Suddenly named the acting president of her uncle’s record label, former pop princess Sabrina Walker is finally ready to grow up. While her professional life moves forward, she still clings to the last fragment of her past life in the form of an uncertain relationship with her manager, Beau.
When Sabrina hires handsome, young assistant, Wade Lawson, he awakens in her the hidden confidence she’s always desired. What starts as a casual affair quickly intensifies to something much more.
Sabrina must decide—return to the familiar life of an insecure one-hit-wonder, or embrace Wade and the woman his passion has helped reveal.
Natural Harmony is a stand-alone, adult contemporary romance and the first in the Confession Records collection.
In this story we meet Sabrina who was a
teenage one hit wonder who moved on to work for her uncle's record label. Her
uncle becomes sick and she must take over. Sabrina has been having an affair
with her manager Beau since she just turned 18 and had never been with another
man. They have an unconventional relationship that I would just call a bed
buddy but she has feelings for him.
"His
presence as well as his good looks made her teenage heart beat for him in a
desperate way."
When she becomes president of the record
label she must hire an assistant and in walked Wade, who is quite dreamy, 22,
and so sweet. He was immediately attracted to her.
"Wade
wanted to breathe normally, he really did, but it was impossible looking at
her."
Obviously he was hired for the job and
Sabrina felt the attraction also. So the plot is basically, that she must
decide if she wants to let go of her past (Beau) and start making a future
(Wade).
"She
wanted them both, a terrifying thought. But Beau was familiar, She knew the
script with him, she knew her role. The way she felt with Wade was intense and
new."
The story was good. I mean I liked the
concept okay enough but I just couldn't connect to Sabrina. I felt like she was
a whiny, sniveling brat who couldn't see what was right in front of her. The
choice was so obvious I am not sure why it took her so long to make up her
mind. More than once I wanted to reach into my Kindle and smack her face so
hard. Of course, there was the obvious fact that she shouldn't date her
employee but honestly I felt like she never gave that factor enough importance.
The book also wasn't very memorable for me. Every time I would have to answer
the question of what I was reading, I had to go look for the title. I also felt
myself having to re-read a little further back each time I put it down to catch
up with where I was.
What I did really enjoy in this book was
watching Sabrina get stronger and become more comfortable in her own skin as
the book progressed. Wade was there to help her and I feel like he gave her the
courage to take a lot of the big steps. I did love the ending also. It was
really cute.
His ears perked at the sound of clicking high heels coming down the hall and it wasn’t too long before she was in view. Wade wanted to breathe normally, he really did, but it was impossible looking at her. Her strut was enough to give him a stroke. She had a perfect hourglass shape and she wore the right clothes for it. Her curves were like the deliberate paint strokes of an artist. Beautiful. Her gentle brunette waves of hair gleamed auburn under lights and seemed to bounce with her steps just as her ample chest did. When she saw him at the desk a smile overtook her heart-shaped face. Her lips could’ve been drawn by Disney they were so damn perfect. And the sweetest smattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks was enough to do him in. She’s your boss, he told himself.
He’d been telling himself that since the minute he walked into the interview on Friday. He spent the weekend psyching himself up for seeing her again. She’s just pretty, he’d said to the bathroom mirror, you’ve known plenty of pretty women.But she wasn’t just pretty. She wasn’t just anything. She was stunning. And not to mention … she was Sabra.
“Good morning!” Sabrina said cheerily as she came up to the front of his desk. She had two paper cups in her hands and she sat one in front of him. “I didn’t know your drink order so I just got you what I like—Americano.”
He opened his mouth but no words came out. He touched the warm cup and smiled. “Shouldn’t I be the one getting you coffee?” he asked.
“Eh, someday.” She smiled before popping into her office.
Someday, he thought.
Inspired by music, film, art and the wealth of stories she has heard through her career as a professional hair stylist, Kate Roth has been dreaming up love stories since junior high. Kate’s first two novels, new adult romance The Low Notes and new adult paranormal romance Reckless Radiance were released by Rebel Ink Press in May of 2012 and September of 2013. Natural Harmony is her third novel and her first venture into independent publishing. She is hard at work on the next two novels in the Confession Records collection, as well as her first erotic romance, Last Resort. She is a small business owner and lives in Indiana with her husband, Adam and their dog, Sampson. You can find more about Kate and her work on her website www.katerothwrites.com and stay up to date with all her news by following her on Facebook www.facebook.com/authorkateroth
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