Music of the Heart - Katie Ashley

For Abby Renard, the plan was supposed to be simple—join her brothers’ band on the last leg of their summer tour and decide if she’s finally ready for the limelight by becoming its fourth member. Of course, she never imagined stumbling onto the wrong tour bus at Rock Nation would accidentally land her in the bed of Jake Slater, the notorious womanizing lead singer of Runaway Train. When he mistakes her for one of his groupie’s, Abby quickly lets him know she sure as hell isn't in his bed on purpose.

Jake Slater never imagined the angel who fell into his bed would resist his charms by promptly kneeing him in the balls. Of course, the fact she seems like a prissy choir girl makes her anything but his type. So he is more than surprised when after betting Abby she wouldn’t last a week on their tour bus, she is more than willing to prove him wrong. But as Jake’s personal life begins to implode around him, he finds an unlikely ally in Abby. He’s never met a woman he can talk to, joke with, or most importantly make music with.

As the week starts comes to a close, neither Abby nor Jake is ready to let go. Can a sweetheart Country songstress and a bad boy of Rock N Roll actually have a future together?

Have you ever read an Olivia Cunning book and thought, ‘this is sometimes too much sex, even for me? I wonder what it would be like toned down a little bit.’  Enter Music of the Heart.  

I actually just read the description for the first time while writing this review and the only thing I question is calling Abby a “country songstress” when her brothers’ band is a Christian band.  I mean can country and rock mix? OF COURSE!! And it can be beautiful! Can rock and Christian mix? Well that’s a little tricky! I mean, these guys (except the married Brayden) are used to having girls throw themselves at them on a nightly basis.  What the hell would any of them know about romance, dating and virgins?  

When Abby is sent to the wrong bus, and mistakenly not only winds up on Runaway Train’s tour bus, but winds up in the bed of womanizing, band front man Jake Slater she thinks it’s her brothers playing a joke.  When she comes to the realization that it isn’t, she is introduced to four rock gods and the challenge of her lifetime. 

When Jake bets her that she wouldn’t last one week on their bus with them, she refuses to back down.  She forgoes the week of practice time she would have had with her brothers before starting on tour with them herself and takes Jake’s bet.  In the process, she also reveals to them that she is in fact a 21 year old virgin.  Like a moth to a flame… 

While these guys are instantly gentler with Abby, they still don’t miss the opportunity to make inappropriate comments at/to her.  AJ even thinks he’s getting one over on her in his native Spanish language, only to be surprised that Abby not only understood him but could respond fluently.  She even used a few choice words en espanol.  Rhys realizes pretty early on that while he enjoys looking, Abby isn’t the one-night-stand kinda girl and so he admits that he will not be trying to touch.  Brayden wants to protect her because she’s a good girl and he’s married to the love of his life and is completely faithful…then there is Jake.   

Jake is the bad boy that causes her to feel things she shouldn’t.  She’s the angel that causes him to feel when he doesn’t want to.  Add into that, family drama on both sides and it’s a recipe for disaster… a train wreck you can’t look away from.   

I read the book in one sitting, it was a quick and easy read.  Sometimes I was frustrated by the push and pull of Jake, but I think that’s what made him, Jake! If you are someone who loves a bad boy turned good, someone who loves rockstars, and someone who can give in to an instant connection – this is your book! Plus, it's a hott cover!