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Taming Dante

Dante's Infernal, Book 1

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Taming Dante

By: Joel Abernathy
Narrated by: Iggy Toma, Cooper North
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Keeping up the rock star image ain’t easy, but someone’s gotta show these fakers how it’s done.

Hotel-room-trashing tantrums? Check. Daddy issues galore? Check. Glitz, glamour and general debauchery? I wrote the f**king book.

I’m a textbook bad boy rockstar cliche, and I’ve never claimed to be anything else. Hell, I own it. At least, I did, until he came along: Mr. Self-Righteous who acts more like a priest than a drummer. Now he’s my bodyguard and the guy in charge of making sure I don’t OD before the tour ends.

Oh, right. I also have a crazy stalker who’s been obsessed with me since I was a kid. So that’s fun.

It doesn’t take long to figure out Cash is more of a danger than any freak with a shrine of me in his closet, and he’s way harder to shake. He’s managed to convince our band manager (AKA, the crappiest father ever) that he’s the only one who can protect me from my stalker and my own vices. Cash thinks I’m stuck with him while he forces me to get clean, but what starts out as a daddy/boy role play meant to freak him out turns into so much more than a game. For the first time ever, I don’t know who’s going to win, but I’m not going down without a fight.

My new job is a nightmare.

The name of that nightmare? Dante Jung, lead singer of the world-famous band Dante’s Infernal, living train wreck, and all-around brat. His manager hired me to be the new drummer for Dante’s Infernal... and his undercover bodyguard, since the singer has run everyone else off. The only problem is, I’m pretty sure Dante is more of a threat to himself than even his obsessed stalker. He drinks hard, parties harder, and he’s never turned down a lovesick groupie.

And there are a lot of those.

Dante is a brash, selfish, narcissistic douchebag. And he’s also a brilliant, devoted and passionate musician who can be unexpectedly vulnerable at times.

When he asks me to be his “daddy” for the month we’re stuck together, I’m shocked, but not for the reasons he thinks. Taming Dante is going to be one hell of a challenge, but he will break before I ever back down, no matter how undisciplined he is now. He doesn’t know what he’s in for, but he’s about to learn.

©2020 Joel Abernathy (P)2021 Podium Audio
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance Celebrity Bodyguard Rock Star

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it was OK didn't get invested in the characters that much it wasn't bad .Narration was good .

Taming Dante

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Loved this love story! Characters were well written and I really enjoyed the plotline. Iggy Toma and Cooper North are outstanding narrators, really bringing the characters stories and emotions to life. Will be looking for more of their (and this author's!) works!

Awesome narration!

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Story didn't work for me, liked the first couple of chapters then not so much...but I don't generally read blurbs so it's my fault. I liked the narrator of Crash but not Dante.

hmmm

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Trying to burn yourself out with drugs booze and lack of sleep, it rakes a strong man to sort the man doing this. Touching story with the right ending.

Touching

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My third audible plus book in a row and I can’t decide if this was actually good or if the narration was just that superb.

I’d never have picked it if I’d read the blurb bc it does say “daddy/boy” which isn’t a theme I normally seek out…but that’s only for like one month while they are in forced proximity in like one chapter, so was pretty “lite” compared to in some other books I’ve read.

But it also has: rockstar/bodyguard, stalker, drug withdrawal, band drama, a bomb threat, and a brief adultnapping, so I was highly entertained.

A perfect narrator duo!

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I enjoyed the writing a lot. Anytime I get a good old giggle while reading a book is such an added bonus. Joel is a new author to me and what a find.

The first couple of chapters made me roll my eyes and start to dislike Dante but then we met Cash and the potential of dynamics between the two developing was such a curious lure in.

Dante with all his “scrawny little devil-ness”, as Cash named him on that first day; all the attitude, snark and general bratty behaviour. And Cash - sergeant turned drummer / single dad/brother. Serious, burly teddy bear. And the whole daddy/little dynamic, while was a little rushed, felt believable enough, especially considering this is a book that is less than 300 pages long, so there’s isn’t as much space to build on.

And just when I was past the half point and thinking what’s not to like, I got to the 69% and… while it wasn’t a trigger, the scene made me wince and I just couldn’t get past the idea that it could have been pleasurable in the way it was written. So because of the conflicting context between care and neglect I had to stop. Daddy/boy dynamic might include punishments etc but there is also the overwhelming balance of daddy’s care. This scene has completely lacked the care, reading into desperation in giving what was asked for but clearly hurting in the process. I couldn’t get past it. Even if it was meant to be written in a different way.

So that’s a DNF for me. I’m sure other readers will not find this as non palatable as I have and will enjoy the overall book.

Witty, well written and enjoyable until 69%

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This book was absolute perfection and I loved every second. The characters were completely delightful and the narration was top tier. I’ve just bought books 2, 3 and 4.

Excellent story 👏👏👏

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Very fun to listen to this story. Interesting, deep, loving, kinky, caring, mysterious and little bit of action. The daddy kink surprised me a lot. But I liked this book!

Unexpectedly good

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I would give this book probably 3.5 stars. I absolutely love the readers, but there were some parts in the story that were not for me so that lowered the score.

I like the readers a lot.

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Decent book. I didn’t get absorbed in it, and didn’t ever feel fully invested in their relationship or the kink which is why I didn’t give it a higher rating.

3.5 stars

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