Review: Play It Back

 

Ten years. Two hearts. One love story that never forgot how it began.

Ten years ago, Erin Campbell left Texas without saying goodbye to the only boy she'd ever loved.

Ten years later, he's the biggest name in country music... and every song he's ever written is about her.

After losing her mother at eighteen, staying meant facing a life she no longer recognized. So Erin left – her hometown, her grieving father, and Jake Ingram, her best friend, first love, and the future she'd always imagined.

A decade later, Erin has built a successful career as one of New York City's most sought-after photographers, creating the life she always thought she wanted. But no amount of distance – or success – has been enough to silence the memories she left behind.

When her father needs surgery, Erin returns to Texas expecting to stay only long enough to help him recover.

Instead, she comes face to face with Jake.

The boy she left behind is now one of country music's brightest stars, known for writing songs that have captivated millions. Fans have spent years wondering who inspired the heartbreak woven through every album.

Only Erin knows the answer.

As old memories resurface and long-buried truths finally come to light, Erin and Jake must decide whether the love they never stopped carrying is strong enough to overcome the heartache they never healed from – or whether ten years is simply too much time to ask two hearts to begin again.

Play It Back is a heartfelt second-chance romance about first love, grief, forgiveness, and finding your way home.

Because some love stories don't end, they simply wait for you to come home.

Review

Play It Back by Sara Palacios
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Erin is a small-town girl who has a gift for knowing VERY FAMOUS people. Her high school love has made it BIG as a country-music artist and it turns out he still writes every song for her. While it may be a trope, it's very sweetly done in this story. Erin is written with enough complexity that you want her to overcome all the barriers and have her dreams come true. It is her story despite the occasional interjections from Jake, who is a little sweet and generic and stuck in the past. But he writes amazing songs and understands Erin in a way she barely understands herself. The lyrics are lovely. Ms. Palacios seems to understand what makes music work. The romantic lines had the heart-felt quality that make people fall in love with the singer. So, yes, it's hard to believe that one small-town girl knows so many HUGE STARS and is SO WILDLY SUCCESSFUL but hey...I was a small town girl with big dreams once, so I will let this one slide.

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Author Bio – My name is Sara Palacios and I write contemporary romance and women’s fiction with emotional depth, layered family dynamics, and characters who are messy, hopeful, and just a little bit stubborn. Outside of writing, I’m usually reading, watching baseball, trying to keep up with my two kids, and pretending I can squeeze one more book into my already mile high TBR pile. I live in Texas with my husband, and our two kids.