Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n’ Roll
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
Two huge mistakes. One second chance.
Griffin
Music’s a harsh mistress, if you want to make a living by her. Years ago, when I was on my way up, I met a man. Sparks flew, hearts leaped, you know the song. But I was chasing my dream all across America, and Lee was tied to our hometown. Hell, I was too old for him anyway, even then. So I left, and the connection we’d had withered and died, except sometimes in the lyrics I wrote. Now I’m back home and I’ve met him again at the lowest point in my life. He’s still gorgeous and kind, but I’m battered and faded and paying for my mistakes. He can do way better.
Lee
When I was twenty, I thought the hardest thing I’d ever do was watch Griffin Marsh walk out of my life. Well, newsflash, fate always has more crap waiting for you. I spent more nights than I want to remember torn between hating him for leaving and wishing I could’ve gone with him, but life went on with the good, the bad, and the ugly. Now Griffin’s back and he’s a silver fox, still unfairly hot and talented. I lost my sister years ago, and my life is far less complicated. But, despite Griffin’s current disaster, he’ll be heading off soon to concerts like Rocktoberfest and the wide musical world. Letting myself fall for him again would mean another round of being left behind. I’m not going to do that to myself, no matter how much I want to erase the shadows from Griffin’s eyes.
A second-chances, age gap, hurt-comfort musician romance.
Missing Chord is a book in the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see what antics our bands get into next? Hot rockstars and the men who love them, what more could you ask for. Kick back, load up your kindle and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
The Review
Fifty-six-year-old Griffin Marsh is a rock star who’s had his ups and downs, and never quite reached the top. He now has a chance to reintroduce himself to the public – he’s been invited to Rocktoberfest. But first he returnes home to Iowa to go through his mother’s storage unit, even though she died four years earlier.
With everything looking up, a careless act on his part brings everything to a screeching halt when he takes his eyes off the road for a second and pushes a woman off the embankment. The woman dies, leaving behind two young girls and a husband. Even if Griffin takes a plea bargain, going from a felony to a misdemeanor, jail time is a strong possibility. Fortunately, he gets community service and two years’ probation. Whether or not he can appear at Rocktoberfest will be up to his parole officer.
His community service puts him in nursing homes, one of which reunites him with the man he walked away from twenty-years before, Lee Robertson. Lee is seventeen years younger than Griffin, and when Griffin left, his heart was broken. He is now a Nursing Supervisor and an NP. He never got over Griffin leaving when his sister was deathly ill, and everything rested on his shoulders. Now that Griffin is back, Lee refuses to open his heart, fearing the rock star will only leave again.
It doesn’t take long, though, before Lee’s heart gives in, and he and Griffin are reunited. Griffin is loved by the patients at the home because he gives them the attention they need. He watches as patients who have lived their lives as independent adults are subjected to the whims of the director, short staffs and requests which often fall on deaf ears. Lee and Griffin fight for them.
When everything looks to be going in Lee and Griffin’s way, a medical issue once again proves to be too much for them.
Griffin gets permission for Rocktoberfest and leaves to follow his dream, the same one that separated him and Lee twenty-years before.
A lovely story, touched with sadness – Harper weaves a beautiful tale about love, loss, and second chances.
Five stars.
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