Love Is a War Song
by Danica Nava
What is it about:
A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn’t be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, USA Today bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember.
Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather warbonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and dubbed her a fake. With threats coming from every direction and her career at a standstill, she escapes to her estranged grandmother Lottie’s ranch in Oklahoma. Living on the rez is new to Avery—not only does she have to work in the blazing summer heat to earn her keep, but the man who runs Lottie’s horse ranch despises her and wants her gone.
Red Fox Ranch has been home to Lucas Iron Eyes since he was sixteen years old. He has lived by three rules to keep himself out of trouble: 1) preserve the culture, 2) respect the horses, and 3) stick to himself. When he is tasked with picking up Lottie’s granddaughter at the bus station, the last person he expected to see is the Avery Fox. Lucas can’t stand what she represents, but when he’s forced to work with her on the ranch, he can’t get her out of his sight—or his head. He reminds himself to keep to his rules, especially after he finds out the ranch is under threat of being shut down.
It’s clear Avery doesn’t belong here, but they form a tentative truce and make a deal: Avery will help raise funds to save the ranch, and in exchange, Lucas will show her what it really means to be an Indian. It’s purely transactional, absolutely no horsing around…but where’s the fun in that?
What did we think of it:
We usually aren't into Cowboy Romance, but this one sounded too interesting to not give it a try.
And what an awesome read!
Avery has been in showbiz since a very young age, always strictly managed by her mother. At first she comes across as a bit shallow, but soon it turns out she just hasn't had a chance to figure out who she is and what matters to her.
We loved seeing Avery figuring out herself, discovering the culture she came from, and trying to decide what she wanted out of life.
We loved Lucas from the start, and loved discovering what molded him into the man he was. And the attraction between him and Avery! It was really delicious to read the scenes with the both of them.
This is as much a romance as it's a journey of self discovery, and we read this in record time, wanting to know how this story would end. How Avery and Lucas would get their Happily Ever After.
(It was beautiful in our opinion)
You bet after finishing this book we immediately went in search of other books Danica Nave might have written.
Why should you read it:
It's a really beautiful Cowboy/Rockstar Romance.
