Motor City Love Song, Lisa Peers
Motor City Love Song, Lisa Peers
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Motor City Love Song

Author: Lisa Peers

Narrator: Bailey Carr, Barrie Kreinik, Lisa Peers

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/10/2026

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq+


Synopsis

No one knows why the queen of indie rock vanished from the Detroit scene twenty years ago. Now, her ex-girlfriend is determined to track her down—and what she uncovers will change everything.

“A heartfelt, rocking love letter to Detroit’s legendary indie music scene, celebrating second chances and the enduring pull of the past.”—Georgia Clark, author of Most Wonderful

After all this time, can love still strike a chord?

Detroit, 1997. At the Artemis Club, Paloma is chasing rock-and-roll stardom, with her girlfriend and manager Jace committed to making her a worldwide indie sensation. But when Paloma suddenly disappears from the public eye in 2001, Jace is left to pick up the pieces.

Two decades later, Jace learns The Artemis Club is in trouble. Saving it will mean tracking down Paloma, whose early-career hit just went viral. Paloma has her reasons for not wanting to be found, and Jace isn’t eager to reopen old wounds. Still, each keeps measuring her life against the love she lost. With the Artemis Club’s fate at stake, Jace and Paloma are pulled back into the scene they once ruled . . . and back toward each other.

Told in two voices, this sapphic salute to Detroit’s garage-band era shows that sometimes the truth is the most powerful love song of all.

About The Author

Lisa Peers is the Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of Love at 350° and has a passion for smart, funny love stories with well-deserved happy endings. She has acted professionally in San Francisco, produced TV and radio programs in Detroit, and is currently a creative director for an international marketing agency. A Harvard graduate with an MFA in acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Lisa lives with her partner, Dani, in metro Detroit, not far from their three grown children, along with their beloved cats and way too much yarn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Juniper on November 03, 2025

This novel was fine, objectively, but some parts just were not for me I suppose. The writing was objectively good and that entire aspect of the novel was well done. Same thing with the story structure, and all that jazz. The author was clearly knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter an......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 04, 2025

This is a sweet book about Jace and Paloma who are girlfriends but have fallen out due to Paloma's anxiety and a number of other things. It's about their relationship issues, music, and a lot of issues anyone can relate to: very unique! Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!......more

Goodreads review by Rikki on October 06, 2025

This is a hard book for me to rate because overall the story is good, but the execution fell very very very short. This felt like a second draft with miles to go. Many aspects were rushed and told rather than shown, and the characters were very one-note with little to no arc. I think the most frustr......more

Goodreads review by Sage on February 12, 2026

Motor City Love Song by Lisa Peers is a sapphic romance that celebrates the history of the late 90s/early 00s Detroit indie and garage band era. The book is told in dual timelines and divided by the main characters and their unique perspectives, ending in a joint section. It also included realistic......more

Goodreads review by Gaby on February 10, 2026

ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Motor City Love Song was listed as a romance, but for me, it's so much more than that and that's probably why I had such a good time. This is a book about fame and how so many people get into the music industry when they're really young, begging the question: how do you grow into th......more


Quotes

“A heartfelt, rocking love letter to Detroit’s legendary indie music scene, celebrating second chances and the enduring pull of the past.”—Georgia Clark, author of Most Wonderful

“This raw and honest love story intertwines beautifully flawed characters, multiple nuanced timelines, and an intoxicatingly propulsive hint of mystery. . . . A perfect read for fans of Daisy Jones & the Six, Rock of Ages, and swoony sapphic romance.”—Kalie Holford, author of The Last Love Song

“Grungy, hopeful, and sweet, Peer’s second-chance romance weaves together the discordant notes of the past and the present to create a tense, complex, sweeping romance.”—Emily Zipps, author of Alice Rue Evades the Truth

“Readers can immerse themselves in the 1990s Detroit garage band scene in Motor City Love Song by Lisa Peers. . . . When Paloma arrives on the page, drama and heartache amp up, and the two former lovers must reach across the decades to create a bond that won’t break this time. Deeply romantic and peppered with impressive detail, this is a love story between two 50-somethings who still have epic moments ahead.”—BookPage