Title: Oceanside
Series: Rock Stars, Surf and Second Chances #3
Series: Rock Stars, Surf and Second Chances #3
Author: Michelle Mankin
Genre: Rock Star/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 10, 2018
Blurb
Oscar night.
Rock star legend, Ashland Keys should be on top of the world, but the blond blue-eyed SoCal surfer is disillusioned with fame, done with drugs, bored with the groupies and sick of all the fake f*ckery.
A rising star, Fanny Bay is nominated for best original song in the same category as the Dirt Dogs band, but the novel redhead with the corkscrew curls and the slight Canadian accent would prefer to chart a course with a different destination.
Hollywood is not for her.
He’s full of regrets, darkness and secrets.
She’s full of hope and light and has mysteries of her own.
He’s her reserved hero.
She’s his gypsy rose.
He’s water. She’s fire. Together, they don’t make sense.
But he’s what she’s always wanted, and she just might be everything he needs.
Rock star legend, Ashland Keys should be on top of the world, but the blond blue-eyed SoCal surfer is disillusioned with fame, done with drugs, bored with the groupies and sick of all the fake f*ckery.
A rising star, Fanny Bay is nominated for best original song in the same category as the Dirt Dogs band, but the novel redhead with the corkscrew curls and the slight Canadian accent would prefer to chart a course with a different destination.
Hollywood is not for her.
He’s full of regrets, darkness and secrets.
She’s full of hope and light and has mysteries of her own.
He’s her reserved hero.
She’s his gypsy rose.
He’s water. She’s fire. Together, they don’t make sense.
But he’s what she’s always wanted, and she just might be everything he needs.
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Michelle Mankin is the New York Times
bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels.
Rock Stars. Romance. Redemption.
Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.
Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series.
Catch the perfect wave with irresistible surfers in the ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series.
Rock Stars. Romance. Redemption.
Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock 'n roll industry.
Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.
Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series.
Catch the perfect wave with irresistible surfers in the ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series.
Romance and self-discovery, the FINDING ME series is a Tempest spin off with a more experienced but familiar cast of characters.
Exploring the sexual double standards for women, the ROCK F*CK CLUB series is a what-if the groupies called the shots instead of the rock stars.
When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town
listening to her rock or NOLA funk music much too loud, she is putting her
daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends,
sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend.
OTHER BOOKS BY MICHELLE MANKIN
BRUTAL STRENGTH series:
Love Evolution
Love Revolution
Love Resolution
Love Rock’ollection
TEMPEST series (also available in audio):
TEMPEST series (also available in audio):
Irresistible Refrain
Enticing Interlude
Captivating Bridge
Relentless Rhythm
Tempest Raging
Tempting Tempo
Scandalous Beat
The MAGIC series (also available in audio):
The MAGIC series (also available in audio):
Strange Magic
Dream Magic
Twisted Magic
ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series
(also available in audio):
ROCK STARS, SURF AND SECOND CHANCES series
(also available in audio):
Outside
Riptide
Oceanside
FINDING ME series (also available in audio):
FINDING ME series (also available in audio):
Find Me
Remember Me
Keep Me
ROCK F*CK CLUB series:
ROCK F*CK CLUB series:
Rock F*ck Club (audio coming soon)
Invitation
Readers, bloggers, and attendees of the Naughty San Diego signing are invited to join Michelle on a walking tour through the streets of Ocean Beach as featured in Oceanside on Sunday April 15, 2018
Blogs Review
Oceanside is book three in the Rock
Stars, Surf and Second Chances series and Tomorrow Today pretty much sums up
the story even though it was a dedication to her mother as it gives you past
encounters and today encounters for Ashland and Fanny with the added suspense of
events that lead Lakers Girl back to the Dirt Dogs.
Read book one not two and each are
to be a standalone. In book one we had some questions on certain topics and
secondary characters but didn't get answers so we could only assume it would be
either discussed in next book or its own book. Skip to book 3 and Patch comes
up again, it's like your missing pieces still if you don't read books in
order. This book deals with events prior to book one characters story and
guess that's why it's a standalone as it leads up to the band's destruction
then it leads into where all the characters are now. Yes, we finally got
answers to the Ash/Linc/Mona topic in book one so this is a huge plus for those
of us who read book one. I still need to go back and read book two as I think
the Patch and Karen topic will be fully disclosed in that book based upon what I
read in book one and this book. So I will say this if you read the books out of
order you will be fine reading the story about the secondary characters, but if
you skip a book it will drive you a little batty since you know that there is a
topic that you need the blanks filled in on and you need that book to fill
those blanks to make this standalone series complete. While you can easily
relate to the secondary characters if you only chose to read this book, the
ties to Ash and his story and why he moves mountains for those he cares about
and locked others away living the Rockstar life and why he craves control is
present to make you enjoy the story, but I guess that is why I, like some others
prefer to read standalone in a series in order to get the full effect and see
any missing pieces to make the characters whole.
You will want to give Ash a hug when
his secret is revealed and bravo to the author for writing about this topic.
These men love to surf and while the Rockstar aspect has moved to better places
like Oceanside this story is really about a second chance at life and then
love. Fanny is opposite of Ash and while they briefly met some years back at
the awards show, we get to see how caring and protective she is of her sister
and what she gives to ensure they are safe. She’s a strong and brave woman when
her story comes to light as a whole is how I will say this as to not give
spoilers to the suspense of the story. Can I just say the best scene may just
have been the surf board? Yes, I know which surfing time was this. Ha, not
saying you shall read and find out. Best first ever!
You get to see how drastic life
changes for Ash and Fanny and how fate plays into this when it comes to the Dirt
Dogs Crew and the girls. Hollie for being so young is smart and can go the
route of advertising if her career ever fails, just saying cause that was epic
and spot on. Wow, I kinda thought Diesel had a lead into Holliewood based upon
what we read, but it is to our disappointment that this was not true. Excited
to see where this goes and if Diesel will ever get burned down a few notches
with his attitude of one and done. You will fall in love with this family of
Dirt Dogs and it gives hopes to others how the story is portrayed for others in
this situation that Ash was placed in with his actions, but it just goes to
show you that they can find love to with the right person, consequences and
protection to get their HEA.
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