Roan Parrish wrote a beautiful love story about two men who had rough lives but found solace in the arms of the other. ~ Kitty, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
Theo Decker might be the lead singer of Riven, but he hates being a rock star. The paparazzi, the endless tours, being recognized everywhere he goes—it all makes him squirm. The only thing he doesn’t hate is the music. Feeling an audience’s energy as they lose themselves in Riven’s music is a rush unlike anything else . . . until he meets Caleb Blake Whitman. Caleb is rough and damaged, yet his fingers on his guitar are pure poetry. And his hands on Theo? They’re all he can think about. But Caleb’s no groupie—and one night with him won’t be enough.
Just when Caleb is accepting his new life as a loner, Theo Decker slinks into it and turns his world upside-down. Theo’s sexy and brilliant and addictively vulnerable, and all Caleb wants is another hit. And another. That’s how he knows Theo’s trouble. Caleb can’t even handle performing these days. How the hell is he going to survive an affair with a tabloid superstar? But after Caleb sees the man behind the rock star, he begins to wonder if Theo might be his chance at a future he thought he’d lost forever.
As Riven started, I was afraid that I chose to read a really dark and depressing story. But, Roan Parrish did a beautiful job of bringing these 
two men out of the darkness and into the light. Riven was riveting and ended up being a story that I couldn’t put down. Who would have thought that I would have shed a tear or two at the end of a story that started off so bleak.
Theo. Personally, I think he had a little touch of ADD. It came out when he was excited, when he wrote his music. Frantic at times, mellow at times, always loving and caring about what people thought of him, being a rock star was a very hard life for him. But, he needed someone to accept him, be proud of him, a family. His own thought he was nothing but a failure, an embarrassment. He hated the stardom, being recognized but he knew it came with the territory and couldn’t do much about it. Until one night and one heart-wrenching song. There was something about the voice, about the man behind the voice that drew him in.
Caleb. Sultry, sexy Caleb. A fallen rock star who is trying to figure out his life after rehab. He doesn’t trust himself. It’s better that he just locks himself away, work the farm and not disappoint anyone anymore. He can never allow himself the luxury of music again … what if it pulls him back in? He wouldn’t survive. Then he walked in … sexy, sweet Theo. Yea, he knew who he was but, there was no way he was turning down the invitation knowing that he would walk away in the morning. Then he shows up on his doorstep, uninvited, and takes him by storm. How does he walk away from this? He knows he’ll just destroy him the way he destroys everything that was good in his life.
As the story progresses, they find that the other may be the one to open their eyes, their hearts and be able to live a life full of promises, trust and love doing what they do best.
Wow. Roan Parrish really drew me in with this story. She wrote some gut-wrenching scenes that had me holding my breath. The story was fluid, wonderfully written and totally enthralled me. A beautiful love story about two men who had rough lives but found solace in the arms of the other.
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