Review: Shameless - quick read for the weekend
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Shameless is the first book in author Cheryl Douglas's Nashville Nights series. Seeing as this is also the first book I have read by this author I did not have my hopes set too high. I don't like to have to high of expectations when venturing into new territory, I believe it's best to give new authors/books the benefit until I can get an idea of their writing style. I was surprisingly pleased with this one! The cover of the book wasn't a wow moment for me and I do believe that the cover of a book is like a first appearance. And if the first appearance is the cover than it makes sense that the book description is liken to an opening line or pick up line! It just so happens I liked the book description. The book is about a country music star, Trey Turner who seems to be struggling and going down hill ever since he and his wife divorced. His ex-wife, Sierra Brooks also never really recovered from her marriage with Trey but is determined to move on in her life and is engaged to be married. When a situation places both Trey and Sierra back in each others lives Sierra struggles with trying to keep her heart from breaking again and keeping her ex at bay. Trey obviously still in love with Sierra doesn't plan to let her slip out of his life again and is determined to show her that he is a changed man but still completely  hers.This was a quick read for me and like I mentioned before, I was happy I read it. It makes me want to read another book by Cheryl Douglas. The storyline was easy to follow and flowed smoothly. The characters were developed well enough for me to understand their emotions and characteristics. I also thought there were some funny parts in this book. Normally I like my fictional musicians to be rock stars but I have to say that Trey Turner didn't disappoint me in the slightest. He still had the bad boy struggling to be good to gain the love of a woman type of persona and the fact that he was a country musician didn't matter because I still viewed him as a rock star for some odd reason. Sierra's character was good too, believable and strong. I would recommend this for a good weekend read.