Black Velvet and Lace by Heather Lauren

Title: Black Velvet and Lace

Series: The Empire Records Series

Author: Heather Lauren

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 27, 2021

Bad Boy Meets Shy Girl

Contemporary Rock Star Romance

Shy wallflower Charlie James has secrets, one of which is her talent. With a dark past, she lacks the confidence to strike out on her own so she sticks to writing the hit songs for other artists. When devilishly sexy rocker Hudson Smith crashes into her world he offers to give her unique lessons to push her out of her comfort zone.

The moment he called me his siren Hudson put me under his spell. With rippling muscles, tattoos, and a voice full of dirty promises, I instantly become someone my friends wouldn't recognize. Normally a girl who easily hides in the shadows, the British bad boy saw me and claimed me at first sight. I never thought I would see him again but when he shows up where I work I fall literal heels over head in true Charlie fashion.

Hudson is a broken man running from his past not knowing if he'll have a future but knows for damn sure he's not good enough for the intriguing and mysterious blonde girl with black-rimmed glasses that sings like an angel and stars in his super X rated fantasies.

Things between them turn from friendly to intensely passionate but when rock stardom comes calling...will the two be able to find their way back to each other?

4.5 STARS

“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚.”

These words are spoken by Charlotte, aka Charlie, who has a very low opinion of herself. She writes music and meets Headspace, an up and coming rock band. Hudson is the lead singer and when these two meet, it was lust at first, but then soon developed into more.

Charlotte asks Hudson to help her with her confidence level. It was nice to watch their friendship blossom into more. Some things were frustrating and I just wanted to yell at them to be honest!!

Overall, a great read! I loved all the characters in this story and hope to hear more from the boys of Headspace!

Heather is a mom of three who enjoys writing steamy contemporary romance from the comfort of her couch in sunny Arizona. She lives off coffee and toddler crumbs and is madly in love with the father of her children. She always guarantees sexy men who fall hard from strong women and happily ever afters.

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