I first read this author through the SmartyPants Romance books. And so I was thrilled to have another one from her to read this time around. It was fun to be in the music world again. While Zara somewhat reminded me of Taylor Swift, it was of her in her younger days for sure. And then of course there was Asa, who was an older former rock star, or very short-lived career rock star. Both of them had dealt with people in their past that they should have been able to depend on that had been bad for them, back-stabbing and causing all kinds of issues. While it had made Asa back away from the whole business and become quiet and kind of broody, Zara was kind of the opposite as she was more of a sunshine and always looking at the good for the most part. Willing to forgive and also give another chance, looking for the good in everyone.

But boy did some of the people in her life, her ex-boyfriend for example, he was horrible. And the way his PR twisted things to make it look like she was the cheater and the one breaking them up. Not to mention Asa’s sister and mother. However they also had some really good people and friends in their lives. Her family was so great, his father. The friends they had in common or some of their other industry contacts. Of course she also had such great security, from the Cipher security connections that we even got to spend some brief time at the end with some of our favorite Knitting in the City series characters, Alex, Dan, and Quinn.

Their relationship took its time, and the author wrote it perfectly. Honestly there wasn’t a third act breakup, even with a bit of a misunderstanding. Zara’s way to deal with it and how she worked around it was realistic in my opinion and only made the story end perfectly. Another great story from this author in a series that I love!