Author: Jennifer Echols
Publisher: MTV Books
Publication Date: July 16, 2013
Synopsis:
From the author of the “real page-turner” (Seventeen) Such a Rush comes an unforgettable new drama that follows friends-turned-lovers as they navigate the passions, heartbreaks, and intrigue of country music fame.Excerpt
Bailey wasn’t always a wild child and the black sheep of her family. She used to play fiddle and tour the music circuit with her sister, Julie, who sang and played guitar. That ended when country music execs swooped in and signed Julie to a solo deal. Never mind that Julie and Bailey were a duet, or that Bailey was their songwriter. The music scouts wanted only Julie, and their parents were content to sit by and let her fulfill her dreams while Bailey’s were hushed away.
Bailey has tried to numb the pain and disappointment over what could have been. And as Julie’s debut album is set to hit the charts, her parents get fed up with Bailey’s antics and ship her off to granddad’s house in Nashville. Playing fiddle in washed-up tribute groups at the mall, Bailey meets Sam, a handsome and oh-so-persuasive guitarist with his own band. He knows Bailey’s fiddle playing is just the thing his band needs to break into the industry. But this life has broken Bailey’s heart once before. She isn’t sure she’s ready to let Sam take her there again…
After
plugging his guitar into an amp and setting it in a stand, Sam pulled out his
phone and thumbed the screen. He stepped closer to me and spoke in my ear so I
could hear him over the music. My skin buzzed with the sensation of his breath
on my skin. “Do you have your phone with you?” he asked.
I nodded,
pulling it out of my purse.
“I’m
texting all of you the playlist for the first hour.” He glanced up at me. “Uh-oh.
I’ve transposed some fo these songs from the key they were in originally. I’m
just tyring to find the best place for my voice. Is that going to mess you up?”
Yes, it
would. I could play a song in a different key from the original, but I would
hear the ghost of the first key in my head, an annoying niggling that was as
near as I ever came to schizophrenia. I was a professional musician, though, so
I said, “I’ll deal with it. You star and I’ll figure it out after a few notes.”
My phone vibrated in my hand with his text.
I endured a
delicious tingle as I felt his breath in my ear again. “One more thing.” He said.
“The band gets some money from the bar, but we get a lot more in tips. We keep
playing whole one lucky member strolls around the room with the tip jar.” He
pointed to the large glass jar on the far corner of the stage. The faded and
peeling “Pickled Eggs” label still clung to it, but “Tips” was written across
the label in marker. He grinned at me.
About The AuthorJennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabama—a setting that has inspired many of her books. She has written nine romantic novels for young adults, including the comedy MAJOR CRUSH, which won the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the drama GOING TOO FAR, which was a finalist in the RITA, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Book Buyer’s Best, and was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. Simon & Schuster will debut her adult romance novels in 2013, with many more teen novels scheduled for the next few years. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and her son.
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ReplyDeleteLovin' the excerpt. I'm so fond of music-esque books because I have zero musical talent myself. Dare to dream :)
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