No-one is more surprised than Ani when a rockstar moves in next door. Garrett fell off the map two years ago after his wife died and his band broke up. The guy is obviously trying to lay low, so Ani buries her fangirling and offers to run interference with the rest of the too-helpful town. She's the total opposite of his famous and beloved wife, so her parasocial crush has no chance of ever being reciprocated. Right?
If you want high-angst, high-drama, this is not the book for you. It's comforting and sexy and reassuringly small, with witty banter and absurd situations in a small town where everyone knows each other and newcomers stick out like sore thumbs. It has a grumpy rockstar who hates having feelings again and a comparative sunshine with her own issues, who has no idea what to do with the sudden prospect of anything more than friends.
I loved that Ani is a regular girl doing her best to get by, who loves her little town even as its prospects get smaller and smaller. It's a little harder to connect with Garrett, but you can see him slowly emerge from his spiral of grief and depression. I was especially charmed by when the locals switched from suspicion to protecting him as one of their own. Let me tell you, in a town this small, there is no shortage of matchmakers.
Best enjoyed with a bit of music in the background, this is an easy, light, low-angst read that I ate up with a spoon.
Famous in a Small Town is available now in ebook and hard copy (which come in both hot guy and discreet)
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Social Butterfly PR; all opinions are my own
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