Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley

Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another one again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second.Too late.Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles without the Hot Bunch stepping in. He's having none of it. She's having none of him.The clash of the Rock Chick and Hot Guy begins, but Luke's got the advantage. He has handcuffs and he's not afraid to use them.

4.5 4
Luke's macho-man moments...not exactly the cave-man moments, but those times when he says mean things to Ava (great, now I've got to turn on the hide-review button). I'm talking about those times Luke hurts Ava's feelings like when he sort of called her stupid for not knowing that her dancing is as alluring as her stripping. And when Ava said she will not dance anymore I got so flipping mad I wish I could animate Luke and kick him in his, what Ava calls, his “‘nads.” So yeah, Luke can just piss off for all I care.
Still unsure of whether or not he ever takes it too far, what with him cuffing her to his bed and all. And basically dominating her life. Eh. And then there's the fact that Luke is sort of a man-slut. Literally, he hit on the heroins for the past two books (I didn't read the book before this yet but whee now I know I'm going to have to suffer through Luke making out with Jules-YUCK). And he was apparently in a non-exclusive relationship with another girl, ahem Sasha or whatever her name was. And let's focus on the non-exclusive part here-that implies he was fuck buddies with more than one woman-what the hell Luke. This reminder has led me to change my rating to 4. Sorry Kristen Ashley.
Though I am happy that they got together in the end, and all the dicky people got what they deserved, like Noah/Walt, Ava's sisters, etc. They can all jump off a cliff for all I care. Go Kristen Ashley for making them suffer!

This one is my favorite of the series! I love Luke, love Ava, and I laugh my butt off through the whole damn thing!

Re-Read January 2016 Still tied as one of my favorite of the series. Still makes me laugh my ass off! I want Luke all to myself...sigh.

Re-Read September 13th, 2018 – I've been re-reading this one in between my ARCs, and it is still my favorite of the series. I swear I pee my pants laughing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I read it. I really want to be Uncle Vito's euchre partner!