Groupie (Groupie #1) by Susan Daugherty
Pages: 257
Publish date: December 2nd, 2016
Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing
ASIN: B01N1OB1GF
Purchase: Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU
Everything changes when Lexie’s best (and only) friend drags her to a country music concert. Lexie loves country music, but she loathes the top-selling heartthrob who sold out the arena. Jack Morgan became a sensation with a string of degrading, shallow songs that she can’t stand.
After suffering through an evening surrounded by the playboy celebrity’s endless sea of admirers, a startling trauma lands Jack in the hospital, and Lexie is the physical therapist assigned to the VIP treatment of the very man she despises.
Jack is drawn to the one woman who appears resistant to his charms and who loves to check his ego every chance she gets, yet gives him the honesty he needs. She’s the opposite of his usual groupies. He can only continue his tour if he receives rehab on the road, and Lexie is the lone person Jack trusts for the job.
Reluctantly, she agrees to take the journey on his luxury coach, joining the wild cast of characters on his crew. Yes, she was given many incentives to take the assignment, but the reason she wants to ignore is the dangerous one. Jackson Morgan is growing on her. He’s shown her facets of his personality she never fathomed, and maybe she isn’t immune to his handsome charm after all.
At every turn, another challenge pushes her away from him. A woman returns from his past, along with new temptations at every concert. Jack’s manager clings to control over his artist and doesn’t like Lexie, or her growing influence. Media attention makes her want to run the other way, but she can’t escape it.
Stepping onto the tour bus is the domino that starts a chain reaction in their lives and challenges them both to change. Could they learn to believe in love and happily ever after?
Groupie:
I received an e-copy of Groupie by Susan Daugherty from InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book. There is a giveaway at the end so stay tuned.
I don’t know what I was expecting when I picked Groupie up. I thought it was going to be okay, classic NA read. But, I was pleasantly surprised. Groupie explores the notion of family that isn’t by blood, friendship, life on the road. But, it also explores disability which you know that I love reading about.
Groupie is book 1 in a two-part series and follows protagonist Lexie Travis who thought that moving to a new city would wash away all her troubles. With her overbearing parents, no existent love life and a life-altering injury she thought that getting away would solve all her problems. But everything is still pretty much the same. When her new best friend drags her to a country concert all she wanted to do is get out and no listen to the heartthrob. However, when a horrible accident leaves Jack Morgan in her care – things just might change.
I enjoyed Lexie has a protagonist overall. At times I wasn’t her biggest fan, but for the most part, I really enjoyed following her journey. After moving away from her family and friends, Lexie wanted a fresh start and as a physical therapist, she got that. Lexie is good at her job and loves what she can do. Her roommate may be her only friend, but I thought was she was pretty good one. At times I felt that Lexie was a too judgemental of those around her and let her thoughts take over, without knowing the full story.
But the one thing that I loved about Lexie that she didn’t let her injury get the better of her. Throughout the novel we know that something is bothering her, we know that something has happened. And it’s not like she is hiding it, but because she doesn’t like to talk about it. Not because she hates herself for it, but because it changes her life so much and brought out some things in people that she thought loved her.
Jack Morgan – he is the typical, asshole musician. He has lots of groupies and hooks up with a lot of them. Or so we thought. As Lexie, because his physical therapist she starts to understand him a little more and when they hit the read sparks fly. Jack was a sweetheart when he wanted to be, but for most of the book, I wasn’t his massive fan. I liked how passionate he was about his music and what he wanted to do.
The romance like Jack as a touch and go for me. At times I really enjoy their connection and how they could just let everything out with one another. But, then it was like they were two different people. Both has personality changes that affected how their relationship worked.
Overall reading Groupie wasn’t a horrible experience. Although I felt that at times everything was a little rushed, I still enjoyed reading it. And yes there are some very cliché moments throughout the book. Lexie was an intriguing protagonist who stood up for what she believed in. Groupie explores the notion of family, friends and letting yourself live. It’s about believing in yourself and that looking back isn’t always the answer.
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About the Author
Susan Daugherty is a freelance writer, and by some happy coincidence, also a licensed Physical Therapist and an APTA Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist. She is the author of the 2016 novel Groupie as well as its sequel, Muse. Her essay The Cycle of Inspiration was published in PT InMotion in April 2013. She is a member of Romance Writers of America. Raised in Kentucky, she now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee where she lives with her husband and two children.
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