Taming Dante

Dante's Infernal, Book 1

By: Joel Abernathy

Narrated by: Iggy Toma, Cooper North

Keeping up the rock star image ain’t easy, but someone’s gotta show these fakers how it’s done.

Hotel-room-trashing tantrums? Check. Daddy issues galore? Check. Glitz, glamour and general debauchery? I wrote the f**king book.

I’m a textbook bad boy rockstar cliche, and I’ve never claimed to be anything else. Hell, I own it. At least, I did, until he came along: Mr. Self-Righteous who acts more like a priest than a drummer. Now he’s my bodyguard and the guy in charge of making sure I don’t OD before the tour ends.

Oh, right. I also have a crazy stalker who’s been obsessed with me since I was a kid. So that’s fun.

It doesn’t take long to figure out Cash is more of a danger than any freak with a shrine of me in his closet, and he’s way harder to shake. He’s managed to convince our band manager (AKA, the crappiest father ever) that he’s the only one who can protect me from my stalker and my own vices. Cash thinks I’m stuck with him while he forces me to get clean, but what starts out as a daddy/boy role play meant to freak him out turns into so much more than a game. For the first time ever, I don’t know who’s going to win, but I’m not going down without a fight.

My new job is a nightmare.

The name of that nightmare? Dante Jung, lead singer of the world-famous band Dante’s Infernal, living train wreck, and all-around brat. His manager hired me to be the new drummer for Dante’s Infernal... and his undercover bodyguard, since the singer has run everyone else off. The only problem is, I’m pretty sure Dante is more of a threat to himself than even his obsessed stalker. He drinks hard, parties harder, and he’s never turned down a lovesick groupie.

And there are a lot of those.

Dante is a brash, selfish, narcissistic douchebag. And he’s also a brilliant, devoted and passionate musician who can be unexpectedly vulnerable at times.

When he asks me to be his “daddy” for the month we’re stuck together, I’m shocked, but not for the reasons he thinks. Taming Dante is going to be one hell of a challenge, but he will break before I ever back down, no matter how undisciplined he is now. He doesn’t know what he’s in for, but he’s about to learn.

©2020 Joel Abernathy (P)2021 Podium Audio

It’s ok .....

Not a true BDSM story I was looking for but I love the Iggy toma and Cooper north narration it helped me finish the book.

Very good mm daddy roleplay erotica

The premise is mostly a setup for the roleplay kink relationship, which is good because a hard rock band being treated like pop idols by the mainstream is hard to imagine in the early 2020s. It's definitely not for everyone, but I thought the book made the roleplay really sexy and it always felt like both characters were safe. I was rooting for them and their relationship. The performance was the worst part tbh, I pretty much had to tune it out.

Great listen

Band romance
body guard
stalker mystery.
really good start to a new series.
Iggy Toma and Cooper North are a great narrating team.
easy to listen to and some Daddy play thrown in for good measure. Bring on book two.
well worth the credit and your time to listen.

Not a bad listen

Interesting listen. Narration was accurate to characters. Did feel like characters fell in love a bit quickly with limited interaction. It was startling.

Good first story for this series.

I read this series first and enjoyed it a lot. I was looking forward to listening to them. It has been a great listening to but feel that the narrators should have been reversed. Iggy feels like he should have read Scott chapters. Cooper had the voice that would have fit better for Dante. I did enjoy it though. Looking forward to the book.

I loved the book and thought it was very realistic

I loved the book and thought it was very realistic in the portrayal of Daddy/boy relationships. To those who are complaining about the book.
1) Women are NOT a part of this book so WHY are you complaining about how they are portrayed?
2) This book is a novel, not a treatise on dominate and submissive relationships. So to explore the minute details of that dynamic is unnecessary, because this is one relationship and the novel is about THEM and not anyone else.
3) If you are uncomfortable with this type of relationship, THEN DON'T READ IT! Spin over to Debbie Macomber and Cedar Cove series.
So many people need someone who actually cares what happens to them and Cash obviously does care about Dante.

Good story

I want to say first that I really Limed this book and the narration. Iggy Toma is the master of angry and hurt voices which was so very much Dante. What I had a problem with was how easily his addiction recovery was glossed over. Withdrawal is painful, long and a daily struggle to stay sober. But this author made it seem like a piece of cake as it barely bothered him. Please do your research on this subject!

Loved It!

This is my first book by this author and I absolutely loved it! Interesting storyline, strong character development and relationship development. Wonderful narration. Highly recommend!

Taming Dante

I loved the book and narration. I read a lot of MM romances and this one was really good. The plot was good and I like a true love story with a little struggle and push/ pull between characters but not a lot. I recommend this book. I would listen to it again. Good job author and narrators!

Sexy rock stars get it on.

The beginning was tedious with all the drinking and drugging. When it got into the romance, it was very nice.