Review: Unusual love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Under my Thumb is the first book in the Serenade series by Abby Reynolds. Other than a few grammar mistakes the book is great.  I probably wouldn’t have noticed the mistakes except that I taught school for 38 years and always looked for grammar mistakes in my students’ writing.  The characters of Prudence and Cash are well developed.  All of the others are very minor characters.  The novel is told by Prudence and Cash in first person in alternating chapters.Prudence Clearwater was a musician from London.  She played the bass guitar, piano, the acoustic guitar, the drums, and the bassoon.  She also sang and wrote her own music.  She was very good.  She also has a degree in chemistry from Cambridge thanks to her biological father.  She and her brother Jeremy hadn’t seen him during most of their lives and suddenly he shows up.  In exchange for giving him some time he offered to pay for their college education.  Of course, the degree had to be something he approved of and music wasn’t it.  Pru and the band she is with have gone to Los Angeles to play in some clubs.  They hope to be discovered and be able to put an album out.  Unfortunately, the other members of the band are nothing exceptional.Cash Matthews is the producer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.  He is always looking for talent but when he sees Prudence, he is more interested in getting her into bed than her musical talent.  He finagles a meeting with her so he can get to know her and eventually get her in his bed.  He will make sure she understands that it is only a temporary arrangement and cannot get serious.What will happen to Prudence and Cash?  What will happen when she finds out what his real job is?  What will Gavin do if the talent scouts only want Pru and not the rest of the band?  Will she stay in the US or go back to London?