Casey Dancer: A Memoir About Dating, Stripping, and a Little Hot Yoga

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The follow-up to Kristin Casey's widely acclaimed memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh

Casey Dancer is the true story of a 39-year-old part-time stripper, full-time real estate agent, and struggling writer navigating the chaos of love and ambition. Fresh out of a tumultuous divorce and newly sober, Kristin finds herself struggling to re-enter the dating scene. When she falls for Lalo, a charming but troubled ex-coke dealer, their steamy affair leads to deep emotional conflict, testing her boundaries and stirring memories of past relationships.Through the highs of passion, the lows of financial strain, and the gritty realities of sex work, Kristin fights to reclaim her sense of self.Bold, raw, and unapologetically honest, Casey Dancer is a story of resilience, vulnerability, and self-discovery.

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PRAISE FOR ROCK MONSTER: MY LIFE WITH JOE WALSH

"...a well-written and often harrowing tale of love, lust, and little packets of white powder."
Houston Press

"Told with an aching straightforward vulnerability, peppered with massive superstars and seedy hangers-on, this addictive spiral catapults you into what life with an unpredictable rock god is really like. Hooked on each other, the booze-fueled muse and her man, Joe Walsh, take monstering to a harrowing level. The writing is so good it feels like spending a chatty couple of weeks with your wildest best friend, spilling oh so many scintillating secrets."
Pamela Des Barres, New York Timesbestselling author of I'm with the Band and Take Another Little Piece of My Heart

"Kristin Casey goes straight for the jugular with high-octane tales of rock and roll, addiction, a highly dysfunctional celebrity relationship, and finally recovery...Theres a depth to Caseys introspection that elevates it above your average tell all books...Buy this book!"
Patrick O'Neill, author of Gun, Needle, Spoon

"I knew I was gonna love this book the moment I got to the line, 'Can we please fuck normally now' And that was within the first dozen or so pages. I mean seriously, what more do you want from a whirlwind romance between a stripper and a rock star You want drugs, too Well you're in luck, fancypants. It's like they raided Hunter S. Thompson's personal stash, and then fucked like demons. If this isn't what constitutes great literature anymore, then I give up. If nothing else, read this book and the next time 'Life's Been Good' comes on the radio, you can smile knowingly to everyone around you and say, 'You guys have NO idea.'"
Eric Spitznagel, author of Old Records Never Die: One Man's Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

"Rock Monster gives an unflinchingly honest, crisply detailed look into Caseys years as a young stripper dating a famous rock star. Its everything you ever wondered about that life and more. Her writing is so intimate and revealing that you almost feel guilty, as if youre reading somebodys diary. Her spot on descriptions of the yearnings, the urge to please, her own feelings of inadequacy as well as the insidious slide into drug addiction amidst the glamorous touring life makes this a must read.
Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean

No vantage point is better than the one on the inside. KC was on the front lines of one of rocks most decadent eras. She tells her story with skill and detail that will stay with the reader a very long time.
Marc Eliot, New York Times bestselling author of To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles

"Kristin Caseys moving, honest, and powerful story takes us into a world weve all dreamed of being insidethe excitement of life with a famous rockstar, the drugs, the sex, and the romanceand pulls back the curtain to reveal what actually happens backstage."
Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl

"This ain't no fanboy account, it's the genuine lived experience of Walsh's most intimate relationship. And while you're there check out the pictures! (Walsh may be crazy, but he ain't that crazy!)"
Adam "Slowpoke" Temple, Austin guitarist (The Scabs)

Author Bio

Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train-wreck breakup. She's survived numerous addictions, suicide attempts, clinical depression, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism.Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy.