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Book Blurb

As a misguided youth, Rosy loved being that kid in Parkerburg—you know the one that everybody swears will end up in jail or comatose—until one summer day on the back roads of town when two lives came to a screeching halt.

Thirteen years later, Rosy owns the local pub on Maple Street and makes a good show of how he's recovered from tragedy. He even convinces himself…until he meets the new man in town and realizes just how okay he isn't. With the demons of his fatal past still stalking him, Rosy has no idea how to switch from simply existing to actually living.

Angus “Jet” Manheim—famous for his smooth, sexy voice and notorious for his hard partying ways—sped through most of his adult life on stage and in the recording studio. Sober and retired to the quaint New England town of Parkerburg, Jet’s ready to slow his soundtrack…until his compelling neighbor—a grumbling, muscular mountain of a man with an odd name—ups the tempo. 

Frequently absentminded, Jet finds Rosy an easy object of focus, a solid center around which Jet hopes to build a future. But retirement isn’t easy. The entertainment industry doesn’t stop knocking just because you hang a do not disturb sign. 

When Rosy’s and Jet’s pasts try to harmonize with their present, they might have to decide whether the chorus is worth repeating. 

 

The Hearts of Parkerburg stories can be read as standalones, each with a HEA…but trust me, you'll want to read about all the sweet happenings in this quaint little town.

Book Review

Ah, back in Parkerburg, and finally getting the juice on Rosy, the grumpy bar owner, who I suspected was more soft-hearted than he wanted anyone to know. And the idea of Jet, a retired rocker, settling in this small, quaint town, had me very interested in what his story was.

It's been ten years since Jet retired as lead singer of the Killer Heels. Ten years of getting clean and sober, wandering the world, and finally ending up back in Parkerburg, the small town that helped out five struggling young musicians many years ago when their bus broke down. Jet never forgot the kindness of those people, and the way the town made him feel. So, now he's opening a music store on the Square, a store with tons of vintage memorabilia, instruments, vinyl, and basically anything else he can think of. All those years of drug and alcohol abuse have made him a little scattered, but it's really kind of cute. What he didn't expect, at forty-six, is to find love for the first time.

Rosy is born and raised in Parkerburg, and thirteen years ago, when he was twenty, he did something really stupid and it cost someone he loved. He could have fallen permanently into a bottle but the townspeople, and his own will, wouldn't let him. Instead, he worked on getting his demons under control, then opened Rosy's Bar, where he keeps everyone in line, including Bas, Melrose's ex, who is staying in one of the apartments above the bar to do his community service and pay back the owners of the establishments where he destroyed property when he got furious at Melrose not coming back home with him. Oh, and Brian, a young man the whole town looks after who has had a tough time since his mom was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. So, yeah, a big heart under that gruff exterior.

I really adored the insta-lust these two had for each other. Granted, it's not great when Rosy finds out who Jet is, because the Killer Heels' number-one hit was playing on the radio for the worst time of Rosy's life, but once they can get past that, and a few other miscommunications inevitable with men, it was wonderful to see them working toward a lasting relationship. I think this might be my favorite of the series, so far. A very sexy, hot, fun, and dramatic tale.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 167 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-March-2017
Price	$3.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Heart-Hearts-Parkerburg-Book-ebook/dp/B06WGL6ZZ2