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Broken Strings: MM Rockstar Romance (Chords of Chaos Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Casey Carson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 409 ratings
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Max:
I was a washed-up, alcoholic, disgraced cop, so imagine my surprise when I landed a gig as the private bodyguard for Corey Duvette, international rockstar and guitar god? Seriously, I used to worship this guy when I was a teenager! Everybody wants a piece of him…his fans, his manager, his bandmates, his ex…even me.
But as much as I’d like to, I can’t put him in that position…or any other positions, for that matter.
I’m just here to do a job.
It’s not my fault that he looks like an innocent angel and a broken boy all at the same time. That’s why he needs someone like me looking out for him, protecting him, keeping him safe.
But can I keep things professional between us?

Corey:
I’ve been performing on stage in front of thousands of people almost every night of my life since I was nineteen. Living in the public eye means I get hounded everywhere I go. I have zero privacy. I’m exhausted, but my greedy manager and loser bandmates rely on me to keep cranking out hits. To keep going full throttle—and keep everyone happy—I turned to the rock & roll cliché of nonstop booze and drugs. I’m being pulled in every direction. I feel like I’m falling apart.
I’m ready for a change. I want something real.
After getting stabbed by a random psycho and almost dying, my manager wants to hire a bodyguard for me. I don’t care if he’s big and strong and sexy as hell—I don’t want some meathead with an earpiece following me everywhere I go. I already have no privacy as it is!
But maybe…just maybe…Max is different? All I know is that the thought of dealing with everything in my life while trying to stay sober terrifies me.
I can’t do it alone.

Broken Strings is a full-length 60,000+ word gay rock star romance about finding happiness amidst a lifestyle filled with sex, drugs, and rock & roll. This book contains sexually explicit material and colorful language intended for adults 18 and older. Each book in the Chords of Chaos series can be read as a standalone novel, but they’re better if you read them in order.
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Stay tuned for the next book in the Chords of Chaos series: Down Beat

About the Author

Author Casey Carson is a total sucker for love stories about flawed men finding their Happy Ever Afters. Casey especially adores writing about rock stars, although she has a soft spot for tough guys with big hearts from all walks of life. When she's not writing she's usually binging on Netflix and snuggling under her favorite blanket with a bowl of truffle popcorn.

Wanna keep in touch with Casey and get a FREE BOOK??? You know you do! Visit: authorcaseycarson.com/newsletter.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KD3FLMT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Feather Publishing (November 9, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2323 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 409 ratings

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Author Casey Carson is a total sucker for love stories about flawed men finding their Happy Ever Afters. Casey especially adores writing about rock stars, although she has a soft spot for tough guys with big hearts from all walks of life. When she's not writing she's usually binging on Netflix and snuggling under her favorite blanket with a bowl of truffle popcorn.

Wanna keep in touch with Casey and get a FREE BOOK??? You know you do! Visit: authorcaseycarson.com/newsletter

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Sara
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative storytelling, intriguing characters
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Broken Strings was my introduction to author Casey Carson. Carson delivers an appealing storytelling style, and the writing – though it could benefit from a solid editing and tough love review – flowed smoothly, was consistently paced, and clever.

Readers should have no problem innately employing their senses throughout the book. Characters were colorful and inventively carved out in such a way that readers will be able to easily visualize and (almost) smell them (in some cases) through the written word. Added to that, Carson handily embeds within them psychological, emotional, and non-descript buried traits that are nearly downright spooky (Jo, Bosh) and often reserved for lead characters.

The primary characters Corey and Max seem to fall in love pretty fast, and their addictions to alcohol, though a major facet of their life, was probably glossed over for the sake of telling their love story. Incorporating alcoholism realistically at its current stage in both of their lives would have altered the story drastically.

The staging of the fallout between Corey and Max left me a bit stymied, as the actions leading up to it seemed out of character for Corey. It did allow the next scenes to emerge, but I’m not convinced that there may not have been a more realistic and logical course to take.

Corey’s interactions with his ex-boyfriend Fallon were creepy, but there was no doubting the fear he instilled. The “resolution” to Corey and Fallon was creative and surprising. The HEA/HFN was a bit short, rushed, and incomplete for me. Rushed would actually be an appropriate adjective to describe the entire book, in a way.

I did always look forward to picking up my Kindle to keep reading from where I left off. I’m intrigued with Carson’s writing – and no doubt will nab book 2. How Carson is going to salvage Fallon so that readers become sympathetic to him is beyond me, but I am anxious to find out!
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*Vanessa*
4.0 out of 5 stars A few jerks in the story, but I definitely enjoyed it. 💜💜
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018
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This was an eloquently written story, which centers around Max and Corey. Both of them struggle with alcoholism, but together they find strength within each other to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way. I enjoyed the story and I was held engrossed by the very vivid characters, although, only the two main characters were likable plus one character who was only at the beginning of the story. I'm pretty sure I'll check out the next book in this series. =) It definitely held my attention.
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Blatimore Phil
3.0 out of 5 stars THE WRITING HAD A RAW FRESH APPEAL.....
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018
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A tale of tragic lives ruined by addictions trying to climb out of it could turn too dark for comfort. However, the author turned two tormented souls driven by their demons transforming before our eyes. The strength of this piece was the ability of the writer make the characters jump out of the page. I felt immediately enthralled in the story and its characterization. There was an attentive interest . I give credit to the author for her succinct phrasing and exceptional character development.

I would suggest to reedit since the grammar errors were not glaring but after awhile enough to be noticeable. I did have some difficulty figuring out which of the main characters were speaking . Yes, I know the chapters switched from one person to the other but I did find some confusion. Hey, perhaps its me but it won't hurt to check on clarity.
Ok, folks, I liked this fine,flowing, well thought out difficult subject. Really, it was a refreshing , pleasurable experience.

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Jim Dunaway
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018
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Sex, drugs, rock and roll. They all seem to go hand-in-hand, sadly. You throw alcoholism into the mix and you have the defining characteristics of the two main characters, Max and Corey.

The headstrong, "I can do anything. I'm invincible." cop, Max, makes a huge mistake and his ego costs him is badge. On one hand, you want to feel bad about it, on the other hand you want to get two eighteen-wheelers to pull his head out of his ass. On a personal level, Max is quite likable. and is portrayed as a character you can depend on.

Enter Corey, a recovering alcoholic and the front man of a heavy metal band. You can feel the tension in Corey when his bandmates are all heavy drinkers, pot smokers and will have sex with any female groupie that crosses their paths. They don't seem to care about Corey's struggles. I'm sure there are many people out there who can identify with him on a personal level.

Initially when Max becomes Corey's bodyguard the sparks fly, and not in a good way. It's awesome to see the two of them become friends, then lovers. It's gratifying to see them become friends as they each seem to have what the other needs. I know it's pretty much cliche, but they're two halves of a whole.

The story is quite compelling and moves along at a good steady pace. Readers will come to the end of the story and won't know what hit them. I'm pretty sure they'll be downloading Downbeat (Chords and Chaos book 2).

Awesome job, Ms. Carson!

I was giving a copy of Broken Strings in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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dolsem
2.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2019
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This was one of those stories that while you read you say "are you serious?" I said that more times and it was really because these characters did not match up to the description. The insta-love felt forced. Cop with a drinking problem loses his job does not address the issue or reason for it but is given a job to bodyguard a rock star and I was like "are you serious?". It took a while to read but honestly the characters needed to be more developed and story line needed to be more solid.
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P3
3.0 out of 5 stars Full of typos
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2019
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Nothing more disappointing when reading a book when there is a typo on the second page. This book is full of them and that is very annoying. I hope the pull this book and do some serious editing.
The book was different with substance abuse issues and male on male domestic abuse. The book was okay but for me I wished more time was spent on book 1. I really am not feeling the need to purchase book 2 & 3
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Peter Nuttall
5.0 out of 5 stars Another fantastic read the story of a EX cop out of a job finding himself a job as a bodyguard looking after a Rock star and both ex cop & lol star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2019
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Both having drinking problems but trying there best coping life without drinking not an easy task on top of this problem Corey the rock star his trying to get is violent ex boyfriend out of is life evil & violent has he is doesn't seem to care about what Corey wants taking is revenge out on the bodyguard which ever way he can to be rid of him I really enjoyed this book I found myself keep turning the pages when I new I should put it down yep that good I'm sure who ever reads this book will get great pleasure from it .👍.
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readingromance
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2022
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The story was actually really good. What I didn't like were the many typos, missing words, words that didn't belong in the sentence... Many of the characters really annoyed me too.
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Tina
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book Lazy Editing
Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2019
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I enjoyed the story and the characters. The only reason this book didn’t get a five stars review is the editing.

The editing was done very lazily. “He” instead of “Her”. A wrong name at one point. Wrong pronouns. All things that could’ve easily been caught but weren’t.
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Balcs
2.0 out of 5 stars Promising story, needs a good editor
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2022
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The basic plot is intriguing, if rather unlikely. Main characters have their moments of being interesting but are troubled and aren’t actually that likeable. The story makes rather too many emotional leaps with little progression between each stage. It just didn’t flow very well for me and felt like a series of scenes glued together using some kind of formula rather than a story and relationship which progressed naturally.

What I really struggled with though was the sheer quantity of typos, needs some major editing. At times it was bad enough that I had to reread paragraphs because the typos changed the meaning completely. Very off-putting.

I liked the premise of the story but the execution wasn’t quite there for me. I love a good rockstar series but don’t think I’ll be reading the rest of this one.
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