Hes with the Band, Julie Stone
Hes with the Band, Julie Stone
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He's with the Band

Author: Julie Stone

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2023


Synopsis

After twenty-three years of marriage to an utter jackass and beige décor as far as the eye can see, Campbell Cavett is now divorced. Officially. But how did she lose herself for all these years? Somehow she went from being a bold, starry-eyed young groupie who followed Golden Tiger on tour to . . . snapping photos of snot-nosed kids for their Pinterest moms at the local Portrait Hut.

But she takes her Divorce Party one bottle of Pinot Grigio too far and wakes to discover she's quit her boring-ass job, arranged to sell her house, and has tickets to the Golden Tiger reunion show. Which is exactly when fate and Campbell decide it's time to pick up where she left off all those years ago.

Now Campbell's on tour as the official photographer of her favorite band and living the life she's always dreamed. But backstage access means that she's about to discover a whole lot. Not just about herself, but about a blast from her past who looks way hotter than he has any right to twenty-plus years later. Plus, there's that mind-blowing secret Golden Tiger's been hiding from everyone. They say time can heal anything. But is six weeks on the road enough to truly start fresh?

Contains mature themes.

About Julie Stone

Julie Stone was born a child of the seventies, complete with rainbow shirts, roller skates and magic rocks. All that whim and whimsey ushered her into the wonderful world of being a teenager in the eighties, something she has a hard time letting go of most days. She grew up watching John Hughes movies, pegging her jeans, and avidly reading everything Judy Blume and Sweet Valley High.

Alas, she had to leave it all behind and become an adult. Graduating from the University of Iowa where, along with a degree in English, she also earned herself a husband and embarked on all of the regular, boring grown-up things that come with age. Until the magical world of motherhood brought along a new chapter of joy, terror, and sleepless nights. But also, nap time. Suddenly there was occasion to go back to her creative calling and write. Through raising two kids, several moves around the Midwest, those stories and that keyboard kept her company and kept her, relatively sane. (Depending on who you ask.)

Now settled back in her home state, she writes rom-coms with a more mature heroine, because happily-ever-after shouldn't have an expiration date. Always a fan of big hair and an even bigger fan of eighties music, she is currently working her way through a bucket list of reunion tours.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marija

This story was just what I needed to read by the warm and cozy fireplace. That hidden teen in me loved to read about how midlife boring Campbell gets her life back (in a way) after her divorce. She gets a chance of a lifetime to follow the band around the country again as the band’s photographer and......more

Goodreads review by Lesley

Thoroughly enjoyed this one! A poignant, but funny debut! Kudos to Ms.Stone!......more

Thank you @entangled_publoshing for a copy of He’s With the Band. A second chance romance about Campbell, recently divorced with no job and goes to a concert for Golden Tiger, her younger day obsession. This book is a fun take on BTS on a has been rock n roll group and also Campbell figuring out her......more

I enjoyed this book. 3.5 stars, rounded up. In my opinion it's more of a coming of age than it is an actual romance book. Very music forward. It has the vibes of the movies Rockstar and Almost Famous to me. It didn't focus much on romance until close to the end. Campbell is living her dream of being......more