Her marriage a disaster, Lilly closes the door to
her personal life. Can meeting Bruce
open a door to a new life or will her fear shut her off from love?
All Lilly
has ever wanted to do is sing, but being an internationally famous superstar
has turned her life into a living nightmare. Closing the door on her
destructive marriage, she runs to her best friend's rural home in northern
Arizona, hoping to stay out of the public's eye and sort out her life.
Bruce
Silk, a Flagstaff police officer, doesn't approve of his brother's rakish rock
star lifestyle but still keeps an eye on his remote home when he's out on tour.
More than once he's had to arrest groupies who invaded the property to steal
some small memento from the famous Clay Silk. So why does he feel
sucker-punched when he slaps the cuffs on this latest trespasser?
When
One Door Closes
is the first book in the “Rock Star Series.” Another Door Opens,
the second book, will be released in mid-2014. Both books are stand-alone
novels.
Review by Melissa Snark:
WHEN ONE
DOOR CLOSES is the first book I've read by Sandy Wolters. The cover really
captured my attention because it's pretty and unique. Likewise, I loved the
concept. I can't think rock star romance without recalling a cheesy 80s movie
called "Hard to "Hold" from back in the day when I thought Rick
Springfield was dreamy. (Hey, I was 14. :D) Yeah, I'm showing my age but
I musta watched that dumb flick a dozen times on VHS.
The
story is only 139 pages so the romance develops fast. I usually prefer more
time be allocated to relationship development but I'm willing to make
exceptions so long as the prose is well written and the editing is solid. I
liked both the hero and heroine and felt they shared great chemistry.
Perspective changes happened more often than I like, especially since I prefer
to stay in one POV for an entire scene.
Bruce
is a perfect hero–a tough, cynical cop with a soft side for teary women and big
goofy dogs. I loved
his pet, , Barney Fife, a Neapolitan Mastiff. (Although, honestly, Don
Knotts really didn't have those jowls). Lilly, the heroine, seems almost
too nice to be "for real", especially since she's a famous singer.
She's very sweet and down to earth, and I liked her a lot. Love scenes
hover somewhere in the sensual range with more emphasis placed on emotion than
the physical act.
Secondary
characters are all three-dimensional and interesting. In particular,
I loved Martha. Her antics made me laugh and she brings a great element
of humor to the story.
"Well, I never!" Martha screeched as her handbag made
contact with
Officer Paul Durkin's face. She pushed his assault rifle out of
the way and
jabbed her finger as hard as she could into his chest. "I
changed your diapers,
young man! How dare you
point that nasty thing at me!"
WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES is #1 in the Rock Star Series, so presumably
another book is on the way. I'm looking forward to reading the author's next
story. Two thumbs up.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Available
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Author Bio:
Sandy
Wolters is a prolific writer with four other novels to date. Her last novel, Soul
Mates, won first place in the Paranormal Romance Guild’s Reviewer Choice Awards
for Paranormal Romance-Novella.
AUTHOR LINKS:
Website
Blog - Sandy's Spotlight
Goodreads
Amazon Author Page
