Title: Drumline
Author: Stacy Kestwick
Release Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017
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Traditions are important. Especially in the South. College football. Rivalries. Tailgating. Halftime shows. Some things just don’t change. Until Reese Holland shows up with her long legs and no-bull***t attitude to audition for the prestigious all-male Rodner University snare line. It doesn’t matter how much hazing she has to endure from Laird Bronson, with his narrowed green eyes and arrogant smirk. She wants that damn spot, and she’s more than good enough to earn it. She expects there to be tension. Even friction. But not sparks hot enough to burn the entire campus down.
Excerpt:
He devoured me. Being eaten alive had never felt so good. His lips. His hands. His heat. My entire being was overwhelmed by him finally, finally touching me. The kiss started hard, desperate, the inevitable conclusion to the tension that had been building between us for two weeks. With my eyes closed and my breasts flattened against the wall of his chest, I gave into it, surrendered to the moment. My mouth clung to his as he tilted my head to the side, changing the angle to deepen the contact. His hands moved over me restlessly, hungrily, skimming down my back on the way to my ass, then back up my sides to frame my face, his fingers leaving a trail of heat behind on every inch of skin he claimed for himself. I pulled at his shirt while he pushed me against the solidness of the door. My heart tripped over itself in its race to keep up. Muffled sounds came from both of us, vibrating in our throats but not escaping our lips because we hadn’t even parted for a breath yet. Who needed fucking air when Laird Bronson was kissing them? Not me. His lips were somehow firm and soft at the same time as he slanted them over me again and again. It was like being called up to the major league from the minors. Nothing in my past compared. I shivered from the intensity of it, from the innate authority of his mouth as he consumed me. Like I was made to bend to him, as inevitable as the moon ceding to the sun. I lifted on my tiptoes to get closer, one of my hands snaking up to tangle in his dark hair. The strands were barely long enough at the top to grip, and when I gave them a tug, he rolled his hips against me, showing me just how much he liked it. I moaned and felt an answering wetness gather at the juncture of my thighs. Dear sweet rosy-cheeked baby Jesus and all the saints in heaven. His mouth needed to come with a warning label. Danger. Highly flammable. But it was too late. I’d had a taste and I liked the burn.
REVIEW
Reese left home to come to a college where no one knew her, they didn't know her past, anything about what she'd been through and they didn't know the person she was. As a freshman in college - Reese set her sights on making it onto the Drumline - even though it was considered to be an all male line-up, she knows she's got what it takes. It might not be easy - but she's not going to give up fighting for a spot. But then she meets the Captain - Laird - and suddenly there's more to worry about than drumming. I loved Reese - she's spunky and fun, she's hard working, she's loyal, she is a unique character who drew me in further with each little bit I learned about her.
Laird comes off as a macho pain in the rump at first - but really that was miniscule - once I saw the real him, all the good I didn't see him that way at all. What I saw was a man, hardened by the pain from his past; a man used to things going one way and having them change before his eyes. Laird retains a lot of guilt from his past - guilt over things outside of his control and that guilt alters his perception some in daily life.
What I loved most about this book was not only the chemistry these two have together, but how they interacted otherwise, they had a deep connection deeper than the chemistry between them, a shared knowledge of personal struggles and pain. But there's also the fact they they are withholding information from each other - and when those things come out it shakes their blossoming foundation.
I loved how everything came together in this story, from Laird and Reese's relationship and Reese's interactions with the other members of Drumline. The characters sucked me in to this world and left me hanging on every word. From the drama of Reese trying to find her way into the male dominated drumline, to the anxiety she felt to not be treated differently than the rest, to the struggles of trying to keep her feelings for Laird a secret. It all had me intensely invested in what would happen next and how things would turn out.
USA TODAY Bestseller Stacy Kestwick is a Southern girl who firmly believes mornings should be outlawed. Her perfect day would include puppies, carbohydrates, and lounging on a hammock with a good book. No adulting, cleaning, or bacon allowed.
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