August Lane by Regina Black

This book, another romance that made it to the New York Times Notable Book list, but this one is worthy of that. It is messy and passionate, you know where it is headed from the beginning but all the fun is in getting there. August was abandoned by her superstar mother, Jojo, raised by her grandmother and betrayed by the boy she loved. That boy, Luke Randall, stole a song they’d co-written and became a country music star himself. And now Jojo’s being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and has asked Luke to sing his signature hit as a duet onstage in Arcadia, their hometown. Way to go, Jojo--no nominations for motherof the year for her. She knows the pain she herself has caused, and add on to that brinigng back August's long ago romance who she loved passionately and was abandoned by. As with all good romances, we do not exactly know how the story is going to get over the finish line, but we know where it is going, and this one is not exception. It is a well written and engaging story well told.