Playing to packed houses while her hit song rushes up the charts, country singer and fiddler Jo Lover is poised to become a one-name Nashville star like her idols, Loretta, Reba, and Dolly. To ensure her success, Jo has carefully crafted her image: a pretty, sassy, down-to-earth girl from small-town Virginia who pours her heart into her songs.
But the stage persona sheâs built is threatened when her independent label merges with big-time Capitol Records, bringing Nashville heartthrob JD Gunnâher first loveâback into her life. Long ago Jo played with JDâs band. But they parted ways, and took their own crooked roads to stardom. Now Joâs excitedâand terrifiedâto see him again.
When the label reunites them for a show, the old sparks fly, the duet they sing goes viral, and fans begin clamoring for moreâigniting the mediaâs interest in the compelling singer. Why is a small-town girl like Jo so quiet about her past? When did she and JD first meet? What split them apart? All too soon, the painful secret sheâs been hiding is uncovered, a shocking revelation that threatens to destroy her reputation and her dreams. To salvage her life and her career, Jo must finally face the pastâand her feelings for JDâto become the true Nashville diva she was meant to be.
Born and raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sarah Creech teaches English and creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte. She is the author of the novel Season of the Dragonflies and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her two children and her husband, poet Morri Creech.