Lies and Lullabies: A Rock Star Romance

· Tuxbury Publishing LLC
4.7
20 reviews
Ebook
276
Pages

About this ebook

Summer nights and star-crossed lovers! From USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen.

Once upon a time, he gave me a summer of friendship, followed by one perfect night. We shared a lot during our short time together. But he skipped a few crucial details. 

I didn’t know he was a rock star.

I didn’t know his real name.

Neither of us knew I’d get pregnant.

And I sure never expected to see him again.

Five years later, his tour bus pulls up in Nest Lake, Maine. My little world is about to be shattered by loud music and the pounding of my own foolish heart.


*****

Perfect for fans of: Helena Hunting, Elle Kennedy, Catherine Gayle, Avon Gale, Toni Aleo, Kristen Callihan, LJ Shen, Mona Kasten, Corinne Michaels, Jana Aston, Karina Halle, Meghan March, Jay Crownover, Anna Todd, Geneva Lee, Audrey Carlan, Jill Shalvis, Suzanne Brockmann, Helen Hoang, Christina Lauren, Kristan Higgins, Sally Thorne, Penelope Sky, Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, Maisey Yates, Sarah Mayberry, Elle Kennedy, Lauren Blakely, Susan Mallery, Penny Reid, Julia Kent, Kelly Jamieson, Melanie Harlow, Carrie Ann Ryan, Kendall Ryan, Kennedy Ryan, Helen Hardt, Meghan March, Julia Kent, Meli Raine, Sylvia Day, Chelle Bliss, Brenda Rothert, Natasha Madison, Kylie Scott, Helena Hunting, Sloane Kennedy, Penelope Sky, Elle Kennedy, K.A. Linde, Nana Malone, Jami Davenport, Jaci Burton, Penelope Sky, Helen Hardt, E.L. James, Anna Todd, Chelle Bliss, Kendall Ryan, Kennedy Fox, Kylie Scott, Devney Perry and Rebecca Yarros.

Keywords: contemporary romance, hush note series, rockstar romance, rock stars, rock star romance, rockstars, first in a series, accidental pregnancy, secret baby, mistaken identity, friends to lovers.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
20 reviews
Canadian Girl Book Blog
September 30, 2020
Five years ago in small town Maine, was a summer that both Jonas and Kira would never forget. Jonas was hiding out from his famous rockstar life and Kira was a college student with dreams of opening her own restaurant. They became best friends, enjoyed the whole summer together and one magical night that would change their lives forever. Five years later, in the same small town, Jonas and Kira reconnect only for the secret of their baby to be revealed. Jonas and Kira had a connection with each other right from the beginning of the book and the little girl they produced Vivi was so adorable that you just wanted to hug her. Kira's brother Adam was a great little comedic relief and had me laughing out loud a few times. The other members of the band are intriguing and I can not wait to read their stories and head back into their world. Sarina Bowen has been on my TBR for a very long time and I am glad that I have finally read/listened to a book by her. Lies & Lullabies is a small town, rockstar, surprise baby, second chance romance and the first book of the Hush Note series from Sarina Bowen, Devney Perry and Rebecca Yarros. Lies & Lullabies can be read as a standalone or as part of the series. Audio: Tim Paige and Erin Mallon both did a great job portraying the story. After the little surprise at the end of the audiobook, Tim Paige has now officially become my favourite male narrator.
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Joyce Mercês
September 24, 2020
With a little bit of everything that is amazing in romance books, Sarina Bowen brings us a new delicious novel. I must confess that I am not the biggest of fans of rockstar romances, but since this is Sarina Bowen we're talking about I had to give it a chance! Lies & Lullabies is a surprise pregnancy story with a small-town flavor and an incredible second-chance love between Kira and Jonas. Jonas is the most responsible and levelheaded fictional rockstar I've ever met. My love for him was at first sight. His interactions with Vivi made my heart melt so many times, I don't know if it'll ever be solid again. If you need a sweet and caring hero in your life and a lot of melty father/daughter interactions, READ THIS BOOK!
Lenore Kosinski
September 22, 2020
4.5 stars — I told Brett that this one was an amalgamation of some of my favourite tropes: secret identity, secret baby, celebrity…even a bit of second chance. And it fulfilled everything I love about those tropes and more. Basically, Lenore was a happy reader…well, listener. Jonas was NOTHING like I was expecting for a rock star. I thought at times he would be too good to be true, but he was just genuinely good. He still had flaws, he still had missteps, but he did everything from his heart. He was seriously swoonworthy. Kira was both strong and vulnerable in this book. She went through a lot in her young life, and had to make some tough decisions, but she powered through and survived in the best ways. Sometimes her distrust was hard for me to take, but I did understand that she was just wary…that these were changes she wasn’t expecting, and she just honestly had no idea how to process them. She had reasonable doubts, but I wanted her to get there faster, because *I* could see in Jonas’s head, and knew how genuine he was. I love that we got quite a bit of flashbacks to the past, and early on, so we could really see and understand the relationship that they had back then, how it played out, how a whole bunch of other things played into how things went down, how it was a perfect storm in so many ways for the two of them. They were exactly what they each needed in someone else at that time, but Jonas is right: it wasn’t the right time for them. I appreciated that they BOTH made missteps — and pretty huge missteps at times — and that while there were reasons, they weren’t infallible reasons. They were selfish reasons at times, and hurt reasons, but they didn’t try to excuse themselves too much. In general they owned up when they didn’t do everything perfectly. The chemistry between Kira and Jonas was pretty freaking hot. I mean, I don’t know what to tell you other than hooooweeee… There were some pretty integral secondary characters in this story, and they all added their own unique touches: Vivi was pretty adorable. Sometimes I feel like I wish we could have seen a bit more conflict with her learning to accept her Daddy, because it all felt a bit easy. And then at other times I’m glad we got more time on other things. I ADORED Adam, like those-capitals-are-necessary ADORED him. I ached for his little side story. I squealed at some of the moments we got with him. I appreciated that we got to see how Jonas showing up affected him as well. I NEED a side novella. Like, NEED it. Like, there has to be some anthology that he would be perfect for. Please. PLEASE. Likewise, Ethan. Just, his friendship to Jonas added so much to Jonas’s end of the story. It wouldn’t have been the same without him. I am epically curious about Quinn and Nixon’s respective stories. There was enough in this one to tease me and get me to need their stories as well, without them taking over the story really. Just enough. And I loved that we got to see more of Kira and Adam’s Dad than I was expecting. I didn’t know I needed that, but I did. So yeah. This was exactly the kind of romance I think I was needing in my life. I can’t wait for more in the series, but what a way to start.

About the author

Sarina Bowen is the sixteen-time USA Today bestselling author of over thirty romance novels. She writes sports romance, billionaire romance, small town romance, contemporary fiction and YA fiction. She loves Vermont, hockey, and fine stationery. Visit sarinabowen.com for more.

Work by Sarina Bowen includes: Brooklynaire, the Brooklyn Bruisers, the True North Series, Him, Us, Goodboy and Stay in the WAGs series with Elle Kennedy. The Man Hands series with Tanya Eby.

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