Over 100 rock star romance books from 2012! (The ultimate list of new rocker romance)

By 2012, I’d already published nine books on Amazon and a couple of other places online.  I’d even published a paperback.  My bestselling book by far was Tangled Web—but by the end of 2012, that was getting ready to change in a huge way.

Anyway, over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been taking a trip down rock star romance memory lane. This week, we’re taking a look back to 2012.  As a reminder, I realize I probably won’t name even half of the books that were released that year, but these were titles I remember seeing, novels that made an impression on me in one way or another (or that I wrote). Which ones have you read?

One thing I’ve discovered going backward in time:  some of these books have been repackaged, republished, and relaunched—so I’m glad to know I’m not the only author who’s done that!

If you decide you want to read any of these books, all links point to Amazon (my apologies if you get your books at another site) unless they are no longer in print (in which case, the links will point to Goodreads)—so you can get started right away!  Let’s start reading some sexy rock stars!

January 2012

• Blood and Fire (Crooked Fang #1), Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman
• Butterfly Weeds (Butterfly Weeds #1), Laura Miller
• Dark Star (Rockers of Storm Crow #3), Roslyn Hardy Holcomb
• The Distant Shore (Stone Trilogy #1), Mariam Kobras
• Love Reign O’er Me (Behind Blue Eyes #1), Anne-Marie Klein
• Sound Bites: A Rock & Roll Love Story, Rachel K. Burke
• Torn (Torn #1), K.A. Robinson
• A Trace of Passion (A Trace of Love #2), Danielle Ravencraft

February 2012

• Crazy Hot Rock Star (The Life of a Rock Star #1), B J Baxter
• Cutting Loose (Cutting Loose #1), Lucy Milne
• Everything You Are (Jukebox Heroes #2), LB Clark
• Grave Refrain, Sarah M. Glover
• Just One Kiss, Pascale
• MADversary, Jade C. Jamison – this book has since been rewritten and republished as Love and Music (Small Town Secrets). Also, if you read the original version, you might wonder what’s different. Well, the original was written in third person and the rewrite is in first. Second, I’ve added a couple of small characters to this series to help tie all the books together.
• The Rancher and the Rock Star (Love from Kenison Falls #1), Lizbeth Selvig
• Retribution (The Second Chances Trilogy #3), M Mayle/ M.M. Mayle
• Seduction of a Rock Star: Fuck My Wife, James Pierson
• Taming Tai (Rock Hard #3), Chloe Cole

March 2012

• Lost in Your Time, Elle Amberley
• The Kiss Off (The Kiss Off #1), Sarah Billington
• Mad about the Boy, Kathleen Drummond
• Sully’s (Love Song Series #1), Hannah Hallmark
• Shut Up and Kiss Me, Mahalia Levey
• Alterations (Cutting Loose #2), Lucy Milne
• Getting Real, Ainslie Paton (originally titled Producing Real)
• Wishful Thinking, Lynette Sofras
• Only You, Butterfly, Rae Spencer
• Exclusive Interview (Rock Arrangement #1), Ava Lore
• Rocked (Lost in Oblivion #1), Taryn Elliott and Cari Quinn
• Gilded Cage, Alexandra Richland

April 2012

• Love’s Rhythm, Lexxie Couper (Heart of Fame #1) – she’s changed the cover and republished it, but this book was HUGE in 2012!
• A Different Kind of Forever, Dee Ernst
• Rock Me, Savannah Montgomery
• Steam: A Rock ‘N’ Rail Tale, Walt Oxley
• Uncle John’s Band (The JP Kinkaid Chronicles #6), Deborah Grabien
• Van Night, L.C. Zingera
• Music City DIRT (Music City DIRT #1), Blake Eccles
• Rock Star Groupie, Rosanna Cole

May 2012

• Being Friends with Boys, Terra Elan McVoy
• Triple Threat (Triple Threat #3), Bella Jeanisse (I believe this book was originally published as Triple Threat #1)
• Love This Pain, Presley Collins
• One Night Standoff, Diana Iles Elliott
• Heartstrings (Conquest #6), S.J. Frost
• King Trevor (The Trevolution #3), Susan Helene Gottfried
• Immortals and Melodies (Blood and Guitars #2), Heather Jensen
• The Rock Star in Seat 3A, Jill Kargman
• Love Ain’t for Keeping (Behind Blue Eyes #2), Anne-Marie Klein
• Seeing Shadows (Shadow #1), S.H. Kolee
• Missing Pieces (Cutting Loose #3), Lucy Milne
• Silent Song (Ghostly Rhapsody #1), Ron C. Nieto
• Seduction of a Rock Star: Erotic Exploit, James Pierson
• Inhale (Just Breathe #1), Kendall Grey
• Love Evolution (Brutal Strength #1, Black Cat Records #1), Michelle Mankin
• Turn the Page (My Once and Future Love #2.5), Carla Krae

June 2012

• Devoured, Emily Snow (Devoured #2) – If I’m not mistaken, this book was Devoured #1 at the time it was released, but Snow has since written a prequel (All Over You) to be the first book in the series.
• Try Me (One Night with Sole Regret #1), Olivia Cunning
• Orpheus Ascending, Kathleen S. Allen
• Rock Starred, Karen Booth (also known as Rock Starred: Love My Way)
• Don’t You Remember, Lana Davison
• Meagan (I Dare You #3), Jennifer Labelle (previously titled Lyrics and Lust and I’m not positive, but it looks like the series was previously called Spice It Up)
• Exposing Dallas, Lindsay Mawson
• Second Chances, Danyealle Autumn Myst
• Dark Side of the Moon (The Rock Star Series #2), Tami Parrington
• Face the Music, Andrea K. Robbins
• Wishing on an Irish Star, Jodie Lynn Sampson
• Snapshot (The Jamieson Collection #2), Angie Stanton
• Marry Me, Karen Stivali
• The Hard Rock Chronicles, Janice Williams and Tracey Rey
• Fall from Grace (Mad World #1), Christine Zolendz
• Exhale (Just Breathe #2), Kendall Grey
• Music City DIRT: Innocence Shattered (Music City DIRT #3), Blake Eccles
• Heart of Rock, Karyn Gerrard

July 2012

• Every Pearl Has its Oyster (Hidden Gem #4), India Lee
• Incidental Happenstance, Kim DeSalvo
• Ba(n)d Romance, Sarah Billington
• Rock ‘n’ Rolled, Angela Black
• Under His Skin (So Inked #1), Sidney Bristol
• Crooked Fang (Crooked Fang #2), Carrie Clevenger
• Sanguinary (Sanguinary #1), Emma L. Edwards
• While it Lasts (Sea Breeze #3), Abbi Glines
• Shame’s Ballad (The Alexander Drake Saga #1), Susan Landers
• For the Love of Music, M
• Hillbilly Rockstar, Christina Routon
• Backstage Pass, Storm Savage
• Metal Urge, E.D. Wilbourn
• Dangerously Close (Adrenaline Highs #3), Dee J. Adams
• Coming Home (Jackson Falls #1), Laurie Breton
• Colors of Love (Speed #2/ Rhythm of the Night #2), Jess Dee

August 2012

• Falling Stars, Sadie Grubor (Falling Stars #1) – Fun fact: Sadie and I both contributed to the coolest rock star romance anthology called Get Rocked! in Vegas, and I interviewed her after that here on my website. What I love about her covers is they’re designed to look like magazine covers!
• The Mighty Storm, Samantha Towle (The Storm #1)
• Never Say Never (Never Knights #1), Kailin Gow

• Then Kiss Me, Jade C. Jamison – this book has since rewritten and republished as Love and Lies (Small Town Secrets #1)
• Private Love in a Public Place (Private Love #1), Toni Kenyon
• Falling Stars (Falling Stars #1), Sadie Grubor
• The Songwriter, Brooke Adams
• Piece of Me, Cadence Coursey
• Rock Me, Stalk Me, Jamie DeBree
• Flashback, Jane Richardson Emmons
• Love Notes, Avis Exley
• Never Land (Never Knights #2), Kailin Gow
• Dark Without You, Sue Lyndon
• The Answer, Twyla Meeus
• Access All Areas (Access #1), Alice Severin
• Rock and Roll Never Forgets (Rock and Roll Trilogy #1), Barbara S. Stewart/ Barbara Stewart
• Make or Break, Lori Whitwam
• Letting Go (Just Breathe Ephemera #1), Kendall Grey
• Stifle (Just Breathe Ephemera #2), Kendall Grey
• Fama: Extreme Illustrated Edition, Rohan Paxton
• More Than Words, Karla Doyle
• Primal Song (Cajun Heat #1), Danica Avet
• Collide (The Secret Life of Trystan Scott #1), H.M. Ward

September 2012

• White Trash Beautiful, Teresa Mummert (White Trash Trilogy/ White Trash #1)
• Everything But, Jade C. Jamison (Tangled Web #2) – the reception of this book let me know that readers were loving my stories!
• Big Girls Do It Better, Jasinda Wilder (Big Girls Do It #1) – she released several books in this series all in 2012 but it looks like she re-released them in 2013 and included several of the shorter books in one larger book called Big Girls Do It.
• Big Girls Do It Wetter (Big Girls Do It #2), Jasinda Wilder
• Big Girls Do It Wilder (Big Girls Do It #3), Jasinda Wilder
• Dead Flowers (The JP Kinkaid Chronicles #7), Deborah Grabien
• My Favorite Mistake (My Favorite Mistake #1), Chelsea M. Cameron
• Rock Star, Ginger Voight (Groupie #2)
• Tempt Me (One Night with Sole Regret #2), Olivia Cunning
• Time Out (Foolish Games #2), Leah Spiegel
• To Love a Rock Star – Book 1, Nicole Braxx
• The Devil’s Metal (Devils/ The Devils Duet #1), Karina Halle
• Love Left Behind, S.H. Kolee
• That Girl’s the One I Love, Alana Lorens
• Champion (Indigo Knights #2), Jet Mykles
• As You Wish (Rock Stars in Love #1), Elyssa Patrick
• Ruining Me (Ruining/ Wasted Heart #1), Nicole Reed
• Three Days with Molly, Jan Romes
• The Con, Karri Justina Shea
• I Love You to Death (I Love You/ You #1), Natalie Ward
• The Gift (The Gift #1), Pamela Warren
• Resisting Velocity, Trinity Evans and Xoe Xanders
• Dirty (Just Breathe Ephemera #3), Kendall Grey
• Vexxed (Just Breathe Ephemera #4), Kendall Grey
• Ten Days of Perfect (November Blue #1), Andrea Randall
• Give and Receive: Book 1 (Give and Receive #1), Alisa Anderson
• Falling into Lust (One More Night Trilogy #1), Selene Chardou
• Backdraft (The Secret Life of Trystan Scott #2), H.M. Ward

October 2012

• Moving in Reverse, Katy Atlas – to the best of my knowledge, this book is no longer available for purchase
• Take Me (One Night with Sole Regret #3), Olivia Cunning
• Under Pressure (The Rock Star and the Girl from the Coffee Shop #2), Terry Towers
• Stellar Evolution (Falling Stars #1.5), Sadie Grubor
• Just for Now (Sea Breeze #4), Abbi Glines
• Heating Up (Her Rock Star Master #1), Violet Jessamy
• Dream Me Off My Feet (Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll #1), Stevie Kisner
• Chasing Shadows (Shadow #2), S.H. Kolee
• The Rock Star, Dawn Maze and Twyla Meeus (it’s not clear on Goodreads, but these might be the same author)
• What the Heart Needs (Soulmate #2), Kelli McCracken
• Minding Hyde, Ilyria Moon
• The Boys in the Band (later retitled Bandmates), Anastasia Reeves
• A Night With the Rock Star (Taking Stage #1), Emma Rose
• A Night With the Rock Star (Taking Stage #2), Emma Rose
• A Night With the Rock Star (Taking Stage #3), Emma Rose
• A Night With the Rock Star (Taking Stage #4), Emma Rose
• Forever Yours, Nicole Salmond
• The Sweetest Gift (The Gift #2), Pamela Warren
• Saving Grace (Mad World #2), Christine Zolendz
• In the Band (Luminiscent Juliet #1), Jean Haus
• The Secret of Ella and Micha (The Secret #1), Jessica Sorensen
• Love, but Never (Never #1), Josie Leigh
• Taken Backstage, Emma Rose
• Big Girls Do It on Top (Big Girls Do It #4), Jasinda Wilder
• Unmaking Hunter Kennedy, Anne Eliot
• Falling for the Ghost of You, Nicole Christie
• The Groupie, Kirsty Day

November 2012

• Big Girls Do it Married (Big Girls Do It #2), Jasinda Wilder
• Big Girls Do it on Christmas (Big Girls Do It #3), Jasinda Wilder
• Covered in Lace: The Lacey Sheridan Story, Ann Lister
• Rock the Heart (Black Falcon #1), Michelle A. Valentine – I was so fortunate to meet Michelle in person in Las Vegas at the Naughty Mafia Book Signing in August 2013. She is down to earth and sweet as can be. Love her!
• Double Time (Sinners on Tour #5), Olivia Cunning
• Daron’s Guitar Chronicles: Volume Four, Cecilia Tan
• Wedding Blitz (Foolish Games #3), Leah Spiegel
• Tear (Seaside #1), Rachel Van Dyken
• Front Man (Front Man #1), Adora Bell
• Storm (Jukebox Heroes #3), LB Clark
• Fury (The Sound Wave Series #1), Michelle Pace and Tammy Coons
• Love Today, Delia Delaney
• Imbrued (Sanguinary #2), Emma L. Edwards
• Feeling the Rhythm (Conquest #7), S.J. Frost
• Playing Hard (Her Rock Star Master #2), Violet Jessamy
• A Night With the Rock Star (Taking Stage #5), Emma Rose
• All Over You (Devoured #1), Emily Snow
• Claiming Her Tomorrows, Rae Spencer
• Bound Together (Bound Together #1), Marie Coulson
• Love Revolution (Brutal Strength #2, Black Cat Records #2), Michelle Mankin
• Share Me (One Night with Sole Regret #0.5), Olivia Cunning
• Leave Me Breathless (Ross Siblings #3), Cherrie Lynn
• Riptide (The Secret Life of Trystan Scott #3), H.M. Ward

December 2012

• The Accidental Groupie (The Accidental Groupie #1), Simone Holloway
• The Accidental Groupie 2 (The Accidental Groupie #2), Simone Holloway
• Forever My Girl, Heidi McLaughlin (Beaumont #1)
• My Misery Muse (My Misery Muse #1), Brei Betzold – Brei was one of the first authors I got to know on social media. Such a sweetheart!
• Rock Stars Do It (Big Girls Do It #4), Jasinda Wilder
• The Falling of Love (The Falling Series #1), Marisa Oldham
• Fallen Too Far (Rosemary Beach #1; Too Far #1), Abbi Glines
• Rocked Under (Rocked #1), Cora Hawkes
• Under the Same Sun (Stone Trilogy #2), Mariam Kobras
• One Hit Wonder (Rock Stars in Love #2), Elyssa Patrick
• Tidal, Emily Snow
• The Wedding Blitz (Foolish Games #3), Leah Spiegel
• His Voice, His Song, His Lure, Riley Steel
• The Hunter (Orion the Hunter #1), J.D. Chase
• The Hunted (Orion the Hunter #2), J.D. Chase
• Not Fade Away (The Raiders/ Rock’n’Roll Romance Series #4), Pam Howes
• A Song for Julia (Thompson Sisters #1), Charles Sheehan-Miles
• Last Christmas (Bound Together #1.5), Marie Coulson
• Sometimes Never (Sometimes Never #1), Cheryl McIntyre
• Bad Rep (Bad Rep #1), A. Meredith Walters
• V is for Virgin (V is for Virgin #1), Kelly Oram
• Fix You (Second Chances #1), Mari Carr
• What You Do to Me (Unexpected Love #1), Izzy Cullen

If you didn’t get the idea based on how big my 2012 list is compared to the 2011 one, let’s just say that, by then, readers couldn’t get enough rock star romance.  I didn’t realize that until 2012—but, when I did, I planned to give them what they wanted.  In December 2012, I started writing what would be my biggest book ever—both in length and bestselling status.  But we’ll talk about that when I post the 2013 rock star romance list.

In the meantime, which of these books have you read?  Which do you want to read? 

Which do you want to read AGAIN? Let me know in the comments!