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Rise: A Forbidden, Brother's Best Friend Romance (Rock God) Kindle Edition

by Cassandra Robbins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.4 2,899 ratings

Part of: Rock God (2 books)

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USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Robbins returns with a scorching second chance, age-gap love story about a Rock God and his muse.

I know what I want.

So when opportunity knocked, I took it. I grabbed my shot, willing to do anything to make it happen.

From the beginning, I knew I was destined to be with the six-foot-four, bourbon-eyed Rock God. Only back in the early days he wasn’t a god.

Rhys Granger was my brother’s friend, the boy next door who wrote verses and played his guitar in our garage. He was talented. Exciting. Damaged. The kind of guy who made all the girls cry…

Except for me. I thought I was special. Turns out I’m not.

And now… I despise him.

He’s the lead singer of the Stuffed Muffins, one of the biggest bands in the world, with dark hair, full lips, and a body to die for.

Unfortunately, he’s a dick.

Not that I care anymore. I have my own career. I’m successful in my own right. So, when offered another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I turn it down.

But the universe has other plans, and I’m forced back into the savagely glamorous world of rock ‘n’ roll. Thrust into battling his seductive smile, his dangerous kisses, and my own addictive needs.

He might be a Rock God, but he’s also a man. And I’m the woman he never saw coming.

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Get your VIP pass to the hottest world tour this year. Rise is a complete standalone in the Rock God series. Stage dive straight into Rhys and Gia’s uncontrollable attraction. With appearances from beloved past characters, this is my most scorching book yet.

*Not responsible for broken or spontaneous combustion of your e-reader.*

- Cassandra

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Granger. Is. Everything. Un-put-down-able!!!5 stars!!
Serena Akeroyd ~ Best Selling Author

Cassandra Robbins did it again. Rise is hot, emotional, and all encompassing. A must read!
Brynne Asher ~ Best Selling Author

Every now and then I find a couple I fall hard for. Rhys & Gia are that couple. Angst, chemistry and the kind of rock n roll mayhem I love!
Claypot_Reads ~ Amazon Reviewer

This one is so hot, sexy and steamy!! If you're not looking to become pregnant... wrap it up!
Rea ~ Amazon Reviewer

Y'all aren't ready. This book.. THIS. BOOK!! The chemistry is OFF THE CHARTS!!
Annette ~ Amazon Reviewer

One of my all time favorite rock star romances!
Jill ~ Amazon Reviewer

Rhys can make anyone want to sin with him! A definite Top Read of 2021!
Miss Petite Brunette Book Blog

Raw, gritty and all-consuming love. This is definitely that story and I am 100% here for it!
Jess_book-basement

My heart goes pitter patter for Rhys Granger. Rise gave me EVERYTHING I wanted!
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This is one of the HOTTESTrockstar romances I've read!
Hopelessly _addicted_to_books

Cassandra's writing is phenomenal. She never fails to have me laughing, crying and swooning all in one. This is one of the best rockstar romances I've read! I LOVE THIS BOOK!
Mandy's Book Reviews

Talk about ANGST- Rise is overflowing with it. From their unforgettable and forbidden beginning to their ensuing chaos, Rhys and Gia are nothing short of steamy, emotional turbulence.
The Romantic Rush Blog

Cassandra Robbins just knocked it out of the park in Rise. It was one of the hottest, most sinful and most emotional rockstar romance I have read in the long long time.
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Sarah Puckett is a professionally trained actor, producer, audio engineer, and narrator who has a passion for creating unique audio adventures.

Troy Duran is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting.

Cassandra Robbins is a USA Today bestselling author whose books have topped the Amazon bestsellers lists. A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic driven to create obsessive, angst-filled characters who have to fight for their happily ever afters, she considers her family and friends her lifelines but writing is her true passion. She currently resides with her hot husband, two beautiful children, and a fluffy Samoyed, Stanley, in Los Angeles.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0992Z6L83
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 9, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 9, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4168 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #24,094 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #102 in Rockstar Romance (Kindle Store)
- #140 in Rockstar Romance (Books)
- #577 in Action & Adventure Romance (Kindle Store)

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Cassandra Robbins is a USA Today, Amazon Top 20, KDP All-star and International bestselling author. She threatened to write a romance novel for years. Robbins finally let the voices take over with her debut novel, The Entitled. She's a self-proclaimed hopeless romantic driven to create obsessive, angst-filled characters who have to fight for their happily ever after. Cassandra resides in Los Angeles with her hot husband, two beautiful children, and a fluffy Samoyed, Stanley. Her family and friends are her lifeline but writing is her passion.

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Patty Bice

good, amazing

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024

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This book seems so real and probably is with rock bands. I loved the storyline. Not so much carrying bottles of booze, but it’s pretty much how things go I guess. Don’t miss reading this fantastic book if you like rock bands. You’ll love it.

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023

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Really good rock story. A little more angst than I care for, but Troy Duran’s narration made it worth getting to the HEA. The female narrator was new to me.

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Carolyn Rhodes

The Rock God and his Muse

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023

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Rise is a stand alone Rockstar romance with an age gap trope and and it's packed full of angst and drama, explicit steamy scenes and turbulent emotions. This book has a past part that takes up about 60% of the book with the present part that immediately follows. There is lots of alcohol and drug use, no cheating even though OW are mentioned and a HEA.
Trigger Warning: Drugs, Sex, Alcohol and Obsession.

Rhys Granger is called the Rock God and he started playing music in his friends garage while in high school. His friends little sister Gia Fontaine was seven and hung around them taking pictures and swore she would one day marry Rhys.

Fast forward to 10 years later and Rhys is now the lead singer in the rock band, The Stuffed Muffins and Gia is a freshman in college. Gia reconnects with the band by lying and saying she is there for a scholarship. Rhys does not recognise her and proceeds to take her virginity. He becomes instantly obsessed with her until she leaves after news breaks that a groupie is pregnant with his baby.

8 years later, Gia is a successful photographer, in France with her best friend for Fashion week when Rhys and his girlfriend run into them. He has to have her back in his life, a day hasn't gone by without him thinking of her, his muse. A movie is being made of the bands life and he has to have her as the photographer.

Gia takes the position unwillingly, she doesn't want to be around Rhys, he destroyed her once and a she doesn't want to be put in that situation again. He pushes, she pulls, she doesn't trust completely and when his past rears its ugly head again, she takes off. Will Rhys go after the only woman he has ever loved or continue to give away his soul for the band and its fans?

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jc

omg what a roller coaster of a book!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2021

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I love this author’s work. I couldn’t wait to read about Axel’s sister Gia. (Axel from Ignite- one of the best MC romances ever). Anyway I usually avoid rockstar romances because they usually contain a lot of sex with OW which I hate. I will say that in this book there are no sex scenes with OW (thank God!) And there is no cheating. Some of Rhys’s escapades do come back to haunt him though. He definitely was not a saint.

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The first 60% of this book takes place in the past. I loved Gia in this part of the book. It took such guts to go after what she wanted. She loved Rhys since she was seven years old and when she was 18, and he was a big rock star-she went after him. I loved their chemistry. It was insane especially when he didn’t recognize her at first. Their interactions were hot and intense. As was their first time they have sex. She saved herself for him. He still didn’t know who she was and it was still (I hate to keep saying intense) but it was intense and emotional. He’s stunned when he realizes who she is, but ultimately he can’t stop thinking about her. They have the kind of magnetic connection that I live for in a romance. They fall in love—although she’s loved him her whole life.

They are ripped apart by some mixed up circumstances. And honestly, I understand why she left. But I also understand why he let her go.

The last 40% is present time and they are in each other’s lives again. I have to say that Gia frustrated me a bit in the second half. There’s a bit of drama. But the ending was spectacular as usual and I can’t wait for the next book!!

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THIS WAS A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A BOOK FOR ME

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022

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!!! SPOILERS IN ABUNDANCE !!! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY READ THIS BOOK AND AXEL'S BOOK IN THE DISCIPLES SERIES

I really wanted to love Gia's and Rhys' story. I read this book 3 times, because it just did not fit as a true HEA, or the pattern for a serious credible love story, as all the previous Disciples' stories, and Reeds and Tess' stories did. I found myself liking the characters and the book less with each reading!

Neither Rhys nor Gia, acted reasonably or mature in reaction to serious events. Especially Rhys, who never left the shallow and immature sex. drugs, and alcohol centered teenager, with no respect for women. Rhys is basically a drunk, a Satyr, a sex addict rock star. He is the same mentally and emotionally from 17 to 35. He never reached a level of maturity to be in an adult, forever soul mates serious love relationship. Rhys' character basically has only three character attributes. Writing and playing music, being drunk or on a drug high or a combination of both, and having sex in epic quantities but dregs quality!

if she was sane and mature Gia would have despised Rhys and left him in the mountains of condoms he created! Seriously, if Rhys loved Gia and she was his muse, he would have been on a jet back to her immediately, not having sex with numerous women, one after the other, every day, and considering "Italian pussy" the answer to dealing with problems with Gia, a woman he claimed to love and whom he called his muse. Rhys was a sex addict from the first scene where we meet him. I disliked him immediately. Gia was a 7year old, 10 years younger than Rhys, but even with a child's perspective, she seemed wiser and more mature than Rhys. Yet Gia also reacted like a child too often. The first sexual scene with Gia and Rhys was not credible! It did however, show Rhys once again as a drunk, high, sex addict, uncaring about the woman.

The story is weak as a credible HEA love story. Gia is not connected to reality where Rhys is concerned, and responds in immature ways when problems arise. Rhys is a completely irredeemable narcissistic, drunk, sex addicted, rock star! NO BUENO!

I really did like and enjoy how the Disciples connection was woven into the story. Axel is Gia's big brother, who once was a good friend of Rhys, and in a band with Rhys. Rhys knows all the Disciples main male characters because they grew up together. The Disciples are almost as sex oriented as Rhys, but in juxtaposition, they have matured where Rhys has not.

Now that I understand the direction of the love interest because I got it from the end of Rise, I am not looking forward to Force! But I purchased it so I will read it.

I DO ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND ALL FOUR OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES BOOKS AND THE TWO BOOKS OF REED'S AND TESS' STORIES!

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coralee corrigan

definitely must read

Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2023

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Wow . Beyond amazing read. Loved it . I could stop reading this . It sucks u in from the beginning and keeps u going to the gym no of the book .

BrokenOphelia

Great book with a great story arc

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2021

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Got to admit with this one I actually really didn't like either of the characters we are following at first. The author did a fantastic job though of building them as characters throughout the book so that they became more sympathetic and relatable.

This book is hot though and it is filled with drama, angst and groupies. Just what you would expect from an excellent rock star romance. The tension between the characters and even the band mates in the book is great. I loved the other band characters too and am really looking forwards to them having their own books in this brand new series.

I really enjoyed this book in the end and think that the plot and characters developed excellently to draw you in as a reader. I'm really glad I persevered when I initially didn't like the characters book I love this book now and I really recommend it.

Violet

Beautiful

Reviewed in Australia on October 14, 2021

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I devoured this book in the span of a few hours. My heart laughed, cried, bled and skipped all throughout this book. The character have so much depth to their personalities, their pain and torment reached out of the pages and gripped my imagination and would let it go. And do get me started on how vivid my imagination became with all the steamy sex scenes. Very well written!

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Samantha

4/5

Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2022

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Too much back and forth between Gia and Rhys. I felt that her reasoning for leaving him didn’t feel justified enough for me . I needed more angst

Win

If you like the Rockstar trope you are in for a treat!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2024

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Well written, good characters, secondary characters could have more substance instead of just helping the MC move the plot along - particularly if we are coming back for more of the standalone books in the series. The sexy scenes are hot - and lots of it too.
My problem with it is the reason for the breakup. The FMC came across as a bad ass in the beginning and then it's like there's an identity transplant and she's all week and cowardly running away. Not keen on that. Also the FMC is such an awful self absorbed friend. The book shows her only 2 best friends and she's kinda awful to both - particularly poor Julianna.
But I still recommend this book since I couldn't put it down until I had finished it!
HNY readers :)

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