Title: Defile Author: Jessica Prince Series: Civil Corruption Genre: Contemporary, Rockstar Romance
Declan Forrester is arrogant, selfish, and insanely sexy.
He was the very first boy I ever loved.
Then fame and fortune turned
him into a man I no longer recognized. I tried to give him
everything he needed, and in return...
he broke my heart
Now he’s back, and he wants to make things right.
What started as love turned to hate. I told myself I’d
never fall for him again, but he’s determined to
prove me wrong.
He wants to win me.
He wants to own me.
He wants to defile me.
And if I’m not careful...
I just might let him
**The Civil Corruption series is a series of interconnected, standalone, rockstar romances.**
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What had originally started as a six-month road trip across Cali, hopping from one shithole bar to the next, had stretched into a year and a half thanks to our manager, Chris Evers.
He’d approached us after watching us in San Diego, one of our last shows before heading back to San Francisco with our tales between our legs. We were officially out of money, and because of that, out of time. My heart was broken at the thought of going back. But then Chris appeared, promising that he could get us success if we signed with him.
At first it had all seemed too good to be true. I had to admit, there was something about the dude that didn’t sit right with me. He was slimier than a used car salesman, and twice as slippery. But he’d lived up to his promise. For the past year, the five of us had been living in a crappy little studio apartment in LA, recording our first album, and playing at bigger bars where people who mattered could see us. We’d busted our asses, put in our time, and it was finally paying off. Now we were on a fucking tour with one of the fastest-growing bands in the US. As far as I was concerned, Chris Evers could be Satan himself—as long as he kept living up to his own hype, I was on board.
Looking across the shitty apartment, I spotted Tatum sitting on the worn-to-hell couch Mace and I had found in the alley behind our building. I broke from the guys and headed toward my girl, scooping her into my arms and spinning her in a circle.
“You hear that, baby? It’s finally fuckin’ happening. We’re going on tour!”
She smiled and placed a kiss on my lips, but there was an uncertainty in her eyes that made an uncomfortable knot form in my stomach. Something was off. Tatum hadn’t been herself for a long time now, and I didn’t understand why. I got the impression that Chris made her uncomfortable and that she didn’t trust him, but she’d never spoken a word against him, and the guy hadn’t done anything to warrant us dropping him. I kept telling myself that it was just the instability of our life over the past eighteen months that had been weighing on her. Now that the doors were finally starting to open for us, she could breathe a little easier.
“That’s fantastic, Deck. I’m so happy for you guys.”
I set her back on her feet but kept her close. “What’s wrong, Tate? You don’t look that excited.”
“No, I am!” she declared loudly. Her expression finally began to warm, and genuine happiness shined in her eyes. “This is it, honey. I’m freaking thrilled.”
Resting my forehead against hers, I spoke in a hushed voice. “Nothin’ but good from here on out, baby.”
“I’m so proud of you,” she replied, her tone just as quiet as mine.
“I’m gonna give you the world, Tatum Valentine. Just wait and see.”
Her smile wobbled as tears pooled in her eyes. “I don’t need the world. All I need is you.”
She might not need it, but like hell I wasn’t going to give it to her. She deserved nothing but the best. My girl deserved to eat at the best restaurants, wear the most expensive clothes, live in the biggest house I could build her. She deserved to drip with diamonds. And I was going to make all of that happen.
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****** MY REVIEW *******
Defile is the second book in the Civil Corruption series and it is a fantastic followup to Corrupt. This is Tate and Declan’s story and what a story this was. Tatum and Declan were best friends as kids and progressed into lovers in high school. They were the forever in love, forever together type of couple until Declan’s band hit the bigtime and Declan made some stupid, immature choices at that time in his life. His choices caused him to completely break Tatum’s heart badly and they haven’t spoken in 10 years. Fast forward 10 years and tragedy brings them back together. WOW, just the heat, the passion, the angst, the drama, the anger, the heartbreak and pain, the hope and the love that this story contains is amazing!!!! There were moments in this story that had me so angry at Declan and my heart breaking for Tatum. This is a great 2nd chance romance because when Deck sees Tatum again 10 years later, this man knows its time to get his woman back and that is what this story is about- 2nd chances and forgiveness. Tatum's strength is awesome in this story- she went thru some pretty hard and terrible times yet she did everything she could to make that her past, not her future. Declan can be a huge jerk; he knows it yet when it comes to making everything up to Tatum for the past, he is willing to do anything and that is the man I came to love in this story, not the jerk. There are some twists and turns that take this story to different places yet the ending was phenomenal. I cant wait to read the other guys’ stories--- Ms. Prince has a fantastic way of making her characters relatable and likeable even when they arent the nicest (aka Deck). She writes her stories and when reading , you are hooked and you will never want to come up for air. This is a MUST READ!!!
My Rating: 4.7 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
My Rating: 4.7 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."
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