Review: Great romantic read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2012
Christian Lasher is the lead singer of a very popular and successful hard rock band. Despite his fame and good fortune, he wants to take his music in a different direction. Needing time to decompress and think things through, he escapes from LA and returns to his childhood roots in Chicago, where he finds something more to soothe his soul.Megan Shreve is a talented artist and sculptor. Her gentle and shy nature sparks Christian's interest in her. His words set her body aflame and she longs to explore the passion he brings forth in her. Things seem to be going in Christian's favor until Megan's sister tries to warn him off and discloses a horrible secret about Megan.Christian isn't characterized like the typical rock star - a man whore with a revolving door to his bedroom. He's actually very intelligent and well versed in many different things. I really liked that about his character. I constantly waited for the other shoe to drop, like he's too good to be true. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Megan had never heard of his music before or knew exactly who he was. But since this story seems to revolve around a common parish, I was surprised that it never got brought up in front of Megan. He had a few secrets of his own, but they weren't nearly as bad as Megan's sister made them out to be.I really liked Megan. Her inexperience with men, only to be confronted with the attentions of someone like Christian made her kind of adorable. I can't say that I liked her mother or sister. Her mother lived in serious denial (and shame?) and her sister was a mother hen. I can't fathom that they didn't realize what their actions were doing to Megan.Their chemistry was sweet, smoldering at times, and I loved the way they eased into their romantic relationship and dealt with the bumps along the way. A beautiful story. My first Beth Kery book and I'll definitely read more of her work.