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Sasha and Rory are working superbly well together, their fiery passions for each other blazing both on and off the dance floor as they compete at Blackpool, the world’s most prestigious ballroom championship. But Rory suspects Sasha’s jealous former partner and his student are conspiring to sabotage them. And her increasing fears that Sasha’s mysterious past, which has so intrigued and captivated her, holds something sinister, become a life-threatening reality.
This is part three in a continuing three-book series.
This is part three in a continuing three-book series.
- GenresRomance
326 pages, Paperback
First published June 10, 2015
About the author
Tonya Plank
15 books87 followersAfter spending many years as a criminal appeals attorney in New York, Tonya returned to the West to focus on writing. She currently lives in her native Arizona with a small menagerie of rescue pets.
While working as a lawyer, Tonya developed a passion for ballroom dancing. For several years she wrote a dance blog, Swan Lake Samba Girl, which was lauded by James Wolcott in his Vanity Fair blog, and Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal.
Tonya’s first novel, Swallow, a dramedy about a lawyer with the psychosomatic disorder, Globus Hystericus, won several awards including gold medals in the Independent Publisher and Living Now Book Awards.
She's also written a romance trilogy, Fever, and a duet, Sasha, both set in the world of professional ballroom dancing. She's currently working on her next novel in the Infectious Rhythm ballroom series, as well as a mystery series inspired by her rescue pets. She recently started a blog, Witty Kitty's Book Blog, reviewing books featuring animals.
When not writing, Tonya loves taking road trips with her dog, Sofia, devouring Mexican food, curling up with her cats and a good novel, and watching ballroom competitions.
While working as a lawyer, Tonya developed a passion for ballroom dancing. For several years she wrote a dance blog, Swan Lake Samba Girl, which was lauded by James Wolcott in his Vanity Fair blog, and Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal.
Tonya’s first novel, Swallow, a dramedy about a lawyer with the psychosomatic disorder, Globus Hystericus, won several awards including gold medals in the Independent Publisher and Living Now Book Awards.
She's also written a romance trilogy, Fever, and a duet, Sasha, both set in the world of professional ballroom dancing. She's currently working on her next novel in the Infectious Rhythm ballroom series, as well as a mystery series inspired by her rescue pets. She recently started a blog, Witty Kitty's Book Blog, reviewing books featuring animals.
When not writing, Tonya loves taking road trips with her dog, Sofia, devouring Mexican food, curling up with her cats and a good novel, and watching ballroom competitions.
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October 19, 2015
This is the stunning conclusion to what has been a fantastic series.
We have drama, we have dance, we have love and passion. What more could you ask for?
This one takes us to Blackpool with Rory and Sasha as they prepare to compete at one of the biggest ballroom dancing competitions in the world and hopefully win. This has been a competition that Sasha has been trying to win since he first won it as a junior, and has only ever managed to take second place as an adult professional.
Rory and Sasha’s relationship has progressed to a deeper level and their feelings for each other shine through not only in everyday life, but also on the dance floor. The both have to deal with pressures of their own lives separately as well as the pressures that come from being a professional dancer. The development of these characters is well done and see them change dramatically from the start of this series to the people they are at the end. We see a more mellow Sasha and Rory is content and much more confident in herself than when we first met her.
The story was so well written I felt like I was in the shoes of Rory in particular and could feel everything she was feeling, and nothing at all at times that it was needed such as when things seem to pass like a blur to her.
The climax was not what I expected to be and I loved that. I like to be kept guessing and this one was out of the blue for me but worked so well answering many of the questions I had about he mystery surrounding Sasha’s past.
The only thing I disliked was that after the surprising climax, the ending ended up being a little typical for a book in this genre, however it did give these characters the ending they deserved.
Great read and a series I’d gladly read again.
4 stars!
We have drama, we have dance, we have love and passion. What more could you ask for?
This one takes us to Blackpool with Rory and Sasha as they prepare to compete at one of the biggest ballroom dancing competitions in the world and hopefully win. This has been a competition that Sasha has been trying to win since he first won it as a junior, and has only ever managed to take second place as an adult professional.
Rory and Sasha’s relationship has progressed to a deeper level and their feelings for each other shine through not only in everyday life, but also on the dance floor. The both have to deal with pressures of their own lives separately as well as the pressures that come from being a professional dancer. The development of these characters is well done and see them change dramatically from the start of this series to the people they are at the end. We see a more mellow Sasha and Rory is content and much more confident in herself than when we first met her.
The story was so well written I felt like I was in the shoes of Rory in particular and could feel everything she was feeling, and nothing at all at times that it was needed such as when things seem to pass like a blur to her.
The climax was not what I expected to be and I loved that. I like to be kept guessing and this one was out of the blue for me but worked so well answering many of the questions I had about he mystery surrounding Sasha’s past.
The only thing I disliked was that after the surprising climax, the ending ended up being a little typical for a book in this genre, however it did give these characters the ending they deserved.
Great read and a series I’d gladly read again.
4 stars!
June 10, 2015
Tonya Plank's FEVER (INFECTIOUS RHYTHM series) is a sexy contemporary ballroom romance in three parts that delivers real characters, a fascinating look into the scandalous competitive ballroom dance scene and PASSION - on the dance floor AND in the bedroom.
Rory is an L.A. lawyer whose love of dance is reignited when she meets ballroom champion Sasha at her boyfriend's holiday party. In part 3, Rory and Sasha compete at the renowned Blackpool Dance Festival in England. The couple is on top of their game both as lovers and as dancers. However, Sasha's past threatens Rory's safety.
The suspense of the Blackpool competition is exhilarating. And, an intriguing twist awaits in part 3! Plank crafts an extremely satisfying conclusion for Sasha and Rory, a couple now close to my heart.
Rory is an L.A. lawyer whose love of dance is reignited when she meets ballroom champion Sasha at her boyfriend's holiday party. In part 3, Rory and Sasha compete at the renowned Blackpool Dance Festival in England. The couple is on top of their game both as lovers and as dancers. However, Sasha's past threatens Rory's safety.
The suspense of the Blackpool competition is exhilarating. And, an intriguing twist awaits in part 3! Plank crafts an extremely satisfying conclusion for Sasha and Rory, a couple now close to my heart.
February 17, 2020
A celé to nakoniec vyústilo do megalomanského konca. Osobne mi je trochu ľúto, že autorka nakoniec nezvolila iný druh rozprávania ako ja-rozprávanie, nakoľko potom celá tematika psychického zdravia bola tak trochu zatlačovaná do úzadia Rorynou neschopnosťou uvedomiť si vlastné problémy. Vo výsledku je vlastne táto séria len trochu exotickejším príbehom o Popoluške, ktorý sa aspoň odohrával v zaujímavom prostredí - hoci ak by bol miestami o čosi menej melodramatický, aspoň by som neriskovala, že mi oči ostanú visieť v lebke, keď som nimi neustále pretáčala.
June 29, 2015
wow, what an ending....I just loved all the descriptions of Blackpool, how it worked, etc. It felt very real to me, like I was there. The only downside to me was that I feel Sasha's character/backstory wasn't as fleshed out as they could be over the course of the three books and so the mystery part of this book felt rushed to me. But overall, if you like dancing and romance, you need to pick these three books up now!
October 29, 2015
I have no words but WOW!!! I can not wait til the next part of this series. Sasha, rory, Paulina, Tatiana, pepe. Just wowza. Such a great way to end the book. I just LOVE this series so much.
March 22, 2016
Loved it through thick and thin and the international part of it was great lots of excitement
October 1, 2020
I loved this series overall. The pacing was uneven and after reading book 3, book 2 seems even more unnecessary. I think it could have been a duology and looks like the story from Sasha’s perspective is. Book 3 sees Rory and Sasha heading to Blackpool for the big competition and the return of most of the fun side characters that I loved so much from book 1. We get a sense of just how much Rory has changed by rediscovering her passion for dancing and finding a group of caring friends outside her ex-boyfriend and his snooty friends that looked down on her non-Ivy League pedigree. Even her ex-boyfriend becomes more interesting and genuine and is inspired to return to criminal defense, so we see more of why Rory fell for him in the first place.
The book takes a deep descent into melodrama of an unbelievable magnitude but does so with such enthusiasm, audacity, and lack of apology that I couldn’t help but chuckle and roll with it. The line editing slips noticeably in some places but the book is compellingly readable, so much so that I was up way way too late because I couldn’t put it down.
Rory’s road to recovery from her eating disorder that re-emerged when she began comparing herself to one of Sasha’s former partners from book 1 is well-handled. One poignant scene is when her therapist points out that when Rory watches other dancers the things she admires about them are their athleticism and artistry, not their thinness. Her legal professional goals shift as it becomes increasingly clear that the only work she’s felt invested in has been advocating for clients with undiagnosed or untreated mental illness or developmental disabilities, and the ending leaves her with a lot of options for how and when she goes forward with her legal career and advocacy work.
The book takes a deep descent into melodrama of an unbelievable magnitude but does so with such enthusiasm, audacity, and lack of apology that I couldn’t help but chuckle and roll with it. The line editing slips noticeably in some places but the book is compellingly readable, so much so that I was up way way too late because I couldn’t put it down.
Rory’s road to recovery from her eating disorder that re-emerged when she began comparing herself to one of Sasha’s former partners from book 1 is well-handled. One poignant scene is when her therapist points out that when Rory watches other dancers the things she admires about them are their athleticism and artistry, not their thinness. Her legal professional goals shift as it becomes increasingly clear that the only work she’s felt invested in has been advocating for clients with undiagnosed or untreated mental illness or developmental disabilities, and the ending leaves her with a lot of options for how and when she goes forward with her legal career and advocacy work.
April 20, 2021
After finishing #2, ordered #3 and couldn't wait to read it. Excellent ending to the series!
July 25, 2016
I wrote one review for the series.
Reading a Ballroom Dance romance is definitely not the norm for me, however, I received an ebook copy for free and decided to give it a try. I will confess, part of my curiosity was because it was about Ballroom Dance. I'm a fan of Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, and have even tried Ballroom Dance lessons with my husband and had a ton of fun, so I thought, what the hell! The story is about Rory, a young lawyer by trade, an ex ballerina, who while at a work function with her boyfriend watches the entertainment, a couple of professional dancers. She is enraptured by their grace, and the male dancers good looks (of course!). Her boyfriend wins a package of classes, but gives them away to her boss. She is devastated, because she feels like she is missing something in her life, and she had wonderful memories of her ballet days. So, she decides to go to this dance school and enroll on her own.
Immediately I am struck by how fragile Rory's character is. She is a lawyer, a trade that is defined by their brains, but Rory has low self esteem, and even though she cares about her clients, she kind of stumbles along, apologizing and mumbling her motions. I don't care for weak female characters, so I'm surprised that I kept reading after figuring out that she wasn't going to take prisoners and kick booty! By this point though, she had entered the ballroom dance classes, and I loved how the author described the dancing. I do think my year of dance classes may have helped because I could visualize some of the moves, which made those scenes really fun to read. I wonder if you had never taken a lesson if it would be like watching a Rugby match and you've never played Rugby, not understanding one step. It could make this series hard to like.
Sasha, the Russian male dance instructor, was a hard character to figure out. Sasha had intense energy and a lot of broody stares, but his actions in the first book, didn't lead me to think there was much of a purpose to he and Rory's association. Until the second book, when the author FINALLY tells her reader what is up with his broody mess. Yep, I purchased the second book....and then the third. It captured me enough that I read the 1000 or so pages in the three book series. It helped that each book ended with a cliff hanger.
I enjoyed the dance portions of these books more than the actual engagement between the two main characters. I thought the author had an interesting premise- they go on to be dance partners and compete- but the dialog seemed more juvenile than their age required. I read YA books that are better developed than this series, but there was something that captured my attention and kept me reading all three books.
Reading a Ballroom Dance romance is definitely not the norm for me, however, I received an ebook copy for free and decided to give it a try. I will confess, part of my curiosity was because it was about Ballroom Dance. I'm a fan of Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, and have even tried Ballroom Dance lessons with my husband and had a ton of fun, so I thought, what the hell! The story is about Rory, a young lawyer by trade, an ex ballerina, who while at a work function with her boyfriend watches the entertainment, a couple of professional dancers. She is enraptured by their grace, and the male dancers good looks (of course!). Her boyfriend wins a package of classes, but gives them away to her boss. She is devastated, because she feels like she is missing something in her life, and she had wonderful memories of her ballet days. So, she decides to go to this dance school and enroll on her own.
Immediately I am struck by how fragile Rory's character is. She is a lawyer, a trade that is defined by their brains, but Rory has low self esteem, and even though she cares about her clients, she kind of stumbles along, apologizing and mumbling her motions. I don't care for weak female characters, so I'm surprised that I kept reading after figuring out that she wasn't going to take prisoners and kick booty! By this point though, she had entered the ballroom dance classes, and I loved how the author described the dancing. I do think my year of dance classes may have helped because I could visualize some of the moves, which made those scenes really fun to read. I wonder if you had never taken a lesson if it would be like watching a Rugby match and you've never played Rugby, not understanding one step. It could make this series hard to like.
Sasha, the Russian male dance instructor, was a hard character to figure out. Sasha had intense energy and a lot of broody stares, but his actions in the first book, didn't lead me to think there was much of a purpose to he and Rory's association. Until the second book, when the author FINALLY tells her reader what is up with his broody mess. Yep, I purchased the second book....and then the third. It captured me enough that I read the 1000 or so pages in the three book series. It helped that each book ended with a cliff hanger.
I enjoyed the dance portions of these books more than the actual engagement between the two main characters. I thought the author had an interesting premise- they go on to be dance partners and compete- but the dialog seemed more juvenile than their age required. I read YA books that are better developed than this series, but there was something that captured my attention and kept me reading all three books.
November 17, 2015
This isn't a stand alone book. You have to read the second one to find out more....
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