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dargeereads · 3 months

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Life cut him down, she remained.

Rock Chick Rematch, a Rock Chick novella from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley is now live!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Rock Chick series…

In high school, Malia Clark found the man of her dreams.

Darius Tucker.

But life hits them full in the face way before it ever should. Darius makes a drastic decision to keep his family safe and Malia leaves town with a secret.

When Malia returns, she seeks Darius to share all, but Darius finds out before she can tell him. At the same time, she finds out just how much Darius has changed in the years she’s been away.

She just refuses to give up on him.

Until he forces her hand.

Secrets come between Malia and Darius, at the same time Malia has to worry about weird things going on at the law firm where she works, her kid wants a car and she’s stuck in slow-cooker hell. Luckily, her ride or dies have her back. And in the meantime, she might just learn she never should have lost hope in Darius Tucker.

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I’d wanted to be a lawyer. But life was tough with a curious two-year-old, even if my mom and dad and sister and all the aunties and uncles and cousins pitched in to help me out. I needed to keep my nose clean. And I needed to stay away from Darius Tucker. Everyone told me he’d turned to the dark side. However, I thought it was time. It was time he shook himself out of this garbage. It was time he learned he had a child and had to step up. It was time three years ago, but I’d been young and scared and hurt, so I’d made an emotional decision and my parents had stepped in to support and protect me. Off I went to Fort Collins. Now I was back. So, yeah. It was time.

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dkehoe · 2 months

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Malia and Darius found true love early in life. Once they started dating in high school they were everything to each other, until Darius’s father died. In order to help support his family he made a bad decision that sent his life down a path that he felt like he had to travel alone. He ended things with Malia, breaking her heart and leaving her to face the future alone. Malia leaves town with a secret and returns three years later to face Darius and give him her big news. Kristen Ashley’s Rock Chick novels were my introduction to her style of writing and these crazy ladies and their alpha men. Darius has been a side character in many of those other romances and we’ve watched him evolve away from the dangerous life he lived to become one Lee Nightingale’s PI’s. She always gave him a dangerous vibe so I wasn’t sure how his story would make me feel. I actually really liked it. He was portrayed differently than expected and Malia, although not cray-cray like the rest of the Rock Chicks, had her own slightly unhinged vibe that was sweet and fun. I liked how they balanced each other out and how once the dust settled Darius was all in with no looking back. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ This story is a novella so I don’t really want to give any details away but needless to say there was a little action, some heat, and a lot of fun. Rock Chick Rematch fits in very well in this series, so if you’re a fan, read and enjoy! Click this link to purchase this book!* Rock Chick Rematch Copyright 2024 The Reading Chick All Rights Reserved *Amazon Associate- if you purchase this book through the above link I’ll receive a small stipend.

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youcouldmakealife · 3 years

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SOTM: Caps, Nucks; quality time

For the prompt: Caps play Canucks: Jared and Raf get bonding time; david and Gabe interact but David won't admit they are actually friends. Maybe Bryce's gaydar recognizes David.

This takes place during the next part of Jared, coincidentally!

Robbie’s pretty used to hanging out with guys from other teams after games. The Caps are a friendly fucking bunch, and while nothing like the Caps-Panthers increasingly gigantic hangout happens with other teams, presumably because Chaps isn’t, you know, dating any other team captain, as long as it wasn’t a bad blood game there’s a better than even chance at least one dude’s breaking off to go see an old teammate, or training buddy, or whatever.

Robbie knows a few of the guys on the Nucks, but none better than kind of peripherally. One was down in Hershey for awhile, played a few games with them years back, didn’t make much of an impression, at least with Robbie. Cap Q greeted him like an old friend, but that doesn’t really mean anything — it’s literally the dude’s job, or part of it. Another guy was the linemate of a dude Robbie trained with, and man did he have some stories about him. Nobody he really knows, and nobody the guys really know, so Robbie’s not expecting to see half a dozen Canucks at their bar after the game.

“Didn’t think we knew any Canucks,” Robbie says. He recognizes the old sorta Cap — Kiefer — but that’s it. Oh, and Oleg’s brother. He guesses that counts as a Canuck-Cap connection.

“Oleg’s brother’s on the Canucks,” Chaps says, right on cue.

“Doesn’t Oleg hate his brother, though?” Robbie asks.

Chaps frowns at him and waves a hand, and Robbie’s not sure if that’s supposed to be ‘no, what the hell, Bardi’, or ‘yes, but we don’t talk about it, you’re not supposed to admit you hate family’. Robbie would ask, but Oleg waylays Chaps then, very much like a man who would like someone to stand between him and his brother. Hates him. Robbie called it.

It’s not that he really minds tag-a-longs. They happen in every city, and Robbie would prefer a player he’s a degree or two away from in the Kevin Bacon scheme of things than some chick a guy’s picking up, or hockey fans that figured out they were there and decided to gawk at them from across the bar, elbowing each other, like ‘can you believe that’s David Chapman right there, drinking a beer?’ as if that’s super exciting and not Chaps just sitting around until he feels like he can safely duck out without breaking Caps socializing rules. Robbie swears he’s got a fucking clock in his head, he’s so consistent about it. Or like. On his phone. Probably just uses the one on his phone.

Chaps isn’t looking at his phone for once, sandwiched between Sanny and a guy talking his ear off who’s like, practically David level pretty, so pretty fucking pretty. Robbie’s at least eighty percent sure the dude’s hitting on Chaps, just from body language, and about ninety percent sure that David is completely unaware that the dude’s hitting on him. Chaps, man.

Maybe it’s not hitting on him though, because when Robbie passes by on the way to grab drinks for the Class of Canadiana after losing rock-paper-scissors, David’s getting an earful about his Art Ross season. To be fair, gushing about someone’s hockey can look a hell of a lot like wanting to fuck someone. It can get confusing.

Sanny joins him at the bar, ordering a slew of drinks that aren’t even fucking drinks. White wine spritzer? Robbie wishes he thought Sanny was getting that for his girlfriend, but it’s probably for him. Grace has better taste than that.

“Grace says stop hiding from your rematch like a coward,” Sanny says while they wait for their drinks. Might be awhile, judging by the trays of shots multiple bartenders are working on. Robbie would be more annoyed if he didn’t know the likelihood it was a Cap ordering them.

Robbie sputters. “I’m not hiding,” he says.

“Hm,” Sanny says.

“We can’t exactly do it here,” Robbie says.

“Dougie invited us over this weekend,” Sanny says.

Robbie sighs. He guesses he’s going to Matty and Wheels’ place to get his ass kicked by a girl, then. That or he’s getting teased by them for being afraid of getting his ass kicked by a girl. His poor fucking ego. It’s frankly unfair how good she is at literally any game he can think of.

“Who’s the hanger-on?” Robbie asks.

“The hanger-on?” Raf asks.

“The Caps fan all over Chaps,” Robbie says. Chaps and Sanny aren’t usually the type to get surrounded by randos. They’re both probably too nice to get rid of them, though — or maybe nice isn’t the word with Chaps. Too polite. “I can tell him to fuck off if you want.”

“Hm?” Sanny asks, looking back at the table, then laughs. “That’s Jared.”

“Okay?” Robbie says.

“Jared Matheson. We train together,” Raf says. “He’s on the Canucks, Bardi.”

“Seriously?” Robbie asks. “Dude looks about a second away from asking Chaps to autograph his boobs.”

Sanny shrugs. “David was one of his favorite players growing up.”

“Growing up?” Robbie sputters. “What is he, five?”

Sanny just smiles at him. It’s easy to forget how much younger Sanny is, just because the dude’s the kind of guy who was probably more mature than Robbie by the time he hit kindergarten, ‘old soul’ or some shit. Growing up, Jesus.

Jared continues to look completely riveted by whatever Chaps is saying, and Robbie loves the dude, but he is not riveting unless you’re Jake Lourdes. And even then Robbie’s pretty sure Lourdy’s less listening and more lovingly gazing upon him. What’s Chaps telling him, the importance of putting one-hundred and ten percent into everything you do? Get pucks deep?

“Who the hell’s drinking that spritzer anyway?” Robbie asks. “Please tell me it’s not you.”

“It’s Jared’s,” Sanny says.

“So he does like dudes then?” Robbie asks.

Sanny freezes. “For — drinking wine spritzer?” he asks with a scoff. “Way to stereotype, Bardi.”

“Nah,” Robbie says. He did a pretty good job there, but the way he went stock-still was a pretty big giveaway. That was a man whose brain was going ‘fuck fuck fuck’. “For hitting on Chaps all night. Should probably let him know Chaps isn’t single.”

“He isn’t either,” Sanny mutters, then, “I don’t think he’s hitting on him. Or like. Knows that he is.”

“Well,” Robbie says. “That’s kind of impressive. I don’t think I flirted as hard on any first date as he’s doing right now.”

“It really is,” Sanny says. The drinks arrive, and Sanny carefully gathers them up, sort of coltish about it, like he’s terrified of spilling a single drop. This kid can turn anything into a perfectionist thing. It’s honestly impressive.

“Enjoy the show!” Robbie says.

“Fuck you, Bardi!” Sanny says, and Robbie grins as he gathers the beers he ordered and heads back to the guys. He’ll take whatever pint he slops the most beer out of, that’s about all the perfectionism in him about that.

“Where’ve you been?” Matty asks.

“Shots!” Ziggy yells.

“Found the assholes who ordered two dozen shots,” Robbie says, and hands over their beers, saving the worst for last.

#fic snippet #SOTM #jared matheson #robbie lombardi #david chapman #raf sanchez #grace dawes

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half-blood-goods · 2 years

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Watching The Mummy Returns for the first time, enjoy the live commentary

Oh cool, immediately into battle again

Wait isn't the Scorpion King a movie

Y'all just started walking into the middle of the desert, what was the plan there

Not the evil Anubis bullshit please. I'm so tired of Underworld Gods portrayed as evil. My man was just doing his job.

Hello there handsome man

Oh god, why

Why is there a child 😭

Why are y'all back in tombs, last time wasn't enough?

Oh, dreams, gotcha

NOPE NOPE NOPE

Wrong place for tarantulas

None of the side characters will live till the end, especially not these 3 fuckers, I can already tell

Excuses moi? Whomst U ma'am?

Oh, a vision

Homegirl low-key acts like the entire last movie didn't even happen

Aaaand the certain doom box contains....

Oh cool, the bracelet

This scene single handedly contained more water than the entire last movie

Oh cool, we going back to last place

Diggin' a hole, diggin' a hole

Hey ma'am, why are you looking so good? Weren't you a mummy last time?

Where the fuck did you get both books?

Not the fucking scarabs again

What the fuck is that

Oh, it's Imhotep

✨ exposition✨

Why the FUCK would you put than on your hand you STUPID kid

MY MAN

Oh the Cleopatra treatment? Classic.

TATTOO GUY MY BELOVED

Damn girl, you weren't slacking these last years were you?

✨dramatic cape flip✨

Oh cool, we are saving the world again

Why would you leave a figurative child and a literal child alone in a car?

Ooohh it's a cult. Probably should've pick this up earlier

Oh that's a bit early for the mummies to show up

Sup Imhotep, how have you been?

Is this chick like a spiritual successor or something?

Perfect timing my dude

There's a lot more guns this time and I'm not sure if I like it

THEY JUST TOOK A BUS LMAO

Hope you have insurance on that car buddy

Damn these priests have been practicing

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE EYES

The opposite of Yeet the kid: Yoink the kid

You know I would appreciate some subtitles for these two

Nice to see a fellow monsterfucker

It's the fucking plague box again

Suddenly you learned English my dude?

See I told you, one fucker down, probably the other 2 too

This Izzy guy will never top old guy, no one will

In his defense, i would have also stabbed that kid's hand if he started the "Are we there yet" bullshit

Imhotep cleaned up good again, but his monster form is still hotter

I hate when they make the villains suddenly incompetent when they have to move on with the plot

I'm low-key confused on what's going on. Why were they fighting and why did they show up the bracelet

W h a t

Ooohhh he brought back his wife

Oh he's leaving context clues. Smart kid.

Wooooahhh. That's a LOT of people

✨water magic✨

Thank God the bird is okay

We goin' on a jungle tour

NOOO NOT THE BIRD I FUCKING JINXED IT

I do NOT like the shrunken heads, thank you very much

I'm getting strong "Don't go into the tall grass" ala Jurassic Park vibes

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

I DON'T LIKE THESE FUCKING TINY-TIKI WANNABES

GET FUCKED, THIS IS FOR THE BIRD

TATTOO GUY NOOO

DON'T FUCKING SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN

That was lucky timing

HOLY FUCK

She's not dead is she? Like, she's gonna come back, right? RIGHT?

Did he just lost his magic?

You know all this scorpion stuff and they didn't even mention Serquet once, I'm kinda disappointed

This guy really isn't looking too stoked about his sister's death

Again, why am I more invested in the villain side's love story?

Oooh, I like the soldiers' design

It's rematch time

Coooool design for the Scorpion King

WAIT IS THAT THE FUCKING ROCK?!

HOLY SHIT THAT'S A LOT OF SOLDIERS

VICTORY

This was a long-ass climax

BETRAYAL

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, BITCH

Oh god this wonky ass CGI is killing me

Oh hey, I forgot this guy existed

Peace out Tattoo Guy, i never learned your name but you're still the best

Well this movie was... something

Definitely worse than the first one. I felt like this has way too much action and the characters had way less breathing space. Plot was kinda all over the place. Still a solid movie, i guess a 6.5-7/10

All I know is that there's a 3rd one which is like, completely detours from these ones? Which is never a good sign honestly. THANK GOD THE CHILD WASN'T AWFUL. I was fearing that honestly from the minute i saw him, but he did a good job. Also is the Scorpion King movie related to this Scorpion King in this one or is it unrelated? I gotta check later.

#the mummy #the mummy returns #reaction #movies #live reaction #evelyn o'connell #imhotep #rick o'connell #brandon fraser

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crimsonji · 2 years

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Face Your Fears!

Synopsis: Gorou tries to stand up to Yae Miko but somehow gets roped into a spicy ramen challenge with her and Itto

AN: I like writing non romantic fics, it’s just a bunch of stupid stuff happening and it’s great (also yes I’ve written more for “A Flowering Friendship” I just haven’t gotten around to posting it bcus I’m lazy 😰

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Chapter 1:

Today was the day. Gorou would finally face his fears and stand up against the one and only Yae Miko! He even woke up extra early to train with the traveler.

“Are you prepared?” The traveler asked as they stood at the entrance of the Grand Narukami Shrine.

“Ready as I’ll ever be…” Gorou sighed, if this wouldn’t stop Yae Miko from teasing him, he doesn’t know what will.

“You can do this, Gorou! I’ll be right here if you need help.” The traveler encouraged him. Gorou puffed up his chest as he walked into the courtyard, finding Yae standing among the prosperous Sacred Sakura. She seemed to be reminiscing about something, her figure standing still as sakura petals swayed around her.

But nevermind that, because what hides under her mysterious is something truly evil! If you asked what kind of evil it was, he couldn’t give you a straight answer. But Yae Miko’s mysterious energy and knowing grin is what terrified Gorou.

He coughed, “L-Lady Guuji!” Gorou stood tall, Yae Miko turning her head and smirking.

“My, it seems a certain someone has come to visit the all-knowing Yae Miko,” she approached Gorou with a mysterious smile that he could never figure out, “did you sleep well while hugging your tail?”

Okay, Gorou, time for plan A!, he huffed proudly, “Even if I hug my tail while sleeping, I bet you do the same!”

Yae Miko paused before a grin grew on her face, Gorou realizing he just made a grave mistake.

“My, what a clever technique, however…” Yae turned away before looking at Gorou, “I don’t have a tail.”

Gorou stood in shock, how can he bounce back from this! He was about to run until he heard heavy footsteps approaching them…

“HEY, FOX CHICK! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A SPICY RAMEN EATING REMATCH!”

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“What the hell am I doing here?!” Thought Gorou as he now sat in front of Shimura’s. Beside him were none other than Itto and Yae Miko.

…

“HEY FOX CHICK! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A SPICY RAMEN EATING REMATCH!” Itto stormed in, Gorou quickly turned around in surprise as Yae kept an amused look on her face.

“My, if it’s Arataki Itto,” Yae pretended to look at Itto in surprise, “a rematch, hmm? Fine, I’ll entertain you.” Her expression changed completely, an ominous aura radiating from the shrine maiden, “Just be warned, you might be bedridden for the next month again.”

“You’ll be eating your words when I beat you once and for all! I’ve been practicing for the past two months!” Itto’s eyes were ablaze, a toothy grin on his lips. Gorou only stood in disbelief, Yae Miko AND Arataki Itto?! First he admitted he hugged his tail while sleeping and now an oni with rocks for brains is here!

“Huh? Oh, you’re that guy from the resistance.” Itto glanced at Gorou, “What’re ya doing here at the shrine?”

“That’s ‘General Gorou’ to you,” he huffed, “I could ask you the same thing.” Gorou’s eyes somehow landed on Yae, a shiver going up his spine.

He coughs, “Now, if you excuse me, I’ll be going now…”

“Hold on.” Gorou stiffened, slowly turning around to look at Yae.

“You came here all this way for nothing, didn’t you? Why don’t you join us?” Her words were spoken sweetly, yet her face told a different story. Gorou almost let out a defeated yelp.

“Yeah, you should join us!” Itto’s eyes looked like they were sparkling, “Besides, more people just means more competition!” Gorou awkwardly looked at his surroundings, waiting for the traveler to step in and get him out of this. That was until…

“PAIMON’LL JOIN!”

Huh?

“PAIMON! STOP THINKING WITH YOUR STOMACH AND KEEP QUIET!” The traveler pulled Paimon by her scarf with an annoyed look on their face. They caught sight of the three staring at them, Gorou staring in defeat while Yae’s smile only grew wider.

“Huh?” Itto looked at the traveler and Paimon in confusion, “Wait, wait, wait. Were you spying on us?” He shook his head to emphasize his words.

“Ah… Well…” Paimon chuckled awkwardly.

“Don’t tell me…”

“…You wanna join too?!” Itto pumped his fists in the air, “Booyah! I’ll crush all three of you! Come on, let’s go!”

“Wait, what?!” Gorou exclaimed. Itto seemed to ignore him, seemingly disappearing as he ran off.

Yae only smirked, grinning at Gorou, the traveler and Paimon with a pleased expression on her face.

“What the predicament you got yourselves into.”

#gorou #yae miko #genshin #genshin impact #fanfiction #genshin fanfic #arataki itto #itto #genshin crack

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sandythereadingcafe · 9 months

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ROCK CHICK, REMATCH by Kristen Ashley

1,001 Dark Nights & Blue Box Press

★★★ COVER REVEAL & PREORDER ALERT ★★★

Exciting News!! We are beyond thrilled to reveal the stunning cover for Rock Chick Rematch: A Rock Chick Novella from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley! Coming January 23rd, 2024 and available for pre-order now!

Pre-order your copy today→

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OCGwBe

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Add Rock Chick Rematch to Goodreads→ https://bit.ly/473F4yW

•••••••

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Rock Chick series…

In high school, Malia Clark found the man of her dreams.

Darius Tucker.

But life hits them full in the face way before it ever should. Darius makes a drastic decision to keep his family safe and Malia leaves town with a secret.

When Malia returns, she seeks Darius to share all, but Darius finds out before she can tell him. At the same time, she finds out just how much Darius has changed in the years she’s been away.

She just refuses to give up on him.

Until he forces her hand.

And in the meantime, she might just learn she never should have lost hope in Darius Tucker.

#books #cover reveals #pre-order #Rock Chick Rematch #Kristen Ashley #1001 Dark Nights #The Reading Cafe

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