Review: 4.5/5 by Jenn @backoffmybooks
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
The synopsis for this book quickly won me over and I was very eager to read it.  When I got the book I will admit I had some trouble getting into things in the beginning because it felt like it was moving very slowly.  We are given a lot of back-story and extra details, some of which seemed to bog it down.  I stuck with it though because I was eager still to see where things would lead.  I am so glad I kept reading because once I got past about 15% I was so hooked I couldn't put it down and I finished it in a little over a day.This isn't a typical rock star story with a hot young rock god winning over the heart of a hard to get to gal who has changed his party hard ways with one look.  Instead this is a story of two mature adults trying to find a way forward in their lives, but they are stuck in their pasts.  Kat and Adrian are not looking for love when their lives cross paths. This is a story filled with growth, hope, and new beginnings for both Kat and Adrian.Kat is in her thirties, trying to raise her daughter and live life the best she can after being widowed.  Through her great research skills gained in a career as a Liberian she tracks down the singer of the theme song to one of her daughters much loved t.v. shows for a performance at her towns library where she volunteers.  The man she meets the night of the performance is not at all the man she expected.I will admit when I first met (when Kat did as well) I was a little put off.  I couldn't fathom how Ms. Topper would be able to make me become invested in this man and want him with Kat.  Through the magic of the written word Ms. Topper had me falling in love with Adrian and wanting nothing more than for him and Kat to be able to find a way past their ghosts and into a future with both of them together.  Unfortunately as with life, the road forward isn't an easy one and the ghosts of our past have an ability to hold tight.This story was written so well and with such well developed characters that it could have been a true story.  The authenticity of the characters and the story gripped me and made it easy to fall in love with Kat and Andrian, and their story.  They are flawed but in a real way that doesn't make you want to strangle them at every page turn.  I found myself escaping into their lives as if it was my own.This is a heart warming story that shows the power of letting go of our pasts and living for our future.I loved this book and look forward to more books from Jessica Topper.