hearts than her own.
There’s so much going on in the background that we aren’t told about until toward the end of the story. And the reveals along the way are so eye-opening and heart-wrenching. There were moments that had me laughing out loud and others that brought me to tears. And within the story in a story, the situational moments of a rock band at their height, on-stage and off, are only a glimpse of the reality of fame brings. I’m glad I picked this book up and decided to read it. And I’ll definitely look into reading more of the author’s works.
Very well written,engaging and interesting.
It was a heartbreaking story full of emotions, angst, assumptions and untold truths.
I liked both the characters of Kylie and Slater, their story with the past and the possible future.
Both of them lost the person the loved, sister and best friends. Both deal with pain in different way.
Definitely recommended!
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4.5 stars
I enjoyed getting reacquainted with the rockers again. I liked reading about Slater and Kylie. I really enjoyed Kylie’s spunky personality and Slater’s sensitive but dominant one. I really liked the hot sex scenes too. There’s also a sad component of the story too that’s very touching.
Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters were interesting. Kylie left Slater without saying goodbye. Two years later Kylie has come back to join the band. The two years that Kylie was away Slayter cleaned himself up. Kylie and Slater keep going back and forth trying to sort out their indifference. The emotional turmoil, I really thought I was going through menapores. There were twist and turns .
Thank you for you allowing me to review your book.
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This story gives you everything. Second chance love, friendship, sacrifices, heartbreak. The characters are amazing. Fall in love with Kylie and Slater as they reignite their love. Secrets are revealed, heartache and forgiveness are encountered. This cast of characters will have you smiling, crying in sadness and with joy. These two go through a full spectrum of emotions to get their HEA.
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This is the fourth book in the Perception series. This is Slater’s story. The one perso that has let a lasting impression on Slater is Kylie. But she up and disappears and takes his heart with her. Now she back touring with him and his bandmates and he finds himself still attracted to her. But can he forgive her when she explains why she left? Kylie has her work cut out for her to win Slater’s heart back and to gain his forgiveness. Can these two find their second chance at a HEA? What a great addition to the series. Enjoy!
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I just loved this book. It was so well-written that it captured my mind and I was dragged along for the ride. Once I started reading I could not put it down until I read the last page.
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This story is a second chance romance and will take you on a very emotional rollercoaster ride. The characters will take you on a very troubled road with twist and turns to finally find their HEA..
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Slater really grows up
Redeeming Slater is a really well written and engaging story about Kylie and Slater. Slater Scott is the drummer in the band Rise Up and at the beginning of the previous book, Taming Nick, he finds out his fiancee is not faithful to him, thanks in no small part to Slater. In this book Slater is two years clean with no drugs, love or anything else other than life and enjoying performing. Slater and Kylie had been together before but she left without even saying goodbye. It was for his best that she left but also for her. Now it is two years later and she has ended up joining the band which puts her right smack in the Slater’s path daily. There is not getting around things and Slater and Kylie are both going to have to come to terms with everything that happened and forgive. Slater and Kylie’s story is very emotional and has a lot of heart to it. The characters are really well written with a lot of depth and the story-line is great.
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I really like this author and her writing style. This rock star romance series has been great but I hated the way Slater flaunted his indiscriminate sex with other women in front of Kylie.
I was team Kylie all the way even before the big reveal of why she left Slater years ago.
I’ve got to admit that Slater grew up once he forgave Kylie although he refused to hear her reasons thinking he already knew them.
Kudos to the author for this deep tear wrenching and emotional second chance romance.
This story encompassed more than Slater and Kylie’s second Chance at love as it touched on sacrificial love, loyalty, and friendship.
Slater really didn’t deserve Kylie and Kylie didn’t deserve the heartache she endured by the way Slater hooked up with other women for the two years they were apart.
I was surprised that the author changed my feelings for Slater and gently brought me back to appreciating him. His continued growth revealed his love for Kylie and overshadowed the sins of his past behavior.
A satisfying and tear filled feel good HEA was the icing on this sweet read.
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Awwwe, this was such a FANTASTIC story! Slater is head over heels and so is Kylie is in the same bucket. The ind and outs of them getting through their own selves is a wonderful thing of beauty! I laughed, held my breath and teetered on crying the words on the pages were sooo great!
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Slater Scott is the drummer in the rock band Rise Up. Its been almost two years since rehab and time for Slater to take back control of his life, no drugs, no love, just the high from performing and all the adoring fans. He thought he had everything under control until she walks back into his life. Kylie nothing no goodbye nothing, just gone.
This second chance romance book can be read as a standalone book. It was such an emotional rollacoaster filled with plenty of heartache and betrayal rejection and drama. The characters are amazing and tortured innocent and guilty. There will be tears plenty of tears although such love and selfless devotion. Their sexual chemistry was intense their passion undeniably, but can the hurt ever be really forgiven.
ONE FABULOUS ADVENTURE!!!
Ah snap! Shandi nailed this bad boy perfectly and kept me riveted on a razors edge from start to finish. A spinning, twisting vortex of inadvertent happenstance catapults your swirling emotions into play fluidly. Jumping hoops, coping with the trials and tribulations keeping pace with a slew of plot twists and sharp turns blasts this piece of perfection bursting to life flawlessly. Speculation, drama, tension and intrigue set the tone for this mind blowing, block buster. The chemistry is intense, sizzling and palpable. The characters personalities are genuine and realistic with depth and qualities that are well blended and balanced. The scenes are 100% on point realism along with amazing scenarios that are so colorfully described its like you’re living it with them instead of on the sidelines. Fabulous job Shandi, thanks for sharing this little guy with us.