Blog Tour Review: The Rancher and the Rock Star – Lizbeth Selvig –

The Rancher and the Rock Star by Lizbeth Selvig
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Release Date:  February 28, 2012
Publisher:  Avon Impulse
Page Count / File Size:  728kb
Source:  Goddess Fish Promotions
Buy the book at: Amazon 

To the world, Gray Covey is a rock superstar. But to his runaway son, he’s simply the father who never has any time for him. To prove that he’s more than his rock star lifestyle, for the next few weeks Gray must put aside his fame and become…a farmhand
Abby Stadtler has built the perfect, quiet life for herself. Neat and orderly is the name of the game for her and her beloved farm. When Gray shows up on her doorstep, looking like he stepped straight off the front cover of a magazine, she is determined that he won’t upset her routine.
But what neither counts on is the love that springs up between them. Abby knows that life on a ranch in Minnesota can never compete with an exciting world tour. But for Gray, it’s time to decide what’s really important. With Abby’s help, will he be able to decide, once and for all, that love and family are the answer?

What’s a father to do when his teenage son runs off from his posh boarding school to a ranch in Minnesota?  For Gray Covey, it means spending two weeks at the ranch of Abby Stadtler while trying to find a way to salvage his relationship with his son Dawson while somehow maintaing his rock star image.

Abby has a calming effect on Gray and helps him realize there is more to life than living out of a tour bus and having many people making demands on his time but he never standing up for himself.  She also helps him rebuild his relationship with his son.  Showing both Dawson and Gray that actually listening to what each other is saying can make a huge impact on their relationship.

But it’s not only Gray that is altered by this two week visit.  Abby’s entire foundation is shaken when the sexy rock star lands at her front door.  He makes her feel things she hasn’t felt since the death of her husband and son twelve years before.  He makes her reintroduce herself to the hobby she loved before he world crumbled down.  He makes her realize that it’s nice being able to lean on someone in both the good time and the bad.

This was a sweet story that had me equally smiling and teary eyed.  While I was expecting something much racier, it was still an entertaining story (if you can get past some of the religious overtones).