Tyler and Stella Review
(Tattoo Thief 2 )
by Heidi Joy Tretheway
5 smooches
Synopsis (taken from Amazon)
Stella Ramsey always says bad boys can’t break your heart. They don’t call, don’t cuddle and don’t send flowers–but what do you expect? No strings means no regrets.
When the biggest story of her fledgling music journalism career nearly ruins her relationship with her best friend, Stella has one chance to redeem herself. She promises the bassist for the rock band Tattoo Thief anything in exchange for behind-the-scenes access. But Tyler doesn’t want anything. He wants everything–and that’s more than Stella is prepared to give.
When Tyler’s explosive secret thrusts Stella into the media spotlight, she must choose between selling the story and telling the truth–and exposing the truth about herself.
Tyler & Stella is a sizzling story of lust, lies, and sacrifice, revealing how much love can forgive.
This book is recommended for mature readers–it contains steamy romance and feisty characters who use strong language.
My Review
Tyler and Stella is the follow up novel to Tattoo Thief. Although this is the second novel in the series it can be read as a standalone. I really enjoyed the first book but I have to say that Tyler and Stella is even better. So many times second books in series do not live up the initial book, this is not one of those times! I sat down to read just a few chapters, then get some cleaning done around the house, next thing I knew it was several hours later and I had a finished book and a messy house. I could not put this book down!
This book starts with Stella’s betrayal of her best friend Beryl(girlfriend of Tattoo Thief lead singer Gavin) At a band gathering that Gavin has invited Stella to (in order to beg Beryl’s forgiveness) Stella meets lead guitarist Tyler. She is instantly attracted to him and he her but he is nothing but a gentleman to her and even offers to help her out with a story.
Stella is a music reporter for the Indie Daily News and is stuck reporting on no name bands. So when she shes an opportunity to exploit her best friend and get a good byline she takes it! When this book begins (and sometimes throughout) I didn’t like Stella much as a person. As a character I thought she was unique and different! Too often women in these books are portrayed as the “good ones” who make the right choices and the guys screw up! This book was different in the sense that both make some bad choices but it is Stella who you just want to yell at!
Now, during this book I do grow to love Stella more and more, but it is really about how much I grew to love Tyler and Stella together that makes this book special. I don’t have to love the person Stella to love how right she is for Tyler.
Tyler is definitely a swoon-worthy book boyfriend. When we meet Tyler is coming to the rescue, making a tough moment light, and helping out Stella get some inside info into the band for an interview. He can be the sweetest man you have ever met but also a bit manipulative. He doesn’t always make the best decisions and at times you want to scream at him but page in and page out you love him. The two of them have some serious relationship drama in their past that holds both of them back from falling full force, even though as the reader you can see from the first moment that they are meant to be with one another.
This book was not short on fun happy moments or on drama. The twist and turns kept me from being able to put the book down but it was the sweetness of them as a couple that kept me from caring if anything else got done that day!
Heidi Joy Tretheway wrote a great book that was easy to read, funny, sexy, and with a awesome story to boot. I am a sucker for a rock star romance and this book did not let me down! Now I just have to pas the time until I can get book 3!
~Miranda
