WOW - amazing story - and absolutely LOVED Cannon Powell Blackwell !!! 
 Elizabeth [Lizzie, Bethy] Carmichael and her older brother Connor enjoyed a privileged childhood living with their well-to-do parents in their uppercrust community. Then one day after Lizzie's 16th birthday while away at riding camp her whole world was turned upside down. She returned to find her beloved Connor had somehow had an accident leaving him mentally handicapped and a short time later her mother was found dead in her sleep. 
 Fast forward 7 years and Lizzie, now 23, and her childhood bff's Rhett and Jarrett Foster have formed a band 'See You Next Tuesday' and travel the country in their tour bus playing to small venue audiences. Connor, now 27, also joins them on tour when not spending time with his father. Enter one perfect male specimen in Cannon Powell Blackwell - whom they happen to run across at a highway rest stop where he's been unceremoniously dumped by his fiance Ruthie. He's sitting with his guitar and as it happens the band needs a new bass player so he joins them on tour, playing ability unheard. Turns out he's not just spectacular eye candy but can actually play well and can also sing. 
 With Cannon and Lizzie it's instant attraction but she's initially wary of the rebound thing until she learns the whole truth around the break-up and his dysfunctional courtship. But the relationship that really tugs at the heart strings is the one between brother and sister - Lizzie's unconditional love for Connor and her overprotective caregiver instinct belied her 23 years. 
 There's tons of witty, playful banter interspersed throughout the story and some great lines from Lizzie when in angry mode - eg. the 'bitch schooling' scene between her and Ruthie - but there's also a sweet, tender, steamy romance. And then there's heart wrenching sadness when the truth comes to light as to the tragic circumstances that devastated the Carmichael family 7 years earlier. And may I say as much as the last 25% starts off with pure raw emotion it ends in earsplitting smiles and happy tears as one family starts to re-build and another begins its' journey. 
 What a fantastic story with excellent writing - a first read by this author !!! LOVED LOVED IT !!! 
 *5 STARS*