The Start of Something

By Tanith Davenport

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR TANITH DAVENPORT

Book two in the Rock My World series

He dominates the charts, but can he dominate her heart?

Pop-rock singer Tamsin Keller likes to dominate, but when she breaks up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, she visits BDSM club Dante' s for another reason— to submit.

Her experience is heightened when she locks eyes with a mysterious stranger, who turns out to be rock star and Dominant Aspen LaRoche. Fascinated by Tamsin, he invites her to his holiday home for the weekend and Tamsin accepts, hoping to discover more about her submissive side.

Aspen proves to be an expert tutor, and Tamsin finds herself addicted to the pleasures he shows her. When Aspen also discovers she is a singer, he offers her band an audition with his recording company, and Tamsin jumps at the chance, knowing he can provide opportunities that she has never had before.

But when Tamsin' s jealous ex reappears in her life, will Tamsin' s career and happiness be over, or will this be the start of something for both her and Aspen?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: Dec 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781839436352

Tanith Davenport

I first started writing seriously when my tutor on a creative writing course pointed me towards the Romantic Novelists' Association and their New Writers' Scheme. Thanks to them, my debut novel "The Hand He Dealt" was accepted by Totally Bound in 2011 and was nominated for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2012. I haven't stopped writing since. Last year my short "Spiritwalker" was released as part of the "Some Like It Haunted" collection by Totally Bound. This year I'm working on two new shorts plus the upcoming release of my back collection as audiobooks. When I'm not writing, I love to read historical fiction and non-fiction as well as anything paranormal. I love to sing, watch horror movies and go to rock concerts. I also have two cats who like to hide all day and then destroy the house at night.

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Totally Bound Publishing books by Tanith Davenport

Single Books

The Hand He Dealt

Sleepwalker

Tamar Rising

In the Halls of the Mountain Troll

Echoes of Love

Ready for Him

Rock My World

Hyperventilating

What’s Her Secret?

Photograph

Collections

Haunted by You: I Heard Your Voice

Some Like it Haunted: Spiritwalker

Clandestine Classics

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Rock My World

THE START OF SOMETHING

TANITH DAVENPORT

The Start of Something

ISBN # 978-1-83943-635-2

©Copyright Tanith Davenport 2022

Cover Art by Kelly Martin ©Copyright December 2022

Interior text design by Claire Siemaszkiewicz

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Book two in the

Rock My World series

He dominates the charts, but can he dominate her heart?

Pop-rock singer Tamsin Keller likes to dominate, but when she breaks up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, she visits BDSM club Dante’s for another reason—to submit.

Her experience is heightened when she locks eyes with a mysterious stranger, who turns out to be rock star and Dominant Aspen LaRoche. Fascinated by Tamsin, he invites her to his holiday home for the weekend and Tamsin accepts, hoping to discover more about her submissive side.

Aspen proves to be an expert tutor, and Tamsin finds herself addicted to the pleasures he shows her. When Aspen also discovers she is a singer, he offers her band an audition with his recording company, and Tamsin jumps at the chance, knowing he can provide opportunities that she has never had before.

But when Tamsin’s jealous ex reappears in her life, will Tamsin’s career and happiness be over, or will this be the start of something for both her and Aspen?

Dedication

Dedicated to my all-time favourite band, Queen

Trademark Acknowledgements

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Facebook: Facebook, Inc.

Hell House LLC: Stephen Cognetti

Chapter One

She could hear the phone ringing from the bedroom, hear its shrill call as she stripped off her daywear. Skirt—on the floor. T-shirt—thrown over the back of a chair. Socks—slung under the bed.

Click. The answering machine had kicked in.

Tamsin. Look, I know you’re there. Pick up.

Him. She yanked a drawer open, pulled out the components of her outfit, her movements jerky and uncontrolled.

Look, baby, I’m sorry. I’m sorry! I know you’re angry, I know I’ve hurt you, but please, just talk to me. Tell me what to do to make it right.

Stockings—on. Suspenders—attached. Her fingers were shaking, and she cursed herself. So stupid. So fucking stupid.

I swear I don’t love her. I was just saying that. I didn’t mean it. She’s nothing compared to you.

The ache in her chest made her want to scream. Want to punish him for doing this to her, want to punish herself for letting him. Should have known better. Fucking idiot.

I’ve broken it off with her. I’ll never see her again.

Now fully dressed, she pushed her feet into six-inch-heeled black sandals and made her way hastily downstairs, picking up the long coat that hung over the banister. She buttoned it up all the way as she crossed the hall to where her handbag lay by the front door.

Please, just talk to me. Please.

Fuck you, you cheating bastard.

Tamsin Keller directed one vicious scowl at the machine, its light flashing with untouched messages, before leaving, slamming the door behind her.

* * * *

The entrance to the club was down a short flight of steps, its doorway just below street level. Above the door a neon sign proclaimed its name—Dante’s. An innocent name, telling nothing of what lay within.

The security guard nodded to Tamsin as she passed him, one eyebrow raised in surprise. She didn’t usually come in on Thursday nights, and hadn’t been at all for the past three months—not since she had last been single. Inside, a dark, velvet-carpeted hallway led to a gold-framed door lit by a green light. Tamsin pushed it open, letting the sounds of the club envelop her.

Dante’s wasn’t the only BDSM club in town, but it was the best. She knew it well. She had been attending for over a year, gradually becoming a regular. Outside its walls she was Tamsin Keller. Within its walls she was Lady Night.

Darkness surrounded her, velvety, figures faintly visible in the red and green lights. To her left was a bar area glowing blue, glasses suspended from the ceiling above it, along with a chandelier made out of bottles. Voices carried over the heavy rock music in the background, making arrangements, making plans.

Jackson—her now ex-boyfriend—had had no idea she ever came here. She knew she was