Love breaks your heart, fucks you up—perfect, all-consuming chaos. I didn’t know what to do with that. It felt safer to walk.” He wraps me up in his arms, his eyes on mine. “But it’s also this. Peace, and warmth, and so fucking beautiful, you’ll risk anything to keep it.

Gosh, this book. I've read a few rock star romances in my time but I do believe this is one of my absolute favorites. Everything about the writing, the geeky Star Wars references, the slowburn delicious romance, the characters, basically everything, just hit my sweet spot.

Killian and Liberty Bell's love story was basically a superior version of the A STAR IS BORN trope. Libby finds Killian passed out on her front lawn with a wrecked motorcycle, and is so pissed at this hungover asshole who dares to end up on her property and reminding her of how her parents died. She has no idea who he is, and is aghast to discover he's her neighbor on the small NC island she calls home.

Libby has withdrawn from the world, working from home on book cover design, and scared to ever connect or love anyone, lest she lose them too. She misses her parents, she misses the music her parents brought into her life, she misses human interaction, but isn't sure she wants it from the grumpy man who suddenly invades her space.

But as he invades her space and insinuates himself into her routines, she can't help but see that Killian is also a lonely soul looking to connect, a man who made a mistake and suffered a trauma, a man who is a talented musician and may be more than he even seems. A man who can change her life in so many more ways than one.

Gah, more Kristen Callihan for me please and thank you! I've heard rumors Managed is even better, and I've met Scottie here and hellllooooo.