Heard it in a Love Song

Author: Tracey Garvis Graves
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021
Pages: 304
Rating: Highly Recommend

Synopsis: Love doesn't always wait until you're ready.

Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the past - her glory days as the lead singer in a band and a ten-year marriage to a man who never put her first - Layla's newly found independence feels a lot like loneliness.

Then there's Josh, the single dad whose daughter attends the elementary school where Layla teaches music. Recently separated, he's still processing the end of his twenty-year marriage to his high school sweetheart. He chats with Layla every morning at school and finds himself thinking about her more and more.

Equally cautious and confused about dating in a world that favors apps over meeting organically, Layla and Josh decide to be friends with the potential for something more. Sounds sensible and way too simple - but when two people are on the rebound, is it heartbreak or happiness that's a love song away?

Review: I plucked Heard it in a Love Song off the "New Fiction" library display shelf. I loved the title. It's a break from the daughter/wife/sister trend publishers have embraced. Also, the cover of this book looked like November to me with the muted gold and fall bouquet. Don't be fooled; it's not just a pretty face.

This book was fantastic and for me, 100% relatable. 

I'm divorced.
I was a single mom.
I recovered from an unhealthy relationship.
I'm married to a music teacher.
Said music teacher has morning (drop-off) duty.

This book was written for me.

And secondly, for every reader who loved Daisy Jones and The Six. And, alos, for every reader who didn't becaus this has the same feel, but itsn't an interview format.

This author has written many books, but I've never heard of her until now. One of my reading goals now for 2022 is to read all of Tracey Garvis Graves' books.