Review: A Sweet Romance with Excitement & Suspense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
Rock Her was an exciting and quick read full of suspense, but most notably a sweet romance.Twenty-five year old Kate has put her romantic life on hold for the most part. She had to step in as mother and provider to her eleven year old sister at the very young age of eighteen when her mother dies. Her father is a real piece of work (certainly a piece of something!) and so she is basically on her own with Emma, her sister. This makes romance and boyfriends the least of her worries through the years. But with Emma off to college, her life is open to new possibilities. Performing a heroic rescue puts Kate right into the path of Alec Sawyer and he quickly disrupts her life in both good and bad ways.Alec Sawyer was part of a hugely famous rock band, and lived life on the edge with drugs, alcohol and women, until one of his band mates overdoses. Real life and consequences smack him in the face waking him up to the big picture. Now ten years sober, he stays out of the lime light and lives a quite life in the little town of Cielito. That is until Kate stumbles into his life and gives it a little shake.It's fun to read about reluctant lovers slowly losing their battle against falling in love. Kate and Alec have some emotional hurdles to get over, but nothing too frustrating or drawn out. Their attraction is not easy to ignore. Every time they're around each other, fires ignite! Kate is sweet and innocent, but also smart, and accomplished, putting herself through nursing school. If anyone deserved an exciting lusty romance, that would be Kate!! She gets that and more from Alec. He's quite a bit older at thirty-eight, and has the experience to prove it! Oh my....Even with all his experience Alecs's surprised by how much Kate affects him:"his feelings were impossible to ignore. This was different. She was different. He racked his brain, trying to remember if he'd ever felt this tender affection and wonder for another soul. It was like being stripped bare."Besides the romance, there is excitement and danger that make you want to read through to see how things turn out. There is some definite creep factor with a stalker and a criminal father!I have to say, I was disappointed with both Kate and Alec in a couple of spots; Kate for being a pushover with Alec, and Alec for being a jerk. Emma, Kate's sister was very annoying thorough most of this read, and I really wanted to give her a good smack for being so selfish. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this addictive and sexy read!