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Once Upon a Boyband

by Jenny Proctor • 2024

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

4.24

5k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

Once Upon a Boyband

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

by Jenny Proctor 2024 358 pages

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

Fractured Soul

by Akira Mizubayashi • 2019

After soldiers destroy his father's violin, a hidden boy becomes the luthier who restores it.

4.02

3k+

🎵 Music And Memory 🫂 Found Family 💫 Intergenerational Healing 🌏 Bicultural Identity ✉️ Epistolary Fiction

Fractured Soul

After soldiers destroy his father's violin, a hidden boy becomes the luthier who restores it.

by Akira Mizubayashi 2019 224 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

🎵 Music And Memory 🫂 Found Family 💫 Intergenerational Healing 🌏 Bicultural Identity ✉️ Epistolary Fiction

Theology, Music and Time

by Jeremy S. Begbie • 2000

Time baffles theology. Music, built from tension and return, untangles its oldest arguments.

4.14

🎨 Theology And The Arts 🍞 Eucharistic Theology 🎹 Improvisation ⏳ Christian Eschatology 🕰️ Time And Eternity

Theology, Music and Time

Time baffles theology. Music, built from tension and return, untangles its oldest arguments.

by Jeremy S. Begbie 2000 317 pages

4.14

65 ratings

🎨 Theology And The Arts 🍞 Eucharistic Theology 🎹 Improvisation ⏳ Christian Eschatology 🕰️ Time And Eternity

Last Call at the Local

by Sarah Grunder Ruiz • 2024

A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.

3.83

10k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Love 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Musician Heroine 💚 Mental Health Rep ☘️ Small Town Ireland

Last Call at the Local

A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.

by Sarah Grunder Ruiz 2024 368 pages

3.83

10k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Love 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Musician Heroine 💚 Mental Health Rep ☘️ Small Town Ireland

Elvis '68 Comeback

by Steve Binder • 2022

The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.

4.72

165

🎸 Rock And Roll History 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎤 Music Business 🎨 Creative Freedom 📺 Television History

Elvis '68 Comeback

The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.

by Steve Binder 2022 192 pages

4.72

165 ratings

🎸 Rock And Roll History 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎤 Music Business 🎨 Creative Freedom 📺 Television History

This Is Not About Us

by Allegra Goodman • 2026

After their youngest sister dies, two women stop speaking. Their rift echoes for three generations.

3.58

15k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🏡 Family Saga 💔 Sister Estrangement 👥 Divorced Co-Parents 🏠 Blended Families

This Is Not About Us

After their youngest sister dies, two women stop speaking. Their rift echoes for three generations.

by Allegra Goodman 2026 336 pages

3.58

15k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🏡 Family Saga 💔 Sister Estrangement 👥 Divorced Co-Parents 🏠 Blended Families

Heatwave

by John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

Heatwave

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

by John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 ratings

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing 🎸 Punk Rock 🌍 Multicultural Britain

Classical Recording

by Caroline Haigh • 2020

The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.

4.59

🎛️ Audio Engineering 🎻 Classical Recording 🎤 Microphone Techniques 🏛️ Room Acoustics 🔉 Spatial Audio

Classical Recording

The Decca method: why the room matters more than the microphones, and spill is the glue.

by Caroline Haigh 2020 410 pages

4.59

17 ratings

🎛️ Audio Engineering 🎻 Classical Recording 🎤 Microphone Techniques 🏛️ Room Acoustics 🔉 Spatial Audio

We Sold Our Souls

by Grady Hendrix • 2018

Her ex-bandmate sold their souls for fame. Now the bill is due at her motel job.

3.69

34k+

🎸 Heavy Metal Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🎵 Music As Magic 💔 Band Betrayal 🚗 Road Trip Horror

We Sold Our Souls

Her ex-bandmate sold their souls for fame. Now the bill is due at her motel job.

by Grady Hendrix 2018 337 pages

3.69

34k+ ratings

🎸 Heavy Metal Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🎵 Music As Magic 💔 Band Betrayal 🚗 Road Trip Horror

The Midnight Muse

by Jo Kaplan • 2026

A band gathers where their frontwoman disappeared. The woods have been listening all year.

3.92

294

🎸 Band Horror 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🎵 Occult Music 💔 Sapphic Longing 🏚️ Cabin In The Woods

The Midnight Muse

A band gathers where their frontwoman disappeared. The woods have been listening all year.

by Jo Kaplan 2026 350 pages

3.92

294 ratings

🎸 Band Horror 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🎵 Occult Music 💔 Sapphic Longing 🏚️ Cabin In The Woods

Burn the Wild

by Ava Hunter • 2025

A country superstar hides on a Montana ranch, battling the scarred cowboy forced to protect her.

4.18

9k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Burn the Wild

A country superstar hides on a Montana ranch, battling the scarred cowboy forced to protect her.

by Ava Hunter 2025 492 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

En attendant Bojangles

by Olivier Bourdeaut • 2016

A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.

4.23

19k+

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

En attendant Bojangles

A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.

by Olivier Bourdeaut 2016 159 pages

4.23

19k+ ratings

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

Lies & Lullabies

by Sarina Bowen • 2020

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

3.77

11k+

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Return 👧 Single Parent Romance

Lies & Lullabies

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

by Sarina Bowen 2020 278 pages

3.77

11k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Return 👧 Single Parent Romance

Low Road

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. • 2004

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

3.85

134

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing 🎨 Colorism 📚 Pulp Publishing

Low Road

Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. 2004 208 pages

3.85

134 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography 💉 Heroin Addiction 🔒 Prison Writing 🎨 Colorism 📚 Pulp Publishing

Off Limits Mogul

by Scarlett Avery • 2024

Taking in his best friend's sister reignites a forbidden crush that tests his loyalty to her brother

4.26

2k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 👫 Best Friend's Sister 🏠 Forced Proximity 😇 Reformed Playboy 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Off Limits Mogul

Taking in his best friend's sister reignites a forbidden crush that tests his loyalty to her brother

by Scarlett Avery 2024 464 pages

4.26

2k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 👫 Best Friend's Sister 🏠 Forced Proximity 😇 Reformed Playboy 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Hamartia

by Scarlett Drake • 2023

A rock star and a K-pop idol meet in Paris, sparking an obsession neither can afford.

4.29

5k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship 💡 Bisexual Awakening

Hamartia

A rock star and a K-pop idol meet in Paris, sparking an obsession neither can afford.

by Scarlett Drake 2023

4.29

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship 💡 Bisexual Awakening

Love Songs Suck

by Becky Monson • 2023

When a pop star's song exposes her name, an engaged woman's quiet life collides with fame.

4.13

3k+

🌟 Celebrity Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Love Triangle

Love Songs Suck

When a pop star's song exposes her name, an engaged woman's quiet life collides with fame.

by Becky Monson 2023 317 pages

4.13

3k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Love Triangle

Almost Perfect

by Claudia Y. Burgoa • 2020

A scarred athlete and his sister's best friend stumble into a fling that reopens deepest wounds.

4.02

500+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙈 Best Friend's Brother 💋 Practice Dating 💌 Love Letters 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Almost Perfect

A scarred athlete and his sister's best friend stumble into a fling that reopens deepest wounds.

by Claudia Y. Burgoa 2020 286 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙈 Best Friend's Brother 💋 Practice Dating 💌 Love Letters 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mayluna

by Kelley McNeil • 2024

A music journalist collides with Mayluna's guarded frontman: a secret love, two decades of silence.

4.42

26k+

🎸 Second Chance Romance 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🤫 Secret Pregnancy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

Mayluna

A music journalist collides with Mayluna's guarded frontman: a secret love, two decades of silence.

by Kelley McNeil 2024 391 pages

4.42

26k+ ratings

🎸 Second Chance Romance 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🤫 Secret Pregnancy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

This One Moment

by Stina Lindenblatt • 2016

His childhood love is comatose. A rock star returns to the hometown and the past he fled.

3.80

500+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🌑 Dark Past

This One Moment

His childhood love is comatose. A rock star returns to the hometown and the past he fled.

by Stina Lindenblatt 2016 264 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🌑 Dark Past

This Is Gonna Hurt

by Nikki Sixx • 2011

Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.

4.17

5k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 📸 Music Photography 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 🌑 Dark Aesthetics

This Is Gonna Hurt

Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.

by Nikki Sixx 2011 224 pages

4.17

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 📸 Music Photography 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 🌑 Dark Aesthetics

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