ROCK
JA Huss
Published on 3-7-16
Genres: Contemporary, Psychological, rock star romance, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Rock by JA Huss
Published: March 7, 2016 – No Pre-Order
Rock Star Romantic Suspense
Standalone BookWelcome to RK’s rock star life.
I was living the dream, I was full throttle, all in, one hundred percent on top of the world. But it’s a hell of a long fall back down when you finally crash and burn.
Welcome to the delusions, the final act, the coming-to-Jesus moment when there’s nothing left to do but look yourself in the mirror and ask… How did I get like this?
I am RK’s living nightmare. I am RK’s empty soul. I am RK’s unchecked fantasy world that makes no sense to anyone.
I only have one thing left. Just one girl holding my broken pieces together.
And even she might be a lie.
Rock is a standalone rock-star romantic suspense by the New York Times bestselling master of twist, JA Huss.
Special thanks to supermodel Robert Reider and photographer Luciana Varga for the great cover photo!
EXCERPT
Melissa Vetti’s lips were softer than the down blankets on her bed and they were equally as warm. We lingered in the kiss longer than we should’ve. Longer than ever before, not moving, not tonguing each other, not seeking more with wandering hands trying to pick at the buttons on our jeans. Just connected.
“I love you,” I whispered into her mouth.
“I know,” she giggled into mine. She always said that when I pushed, but at least this time it didn’t come with a litany of excuses. We’re too young. You’re leaving in three months. We have our whole lives to fall in love.
It was too late for me though, because I’d been in love with her since the sixth grade when we ditched the chaperones on the class camping trip in Rocky Mountain National Park in the middle of the night.
We both lived next to that park. We wandered into that forest so many times, the woods were our home. And the spot the school chose for the class trip was close by. Our town is not really rich, even though if you want to buy a decent house up here in Grand Lake these days, it’s gonna cost you a million dollars. Our schools are not by any means well-equipped. Hell, most younger kids who live here, and there aren’t many, go to school in Granby, the next town over. But a trip to the local woods was something everyone could afford.
I knew the way—hell, she knew the way too. And when the small waterfall came into view, the moon making the water in the pool shimmer silver, we both got sweaty hands and chills up our spines.
Missy Vetti and I had our first kiss that night and I loved every moment of it. The sound of the forest at night. The cool midnight breeze whipping past our skin making us shiver, even though it was July. The heat of her breath mixing with mine and the way my fingers found their way into her hair and pulled her close out of instinct.
That’s all we did that night. Just one kiss in the dark. But it was enough for me to fall in love. And now that we were on the verge of college, it seemed like every moment had been wasted. Like I should’ve done so much more with her. Everything felt like a missed opportunity.
“You have to go before my dad gets up, RK.”
“I know.” I’d been sneaking into her house to sleep over for years. Not every night. And we didn’t fuck or anything. Missy Vetti was as pure as the water rushing down the mountain and her dad spent every night sleeping like a bear in the winter, so we never got caught. Or maybe he knew and didn’t care? Maybe he knew his daughter was perfect and would never let a boy spoil her with sex?
I reluctantly pulled away from our embrace and sat up in her bed, looking back over my shoulder. “Pick you up at eight?”
She smiled big. Big. Big. Big.
That’s all I got—a smile.
And I have seen that smile in my nightmares for the past five years and asked myself the same question over and over again.
Why did I kill her?
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About JA Huss
JA Huss is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty romances. She likes stories about family, loyalty, and extraordinary characters who struggle with basic human emotions while dealing with bigger than life problems. JA loves writing heroes who make you swoon, heroines who makes you jealous, and the perfect Happily Ever After ending.
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Marcy Meyer
I am a huge music fan, so this is hard. I would say my all time favorite rock star/band is Bon Jovi.
Anne
The Beatles for the shear volume of their songs that I liked.
Kim Brown
Thank you for chance! ?
Kim Brown
Genesis
Trudy Dowling
I will listen to anything by Snow Patrol.
Lauren
Pearl Jam
Patty Chapman
I love a lot of bands but have to say I’m total Def Leppard girl!
Lori Mitchell
My favorite rock band is Sixx:A.M.
Jeri Entler
Sick Puppies
Roz May Balidio
My fave band is Nickelback and Fall Out Boy (I’m just not sure if they’re rock)
Wendy LeGrand
Can’t wait to read Rock!! I love the cover and Reider is gorgeous!!
Wendy LeGrand
Depending on my mood, my favorite rock star or band is AC/DC and Queen.
Jody F.
I LOVE this cover and will be drooling over it for the next eight days until I can get a copy of my own! As it was my first concert ever, I have to say that Rick Springfield will always be my fave! He just put out another new CD two weeks ago and is still sounding good after all these years!
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Michell Casper
I love all types of music! One of my favorites growing up was Bon Jovi.
Tracy
I love love freakin love AC/DC.
Kimmy Johnson
Maroon 5 and David Matthews Band
Maria Malaveci
The Beatles ♥
DanielleCury
Blue October
Cynthia
Love the cover?
And I love Linkin Park
Claudia
Eagles
BrendaB
PINK….love her!!
Gina
Love Theory of a Deadman! And Classic Rock! Saw ACDC a few weeks ago, it was amazing!
Kristy Petree
Bob Marley – thanks!
Carol Neville
Linkin Park – new school
Led Zepplin – old school
Veronica
Fave band is tough! Lately I’ve been pretty excited about Staind.
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Ellie
Favorite Rock Star/Band is Bon Jovi as I am still a Jersey girl at heart.
Marion mcguigan
Anything by coldplay or queen
Erin
Maroon 5
kimberlee wertens
Sting!
Yvonne ShadowRealm
I love all types of music but one of my favourite bands is 5 Seconds of Summer. Thanks for the giveaway!
Cara
Congrats on your new release!! Looking forward to reading!!
Susan Lee Stump
Fav is Foo Fighters
tiffany
Train and the Foo Fighters-thanks!!
Claudia
The Beatles
Donna Peebles
Ohhh im a bon jovi girl
Linda Romer
I love The Red Hot Chili Peppers ♡ Thank you
Michelle
I am obsessed with Breaking Benjamin lately.
MJ Symmonds
Love a lot of bands and musicians. Really love Maroon 5. Congrats and thanks.
Brandy Lucero
AWESOME GIVEAWAY!!!! Thank you so very much for the chance. I am a huge music fan, so this is hard. I would have to say that my all time favorite rock star/band is Bon Jovi. CONGRATULATIONS on your new release.
Shelly Cross
I can’t wait for this book!!!JA Huss threw me for a loop with the super hero genre and now a rock star!!!
MJ
So many bands to choose from…The police
Shannon
Huge music lover, but I’m currently loving X Ambassadors!
Lee Tenaglia
Favorite Rock Band: Bon Jovi
Candy Voisine
Favorite rock star or band…
Usually this question is difficult for me to answer. I realized just today who it actually is. Pink. I have many I could name but there is no one who stands up for what she believes in more than Pink. A woman who is a true role model.
Marika
Linkin park and evanescence
Juli Huber Hall
Imagine Dragons is my favorite band
Teresa Rose
Maroon 5, I like all of his music and hes so sexy
Teresa Rose
my first concert that I was ever at was Def Leppard. I went with my high school friends we had a lot of fun
Rachelle
It’s a tie between Hellyeah, Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin.
Ra
My fave is BON JOVI but I still love Aerosmith <3
Tanja Dancy
My favorite rock star is Lenny Kravitz.
Melissa Mood
Love the cover. Super excited to dive into this one! Picking a favorite rock band is impossible I have so many. I love The Eagles, Theory of a dead man, Def leopard, Bob Jovi (any man with a guitar and dreamy vocals 😉
Thanks for yet another amazing chance at a give away. Congrats on your new release!!!
Fabi
Bob Marley
Margay
I have too many, it’s so hard to pick just one! But right now Ed Sheeran is a fave.
Julie
Blondie
Valerie Spearman
Jimmy Hendrix
Jessica Iskey
My music taste is pretty strange. I love listening to Patsy Cline, Michael Jackson, Kelly Clarkson and Beethoven. ?
As far as bands go, I love One Republic and Guns N Roses!! ?
Thank You for this incredibly generous giveaway!!??
Sammie Lynn
Linkin Park
Heather Scully
My fave band of all time is The Beatles. But…past and current bands I love include Maroon 5, Queen, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Linkin Park, Evanescence…many others. Singers I like vary as well. But I flove Pink because she’s so strong and confident, and she doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. I love that. ?
Thanks for the giveaway. I can’t wait for Rock to release. ??❤??
Holly Lynn
No Doubt
Marija Joshevska
Bon Jovi
Thanks for the chance
Michele Ficht
Favorite Rocker if Bon Jovi and my favorite Rocker Band is Aerosmith
Thanks for the chance. Good luck everyone.
Michele Ficht
Favorite Rocker is Bon Jovi, but my favorite Rocker Band is Aerosmith. Thanks for the chance. Good luck everyone
shabby arora
I love-
The Script
Muse
Imagine Dragons
Ashley Reynolds
Hmm, this changes daily.
My favorite band is Coheed and Cambria
My favorite Rocker? uh — I really don’t know if I can answer that.
Thanks for the chance! Can’t wait to read this
Maria Passia
Guns N’ Roses! Thank you, amazing giveaway!
Ginelle Blanch
I’ve never actually been to a rock concert. I don’t do well in crowds.
Avephoenix
Maroon 5
Amy Schallert
I just read the excerpt and all I can think is WHAT!? I have to read this!
Marie Jocke
Grateful Dead. The one and only concert I ever went to. I was 14.
Amy Schallert
My first concert was Pointfest in STL Missouri. All day concert 30 or so bands.
Jeri Entler
2nd musical choice: Imagine Dragons
Kimberly Parker Addison
The Offspring!
Jolanda L
The Script
Iisa ward
I’m a big fan of Metallica. .
Master of puppets Album is a top Favorite.
Renee Averette
My first concert was poison with Areosmith
marika
Never been to a concert ?
Renee Myrman Olichwier
I’ve seen Bon Jovi, Poison, Scorpians, Ratt and a few others in concert when I was younger. Not so much anymore. But I like a wide variety of music.
Latifa Morrisette
I love Queen
Enid
Question #1: favorite band…hmm… I’m a huge fan of music, so this is hard. I guess, Queensryche would be my all time favorite band though Godsmack is a close second with the works of Kano Yoko in third.
Enid
Question #2: first concert was Motley Crue when I was 16. Loved it!!
Elizabeth Decker
The first concert I attended was New Kids On the Block, not so much rock though?
Karen Hicks
Best concerts were Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, & Bruce Springsteen. Favorite band changes daily.. Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Bacon Brothers, Bob Seger.
Gracie Reading
Favorite bands right now are Shinedown and Disturbed. The remake of Sound of Silence is A-freaking-mazing!
Went to Warrant and Poison concert a hundred years ago. Saw ZZ Top, AC/DC, and most recently took my son to see Zac Brown Band for his birthday (they rocked for a country-ish band)
Marcie Lynard
favorite band is The Roots!
Lindsey Westenhouser.
Haven’t been to a rock concert.
But I have been to a Luke Bryan one. In October of 2011 I went to the Claxton Georgia one on his farm tour.
And recently went to the concert of Montgomery Gentry and Justin Moore in Brunswick Georgia this past January.
Jody F.
The first concert I ever went to was Rick Springfield (Corey Hart opened) back in 1983. My dad took me and it was awesome!
Lissa Thompson
HArd to choose a fav band..would have to go with Motley Crue! First concert was the Beach Boys!
Melissa
Can’t wait till next week to one-click this!! Love all your books since stumbling upon the Tragic series.
Michelle DeLeon
I’ve never been to a concert but I’m not dead yet so…
Ashley
My first Rock Concert was HFStival when I was still in high school. A big rock festival at a stadium. It was great fun, but the camp out for tickets was equally as fun!
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Stephanie J
I can’t remember what the first concert I went to was. I was lucky enough for my step father to work part time at an arena, so I went to a lot of concerts. If I have to go with my first memory of a concert that I now I went to, I would have to say Earth Wind and Fire.
Lana
Love Aerosmith!
and I haven’t been to a rock concert…yet
LeeAnne Pierce Lane
Very excited for Rock. And Robert Reider on the cover is a winner! Thanks fir the giveaway.
LeeAnne Pierce Lane
Genesis/Phil Collins and Billy Joel were my first concerts. Now I like Il Divo and Josh Groban and have been to concerts for both.
Brenda
Not a big rock fan so I would have to say John Schneider.
WENDY
Haven’t been to one yet..
Lorraine Irvine
Adele has to be my favourite rockstar xx
My first concert was Take That xx
WENDY
Haven’t been to one yet.
E Moffitt
The White Stripes and 1st Concert was Jackal
Esther Gerdzen
Thanks for the chance . U2 is one of them .
Debbie
My first concert was Eddie Money
Jeri Entler
First concert was Poison, opened by Warrant
Lisa Cauley
So excited about Rock!! My first concert was Pat Benatar and my first album was the Grease soundtrack. Thanks ?
Cathy A. Chandler
The first album I ever got was back in the mid 90’s. It was a CD of Lori Morgan who I had seen in a private concert the first and only time I went to a concert.
Lisa
Favourite rock band is Fall out Boy,
I’ve never been to a rock concert.
The first album I ever received was busted.
Kim Terryberry
Theory of a Deadman
Melissa Anderson
I can’t remember now but it was probably Mariah Carey or some other pop or country group. LOL. I was big into BMG music and was always buying CDs.
Kimberly Parker Addison
My first concert….was either Jimi Hendrix or The Beach Boys…I was 3.
First Album? Bobby Sherman it had the song Julie Do You Love ME on it! hahahaha!
Diana Doan
Don’t think I’ve ever been to a rock concert.
Lindsey Johnson
I’m not sure where I’m supposed to comment about today’s question so I’ll put it here. The first album that I bought or was Backstreet Boys’ Backstreets Back album or at least that’s the first one I can remember lol.
michelle seaman
Sixx A.M., thanks for the chance
Lynn Ewing
Bon Jovi was my first rock concert
Lynn Ewing
My first album was Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Lynn Ewing
My favorite rock band is Staind
Jenn Donald
I’m not sure what my first was, but my favorite so far has been Imagine Dragons – they were AMAZING! And we didn’t even their full tour show and it totally rocked my world!
Jennifer Pon
Duran Duran
Jody F.
The first album I received was the soundtrack to Grease… I would sing into the handle of the vacuum, as it sat in the middle of the room, in full rockstar diva mode.
Mandy Lucas
I’ve been to a whole 2 concerts. My very first was when I was young and my mom had bought 2 tickets to Boys to Men for my brother. He got grounded and I got his tickets. The second concert was for my birthday 3 years ago.. Rascal Flatts!!!! It was the best show and we had seats close to the stage. However, Maroon 5 is where my heart lies. Adam. Adam. Adam.
Teresa Rose
the first cd that I ever bought was Heart, I just loved there music at that time.
Aimee Ivey Powell
My first concert was Air Supply….I went with my parents and some of their friends…it was actually pretty good.
My favorite concert was Chicago and REO Speedwagon
Debbie Szabo
All time favorite rock band ugh…it’s a toss up between Metallica and Pantera.
Irma J
I love Ramones and Pearl Jam.
Jeri Entler
all time favorite…..Metallica
Jennifer Lessard
I am a huge fan and love all the books of yours I have read and the ones I have not read yet are bought and waiting for me on my kindle! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Jennifer Lessard
I’m a huge country fan so anything country I love and first concert I went to was YEARS ago but was my Favorite of all, the king of country, Mr. George Strait! I was in the 2nd row Aisle seat!!!!
Kissa
I love P!NK….she is awesome i have been following her for years! Favorite song: Just like a Pill.
Jackie Narvaez
Rock Star: Bon Jovi
First Concert: Michael Jackson
Album/CD you ever purchased or received: A-ha Take On Me, Vinyl.
Thank you for the chance!
Sabrina Johnson
My first cassette tape was a New Kids on the Block.
Carolyn J
My fa rock star is Prince
Ruth Jeter
Favorite rock band Journey, Def Leppard and Queensryche. First concert was a free concert in Central Park by Diana Ross.
Ruth Jeter
Open Arms, Pour Some Sugar on Me and Silent Lucidity.
Karina
Love Bon Jovi. Have done since I was a teen.
Liz Varela
My favorite rock group is Scorpions!
Cathy C.
My favorite song is This kiss by Faith Hill
Bernadette
Favourite band is and has always been the Eagles, followed by Elton John.
Tiffanee
My first CD was Reba McEntire and my favorite rock band is Maroon 5. I have never been to a rock concert the only two concerts I went to were for Brantley Gilbert and Montgomery Gentry.
Kimberly Chuck
Today is Friday and I didn’t see a new question? :/ but for Monday: maroon 5’s songs about Jane Tuesday: Evanescence concert Wednesday: breaking Benjamin is my fav rock band!!
alicia taylor
Thanks for the chance. Beautiful cover as always.
Sooo many great artists to choose. I like a mix of everything!!
Amy oh
I don’t have a favorite rock artist nor have I gone to a concert.
My first CD was the one and only JB. Sigh
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Jeri Entler
my first CD was Sailing by Christopher Cross
Sharon Walker
I can’t name one favorite group, band, or artist. My first album was a 45 of Olivia Newron-John’s Twist of Fate. My first rock concert was Rod Stewart, Status Quo, and Joe Cocker in England.
Sophy Sorn
Bon Jovi
Jessie Llewellyn
Def Leppard
Rick Springfield
Kiss
Bev
I have seen lots of bands Bon Jovi was my best
gay rosalyn guinto
Love maroon 5, 1st concert is the corrs, i listen to pop, alternative music
lori byrd
I love Country nad it has to be Keith Urban!
Misty Sulouff
-Favorite band-Hinder
-First Rock Concert-Bad Boys of Rock Tour (Hinder, Buckcherry, Papa Roach)
-First Album- New Kids on the Block
Sheila Howell
Favorite Band- the Eagles
First Rock Concert- 1975-Lynyrd Skynyrd
First Album- Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell
Barbara Stoker
My 1st album was new kids on the block
1st concert was ac/DC Metallica
My favorite band are kings of leon, fall out boys, muse, Mika..
Thanks for the chance
bn100
U2
Mandy R
My first cd was Hard Days Night by The Beatles. I was a strange kid.
Laurie Bartleson Ray
1. In This Moment is my current favorite band.
2. First concert was Bon Jovi and The Scirpions.
3. First album I received was KISS Lick it up.
Kimberly
I guess I’d have to say Tool because it holds special meaning to my husband and I.
BookAttict
My first concert was David Bowie in Madison Square Garden (Heroes Tour).
Tina Taylor
Would love Bon Jovi,to sing for me
Tina Taylor
Would love Bon Jovi to sing for me
BlackAsphodel
I don’t have a favorite rock band. I go through phases where I listen to a song/band/style all the time and then move on to something else.
Ruth L.
My first concert I saw JB Thomas.
Jammie Bebout
My favorite band is, was, and will always be the Beatles!
Jammie Bebout
My favorite band will always be the Beatles!