Justin Jeffries could be the boy next door. Except for the way he looks when he plays guitar and sings. From the moment I lay eyes on him, I’m lost. Lost in the deep blue eyes that seem to see in me what no one else could. Sydney Porter is everything you’d expect from a small-town girl. But when she opens her perfect, pink mouth and quotes my favorite author, I’m lost. Lost to a voice that seems … that seems to speak just to me.
After a perfect summer of endless sunny days falling in love, Justin leaves to pursue his dream of becoming a successful song writer. Promises are made to reunite, but when Sydney discovers he’s taken something precious from her, all trust is shattered and love is lost.
Sydney seeks him out four years later with shocking news, altering both of their lives forever, forcing him to make a choice he never saw coming. What do you do when more than your heart is stolen?
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Heart melting? Check. Hot romance? Check. Swoony hero? Check. Michelle’s words get you all in the feels in this book. Loved it!
What a beautiful, emotional story of love, love lost, wasted time and forgiveness! It’s a roller coaster ride of emotions filled with easy, flirty dialogue to raw, gripping, choking around your heart. It’s such a beautifully crafted love story that left me sobbing and smiling at the same time. This is my first book from Ms. Windsor and I truly can’t wait to read another. I dare you not to be moved by this story of Sydney, the wordsmith and Justin, the songwriter. Their music and poems were just breathtaking!!!
Deep Breaths in… Slowly release…
I picked up my first Michelle Windsor book to read today. I asked for an emotional book and this one paid off. Now I need sparkles and rainbow unicorns to move on….
Sydney is working at a bar, recently a college graduate. Passing the time until she gets word back from the publisher about the book she submitted. Until then, serving drinks with her best friend will make due.
Justin has a goal, move to NYC and cut the album he has been dreaming of. Get signed, make it big and enjoy life. Working on the farm and playing at bars he has saved up enough money to finally say he’s going to NYC!!!
When he gets a new gig in the town over from where he lives, his world is turned upside down.
She’s like an onion… many layers to peel
No wait…
She’s like a flower… waiting to bloom.
He didn’t want to… because he was leaving. He is a good guy and knows she isn’t a summer fling.
The fun times, the sexy times, the surprise visit, the distant, the cruelty of life… It all comes into play with this story. It’s a tough ending but a happy one too. Maybe not the way some would say a happy ending should be but to me it was a happy ending.
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A beautiful emotional read that will leave a mark on your soul. Not all stories end in a happily ever after, but it is what happens in between that leaves you falling in love.
This story had me right from the beginning. It is a poignant story that will have you in tears by the end so make sure you have your tissues! Justine and Sydney met and connected but missed opportunities, miscommunication and just life kept them apart. She is a writer and he is a singer and song writer where their worlds collided through the misuse of her words in the beginning and nothing was the same. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Beautiful Story (4.5)
Love Notes was a wonderful book! Justin and Sydney’s story was one with lots of feeling and emotion. I instantly loved both characters.
Sydney is a very intelligent, sweet and talented woman. I loved how she would blurt out random quotes when she was nervous. It was super cute.
Justin is kind, hardworking and determined. I adored how he loved and treasured Sydney.
The two of them made such an adorable couple. The type of couple that one could imagine growing old together and when seen in public people would be wowed by how in love they still are with each other.
Their story had it’s ups and downs but ultimately it was beautiful. You could feel the love the two had for each other. The ending definitely made me cry but also left me with a smile on my face.
I would recommended Love Notes.
Great romance book by this author. My favorite book so far.
I loved this book , once I started this story I read it in one sitting. If I could rated it higher than 5 stars I would. One moment you are smiling and so happy for Justin and Sydney then the next, I wanted to chuck my kindle . When I got to the last few pages of this book I couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. The author made you feel the emotions that the characters were feeling. Such a beautiful love story , but make sure you have some tissues handy.
Wow! This book just shredded my heart and really rocked my emotions to the core. I was not expecting this story to go where it went at all. It is very different from any romance I’ve read. Kudos to Michelle Windsor for making this work and taking me on a very unexpected emotional journey.
Justin and Sydney meet one summer and fall in love and it’s sweet and sexy, but that is about where the similarities to your average love story end. I am still trying to process and don’t want to give anything away but it is definitely worth the read!
Sweet, sad, and a realistic situation. Love Notes had me laughing and giggling at first then came to out loud “No..No… Oh No” side to complete snot crying. You’ll definitely need tissues for this one. Sydney and Justin’s story was on a level I haven’t found in a long time and I was drawn to it to the point I literally didn’t stop reading till the end.
Once again, I have found a new to me author who has given me a story that will never leave me, because her words are now permanently engraved in my heart and mind.
Michelle Windsor has written a powerfully emotional love story that grabs you right from the beginning and sweeps you along for the ride so you can witness this couples happiness and pure love for yourself, but that’s only part of their story.
I am a sucker for sexy musicians so, I found this beautiful cover lurking on my Kindle, waiting for me to find, explore and love. Justin was young, with the voice and talent to go far, but for now, playing bars and small events while saving to eventually move to NYC to live and record with dreams of being discovered. He had every hope that music would become his life, different from his current one, working and living on his family’s dairy farm. What he hadn’t expected was for someone to steal his heart while he wasn’t looking.
This is how he found Sydney, the shy bartender in Hook’s Landing, where he was playing every weekend to this small town crowd. Her dream is to write full time and have her novels published. Writing her feelings into poems gets all those emotions into her notebook and out of her head. Can you see that these two are meant to connect?
The attraction was immediate, their love for each other came quickly. Sweet, funny and perfect but what would happen when summer ended and he followed his dreams to NYC. Could their dreams be found together? There were parts of their story which wound me up to the point of Kindle throwing! I was that mad! Miscommunication can be a tricky thing and when it goes on too long, there is a chance to lose the reader, but not this reader.
I would read this again, even knowing that the highest heights of love can also bring angst, pain, despair, anger and the deepest heartbreak. Grab a box of tissues, this book will make you cry, but if you don’t shed a tear while reading this, I will wonder if your heart is still beating. The last chapters of the book were hard to read and I felt emotionally drained from this poignant story after I finished it but it was absolutely worth every tear I shed. I really did love it, all of it, even through the most frustrating and heartbreaking parts. Take a chance on Justin and Sydney. I’m so glad I did, they were unforgettable.
When you prepare yourself for another romance from favourite author, fall in love with characters in the first chapter and then ….
Seems like the author poured the hearts and souls of soooo many people in this book.
It is impossible to write anything from the contents without spoilers, so let just say – amazing!!!
Love Notes was a highly anticipated read for me that did not disappoint! The cover is captivating and the words..oh the words! An emotional absolute must read that will stay with you forever!
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I love the book.