Lead Me Back by C.D. Reiss-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 7, 2020

Cutting all ties, Kayla Montgomery drives cross-country to Los Angeles. New start. New life. And an unexpected new job: assistant to Justin Beckett.

The Justin Beckett.

The boy band rebel with the cocky attitude and dreamy bed head who casts a spell over his fans and tests the patience of his handlers.

Now at the peak of Mount Adulthood, he has to build a clean-cut, movie star image. It’s in his contract. No partying. No attitude. No groupies.

To tie it together, he needs a normal girl.

Suddenly, Kayla’s swept up in Justin’s glamorous world, and his arms. But the most dizzying thing is Justin himself. Sweet, generous, reliable, and as eager to shed his past as Kayla is hers.

About that…

Those ties she thought she’d cut? They’ve followed her across the country with her secrets in tow, and they’re about to test Kayla’s courage, Justin’s loyalty, and a love that wasn’t part of the deal.

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REVIEW: LEAD ME BACK by CD Reiss is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic, romance storyline focusing on clothing designer Kayla Montgomery, and one-time teen heartthrob turned actor Justin Beckett.

Told from dual first person points of view (Kayla and Justin) LEAD ME BACK follows the building romance and relationship between twenty five year old one-time teen heartthrob/ musician turned actor Justin Beckett, and clothing designer Kayla Montgomery. Justin Beckett was once on top of the world with his boy band turned pop artists but everything quickly spiralled out of control when alcohol, drugs and rumoured infidelity destroyed what was left of the friendships and love. Now on a strict schedule with no outside contact from his former mates, Justin needs to succeed in the world of acting, or say good bye to what’s left of his career.

Kayla Montgomery needs a new start after her life imploded back in New York. A new phone number found our heroine with the former number of rock star Justin Beckett, a number that would pull Kayla into the world of our storyline hero. Working on Justin’s latest movie in the costume department brought Kayla up close and personal with a man who was about to push all of her buttons but demons from the past were about to resurface for both Kayla and Justin pushing Kayla out of Justin’s life when issues of trust threaten their already tenuous situation.

The relationship between Justin and Kayla begins acrimoniously when Kayla begins receiving all sorts of phone calls for our storyline hero, phone calls from one-time bandmates and friends who would rather Justin jumped off the face of the earth. Kayla has come to LA for a fresh start, and dating Justin Beckett was about to implode when the paparazzi and Justin’s manager begin to stalk our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Justin’s bandmates who are all struggling with what was and what will never be: Shane, Gordon and Chad; Justin’s PR manager Ken Braque; Kayla’s sister Talia, and their father Raymond;and several members of the movie crew including Evelyn, Eddie, and Francine. Here’s hoping the author has plans for more story lines focusing on the members of the band.

LEAD ME BACK is a story of betrayal and vengeance; miscommunication and misunderstanding; secrets, lies, romance and love. The character driven premise is fast paced, captivating, heart breaking and poignant; the characters are colorful, animated, playful and lost; the romance is emotional and provocative. LEAD ME BACK is an impassioned story of two people who found one another when no one else was willing to give them a chance.

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Reviewed by Sandy