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Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson
5.0
Wow, I was really blown away by this book! I was so hooked from the very beginning and I hated every time I had to put it down to go back to work from a lunch break, or to bed so I could get up the next morning and go to work. This was kind of a reverse rock star romance in a way. So often the rock star is a man, of course, but in this case we had our former pop star, used to be Ashton James, now she was Hannah Lee. And boy was Hannah really out there, doing all the bad stuff, being a super-b-word, totally making all the tabloid headlines. Her life had been a total spiral. But when she decided or had to stop and make changes, boy did she completely turn it around. Of course she had to go incognito, anonymous, and really try to protect her younger sister when she came into her life.
And then there is Johnny. Not just an ex-fling, but someone that she kind of screwed over in her race to the top, her have to have it all. And he has very good reason to be unfriendly and not want her influence in his own younger brother’s life. Not to mention that what she did to him in the past, and what he’d thought he’d felt with her.
The romance worked perfectly. There was physical attraction from the start, perfectly reasonable. Neither wanted to fall in love, and both had very good reasons to fight it. It wasn’t only selfish reasons, at least in Hannah’s case. Johnny’s family was so wonderful as well. And there was so much more to this story than just what was going on with Johnny and Hannah. There were things going on at Shawn, Johnny’s younger brother and Piper, Hannah’s younger sister’s school. Things that really made the story have so much more depth for me.
While I kept expecting something more to happen towards the end, something dramatic that wouldn’t affect the romance, but would cause some stress for Hannah, that never happened. And I’m okay with that. I was just dreading that kind of thing happening when all the puzzle pieces seemed to be fitting perfectly into place, making this a picture perfect happily ever after ending.
I can’t wait to read more by this author in the future!
And then there is Johnny. Not just an ex-fling, but someone that she kind of screwed over in her race to the top, her have to have it all. And he has very good reason to be unfriendly and not want her influence in his own younger brother’s life. Not to mention that what she did to him in the past, and what he’d thought he’d felt with her.
The romance worked perfectly. There was physical attraction from the start, perfectly reasonable. Neither wanted to fall in love, and both had very good reasons to fight it. It wasn’t only selfish reasons, at least in Hannah’s case. Johnny’s family was so wonderful as well. And there was so much more to this story than just what was going on with Johnny and Hannah. There were things going on at Shawn, Johnny’s younger brother and Piper, Hannah’s younger sister’s school. Things that really made the story have so much more depth for me.
While I kept expecting something more to happen towards the end, something dramatic that wouldn’t affect the romance, but would cause some stress for Hannah, that never happened. And I’m okay with that. I was just dreading that kind of thing happening when all the puzzle pieces seemed to be fitting perfectly into place, making this a picture perfect happily ever after ending.
I can’t wait to read more by this author in the future!