Rhett Foster longs to change the world with his music, yet he can’t even finish writing one song. Battered by a string of failures and disillusioned, he returns home to Portland, Oregon. While he desperately wants to create a chart-topping hit, his dad mandates a new mission: move to coastal vacation hotspot Seabrook, Washington and expand the family’s successful restaurant chain.
In danger of destroying her late parents’ legacy if she doesn’t diversify her menu, Lindsay Carmichael will try anything to save her bakery. But with a tiny budget and an injured employee who can’t work, she has no choice but to sink the last of her savings into buying a dilapidated food truck and hiring Rhett as a part-time barista. What she doesn’t know is that the handsome songwriter has a secret … one that could destroy her business and her heart.
My Review
Sometimes a person just has to take a break and either read or listen to a sweet romance. Something not to difficult, where the characters have problems but still get their happy ending. Sweet Melody was that for me. I've read quite a bit of mystery/suspense/historical lately so Heidi McCahan's contemporary romance was the break I needed.
I really liked Lindsay, though how she could be nice even to people who were very unpleasant to her was more than I could ever do. I liked Rhett as well, but I still can't figure out why he didn't bail over the side of the family business when he figured out how much it would hurt Lindsay and her business. Can you tell that I kinda got caught up in all of the Hallmark-like romance and family drama?
I listened to the audiobook version of Sweet Melody and I enjoyed it. The narration was excellent. The sound and production quality seemed to be OK. All in all it was a good listening experience and a great introduction for me to Heidi McCahan's writing.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Sweet Melody by Heidi McCahan a 4 Bark rating.