PJ's Birthday Giveaway #3
Xio Axelrod
Girls with Bad Reputations
Have you discovered Xio Axelrod yet? If not, you're missing out on some terrific contemporary romance. I met Xio at a RWA conference several years ago when we randomly started chatting while waiting for an event to begin. I hadn't read her books but had such a lovely time visiting with her that I immediately looked her up and downloaded one. In the book I'm giving away today, Girls with Bad Reputations, Axelrod combines two of her real life loves, writing and music. Here's the blurb:
Girls with Bad Reputations
by Xio Axelrod
Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kayla Whitman. Desperate to find an outlet away from her controlling mother, she picked up a pair of drumsticks, forever altering the rhythm of her life. Since then, she's been determined to make her own way, finding her home with her bandmates even as she fights to keep her past and her present firmly separate.
Things were simple enough when the Lillys were playing local gigs at dive bars, but now they're on their first official tour―and all Kayla can see are warning signs. Desperate to escape the worry churning inside her, Kayla finds solace in quiet tour bus driver Ty Baldwin...and discovers in him a kindred spirit like no one she's ever met before.
Their connection is immediate and intense, but when increasing scrutiny from the press threatens to destroy Ty's newfound peace and Kayla's carefully guarded secrets, Kayla's forced to make an impossible choice: pursue her dream and risk destroying everyone around her. Or give in and lose the chance of ever becoming the person she's always known she could be.
Have you read Xio Axelrod yet?
What type of music do you enjoy?
Do you have a favorite singer or group that you follow? Have you seen them in concert?
One randomly chosen person posting a comment before 11:00 PM, September 22, 2025 will receive a print copy of Girls with Bad Reputations.
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A new author for me. Love 70’s music. My favorite band is Styx, have seen them many times!
ReplyDeleteXio would be new author! I love girl bands AND I did get to see Heart once live in Seattle! What a great night!
ReplyDeleteXio is a new author for me. My favorite music is rock and roll from the 1950's and 1960's. Also R & B. I saw Paul Anka perform and he was unforgettable and special.
ReplyDeleteShe is definitely new to me. I enjoy pop, rock, indie and contemporary Christian music. The last time I went to a concert was to see For King and Country in concert.
ReplyDeleteHaven't read any of your books. Love Country music and my favorite singer is Carrie Underwood and I have seen her in concert. Thanks for your great generosity. Linda May
ReplyDeleteI have not any of her books.
ReplyDeleteI have eclectic taste in music: 60’s classic rock, some classical, some pop, some country pop
Started with the Beatles, The Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Cat Stevens, John Denver, Loggins and Messina, Eric Clapton( Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & the Dominoes).
I saw The Beach Boys , Loggins and Messina, Tommy James and The Shondells,, The Buckinghams, Ricky Nelson, Jethro Tull, Dave Mason and REO Speedwagon in concert.
I enjoy a verity of music, I haven't read any of her books yet
ReplyDeleteI've not read Xio Axelrod. I enjoy most music. Twangy old time country, heavy metal, and some of the more recent music which is more like noise than music are not on my listening list. We like Celtic music and I have seen man of my favorite groups in concert. The Barra MacNeils from Nova Scotia are favorites.
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