Title: Girl with Guitar
Author: Caisey Quinn
Release date: May 22, 2013
Genre: Romance
Age Group: New Adult (Mature 17+ content)
Event organized by: AToMR Tours
After Kylie’s dad dies in a freak accident, he leaves her with nothing other than her crazy stepmother, Darla, and the ability to play guitar. When Darla kicks Kylie out and she loses her job all in the same day, she hops a bus to Nashville determined to make her late father’s dreams come true. Waitressing and saving her pennies to record a demo, her big break comes when she’s asked to join a tour going down the tubes with once platinum album-selling country music superstar Trace Corbin. But touring with Trace is hardly a dream come true since he’s pretty much drinking his career down the drain. If Kylie can’t pull Trace out of his rut, he’ll pull her and her dreams down with him.
Well, she’d never been one to back down, and she’d never ducked and hid from anyone in her life. Certainly not some cocky-ass country music singer who everyone knew was pretty much drinking his career down the drain.
“Can I get you a drink, Mr. Corbin?” Kylie asked in the sweetest tone she could muster, stepping towards the stage.
“No, ma’am. Got one,” he told her, winking at the audience and lifting a beer bottle in her direction. Thick dark hair peeked out from under a trucker’s hat, and muscular suntanned forearms flexed at the end of his rolled up shirtsleeves. His bright white smile was framed by boyish dimples, and damn those jeans were doing things to her.
“Then what can I do for you?” she asked, rolling her eyes at the crowd as if she was annoyed with the megastar for interrupting her work. Good Lord. If they only knew that her heart was beating triple time against her ribs.
“Well, since you stole my song, the least you could do would be come up here and sing with me,” he slurred. For heaven’s sakes, the man was half drunk. And geez, could his jeans get any tighter? Focus, Kylie.
“Excuse me, sir. You mean to tell me you sing a song about bein’ a single girl that can’t be tied down?” The audience cracked up all around her.
“She’s cute, Clive. Where’d you find this one?” Trace bellowed across the bar. Kylie didn’t look to see what Clive did, but she could see a few cell phone screens lighting up the room. This was definitely going to be on YouTube. Trace Corbin was going to make sure she never got recognized in the industry, unless it was by people laughing at her.
“Well, pick a song already. I got tables to wait on,” Kylie said, hopping back onto the stage.
He eyed her carefully as he lifted his guitar. “You gonna change the words all up? Make me look like a fool?”
“Oh no, darlin.’ Pretty sure you can handle that all on your own,” Kylie answered with a flirty grin.
She prayed she looked like she was keeping her cool, but the last time she’d seen this man he was on CMT and she was watching from her bedroom in Okla-fricking-homa. And holy hell if he wasn’t even hotter in person. He smelled like aftershave and bourbon. Kylie decided then and there that she’d never be able to get a whiff of either without recalling this moment.
Caisey Quinn is a wearer of cowgirl boots, writer, and avid reader. She is a lover of wine and is addicted to chai tea lattes. She is also the brand spanking new author of several New Adult romances including Girl with Guitar and soon to be released Keep Me Still (which may or may not include spanking).Caisey is a Gemini, wife, mom, and former high school English teacher living in Birmingham, Alabama, who spends her days chasing a three-year-old and hiding away with her MacBook. She spends her nights writing and is a firm believer that sleep is overrated. Currently she is hard at work on Girl on Tour, the second book in the Kylie Ryans series.
*turns amp up to 10, pulls back the mic and...*
Hell yeaah! I loved this story! What a fun, wild and crazy ride. I felt just like I was out on the tour and bunking with Kylie. I may have even imagined I WAS Kylie a time or two. OK... through the entire book. Why deny it? You will too.
Hell yeaah! I loved this story! What a fun, wild and crazy ride. I felt just like I was out on the tour and bunking with Kylie. I may have even imagined I WAS Kylie a time or two. OK... through the entire book. Why deny it? You will too.
I love Kylie. She was a breath of fresh air. She has personality plus. She's gone through a lot in her young life, but she's a dreamer and a go getter, with a huge heart, and real way with words. The raw talent she displays is enchanting. You can feel how she commands the stage.
That's something that I really enjoyed about the story. You FEEL it. Told in third person, you get the widescreen version, and don't miss a thing. It's not like watching from the outside. It's much more personal. You feel every thought, tear, laugh and scream. As with a lot of new relationships; personal or professional, there is miscommunication, uncertainty and mistakes--- so there are a lot of tears, and laughter, and screaming.
And the cause of all the excitement??? One word. TRACE. For the love of all that's holy!!! This man is... SEXXXY, GORGEOUS, talented, and a real HOT mess. I could not get enough of his bad boy behavior, even when he infuriated or embarrassed Kylie. He's a typical musician. Works hard, plays harder. The poster child for the man needing to be rescued. He may have met his match in Kylie, and the sparks definitely fly.
The story actually got a lot hotter than I was expecting and it was... fantastic. Extra steamy, but romantic, and tasteful, and so well written.
I. AM. HOOKED. You had me on the first riff. I am in love with these two characters. OK, enough of the fangirling. As if...
Girl with Guitar is one of those stories where I got so caught up in the drama (and there is a LOT of drama), and romance, that days after I'm still thinking of Kylie and Trace and yearning for more of their story. They've become friends that I want to watch blossom and endure. The ending was brilliant and has me more than hanging on the edge of my seat. And the sneak peek at book two, Girl on Tour(!!!)... holy crow! If you like torture, go ahead and read the teaser, but be warned, it's a gamer changer,baby. And let the chips fall where they may...
Girl with Guitar is a great gig. I recommend it to everyone reaching for a dream and a little hope... or just looking for a GREAT read.
Good Luck!! :D
Would Love to win this! I've heard it's a really good book! Thanks for the giveaway!
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