One Day Like this is live!

The start of a brand new rockstar series from Scarlett Cole, this is a beautifully emotional brother’s-best-friend, forbidden romance with fantastic chemistry and just the right amount of angst and drama.

 

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Blurb

Matt

Loving Izabel Bryson should be the easiest thing in the world. Heck, she’s been the inspiration for at least half a dozen of the songs he’s written for his rock band, Sad Fridays.

He’s loved her for a decade.

But she’s his best friend and fellow-band mate’s little sister, and he promised a decade ago that he’d never put his hands on her.

She can never be his, no matter how much he craves her.

Izabel

Loving Matt Palmer is the most hopeless thing in the world.

The hours she spends running her friend’s yoga studio and volunteering at the Manchester homeless shelter only go so far in distracting her from the painful truth.

He doesn’t want her.

Because she screwed up that awful night two years before when she slept with Matt’s brother.

He will never be hers, no matter how much she yearns for him.

When a good deed leads to one bed, and one night of ruthless honesty, everything is laid bare. They belong together, but acting on it will cost them everything.

 

 

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Review

“When the stars aligned to show us what’s in our hearts, how could we ignore it?”

5 forbidden stars!

The start of a brand new rockstar series from Scarlett Cole, this is a beautifully emotional brother’s-best-friend, forbidden romance with fantastic chemistry and just the right amount of angst and drama. It sucked me in, and I read it in one sitting, unable to put it down, and I loved it!

Matt Palmer is a man with a dream. Together with his best friend, his brother, and his two cousins, they formed a band call Sad Fridays, and Matt is the songwriter and bass player. He has put everything he has into making the band a success, and that includes keeping the hotheads together and out of trouble – including the promise he made to keep his hands off the woman he can’t stop thinking about, his best friend’s younger sister.

Izabel is the sister of Luke, who is the band’s drummer. She has loved Matt since she was a teenager, and despite their once-close friendship, he never looked at her that way she wanted. Things got worse when, lonely, sad and desperate for connection, she slept with his brother. It was the biggest mistake of her life and the fallout almost tore the band apart, and her overly protective brother has demanded that she stay away from his bandmates ever since.

When Izabel’s long term relationship breaks down and she ends up moving in with her brother again, she can’t help but be around the boys. And when Matt comes to her rescue during a nasty encounter, the two of them end up faking a relationship for a weekend away. One room, one bed, and nobody to stand between them, truths are finally revealed and they lay their hearts wide open for each other. It’s absolutely beautiful, and for one perfect day, they explore each other in all the ways they always wanted to.

His hand cupped her cheek and he moved closer to her. “I don’t want an audience the first time I kiss you, Iz. Even if it’s pretend.”

“If I only get a single day of this, I want to be sober and lucid enough to remember every fucking tragically glorious moment of it.”

They promised themselves their one day, but when they get back to real life, they both realise that it will never be enough. They’ve opened themselves up, and now there’s no turning back.

“I want you, Iz. I want this. The timing sucks, but we are bigger than the timing.”

Their romance is emotional, intense, sweet and fun, and so, so passionate. They gel perfectly, and their connection is soul deep. They absolutely belong together, and I loved seeing these two so effortlessly in love.

“You deserve someone who can walk outside with you and show the world just how fucking proud he is to be your man. Because I am, Iz. Even if I can’t do that.”
“Does that make you my boyfriend?”
“Too right, I’m your boyfriend. I’m your fucking everything, Iz. Just like you’re mine.”

But they need to keep their romance a secret. The band is on the cusp of getting everything they’ve ever dreamed of, and they both know that their coming together is going to destroy their brothers and blow the band apart. So we get this delicious angst as Matt and Izabel revel in their newly-declared love, but have to keep it a secret from everybody else in their lives. It’s a heartwrenching situation, and I could absolutely understand the situation, and why they made the decisions they did, and it builds to a dramatic ending that had me madly flipping pages.

“I’ll love you when the stars align and even when they don’t.”

It’s such an engaging, emotional story. I loved Matt and Izabel as characters, I loved their journey as a couple, I loved seeing their interactions with the other characters, and I loved watching everything change for the band as they got their first taste of success. The stage is now set for the rest of the series, and I’m so excited to continue on. The rest of the boys in the band are a fantastic bunch, there are some very unique personalities there, and they have a gritty, complex dynamic that I can’t wait to explore further. And OMG, the boys’ take-no-crap, foul-mouthed Nan is an absolute scene-stealer, I love her! There’s a hint of future stories, and I am here for all of it!

This was such a great read, full of heart, drama, intriguing and explosive family dynamics, a wonderfully intense love story and all the feels. I absolutely loved it!

5 stars!

An Advanced Reader Copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

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Meet the Author

The tattoo across my right hip says it all really. A Life Less Ordinary. Inked by the amazingly talented Luke Wessman at the Wooster Street Social Club (a.k.a. New York Ink). Why is it important? Well, it sums up my view on life. That we should all aspire to live a life that is less boring, less predictable. Be bold, and do something amazing. I’ve made some crazy choices. I’ve been a car maker, a consultant, and even a senior executive at a large retailer running strategy. Born in England, spent time in the U.S. and Japan, before ending up in Canada where I met my own, personal hero – all six and a half feet of him. Both of us are scorpios! Yeah, I know! Should have checked the astrological signs earlier, but somehow it works for us. We have two amazing kids, who I either could never part with or could easily be convinced to sell on e-
bay.

I’ve wanted to be a writer for a really long time. Check through my office cupboards or my computer and you’ll find half written stories and character descriptions everywhere. Now I’;m getting the chance to follow that dream.

I am represented by Beth Phelan at The Bent Agency, NY.

 

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