Sweet Strings

Second Sets, Book 2

By: Aly Beck

Narrated by: Lance Greenfield, Avery Reid

Length: 23 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Long before the world bowed down to the band Whispered Words, they shattered me to pieces when they walked away.

Now, after five years apart, they're back to fix what they broke. If I let them...

Before our fall, Callum, Rad, Kieran, and Asher were mine. My everything. My rock stars. My future.

Until they weren't.

All it took was one night. One massive lie. One false accusation. And they were gone. Leaving me with a broken heart, a restraining order, and a baby on the way.

After being presented with a new job and an inheritance, I move on with my life and build an empire of my own. But there's more to my life than meets the eye. A stranger lurks in the shadows, stalking my every move. Planning nefarious things I can't even comprehend.

And then there's them….

The four boys who broke my heart. They're back in my life in the most unexpected way. I'm not the girl they once knew. I'm their band manager now. Their boss for the next six months.

Can we survive? One by one, our secrets crumble to ashes. Confessions shatter us, and lies become irreparable truths.

My name is River West, and this is the story of how Whispered Words broke my heart, repaired it, and made me whole.

Sweet Strings is book two in a duet and will end in a HEA. It's a why-choose romance full of love, spice, rock n' roll, and reunions. Intended for mature listeners.

©2023 Aly Beck (P)2024 Podium Audio

Loved River, Kieran and their daughter

I loved the other boys too especially Callan. I wish River could have confronted everyone like Tess and Gloria in person, but this was an amazing story and so worth the money! Great narration too.

Fall back in love with Whispered Words

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>>>> This is the story of Whispered Words and the girl they so desperately loved, forgot, ruined, and pieced back together. Only this time, I’m getting my happy ending. No matter what. <<<<

📚 Book Review 📚
Five-star plus!!

I adored this second half of River’s story. It is easily worth more than five stars. I cannot even begin to put into words how much I loved the duet. Book one broke me, and book two was everything I needed to rebuild my heart. Second chances, atonement, forgiveness, and the overarching threat of a stalker, followed by the most satisfying HEA you could ask for.

I needed the guys of Whispered Words to atone for their leaving River in Central City without a word and pregnant with their child. Their redemption arcs were better than I could have hoped for. Aly more than delivered; she exceeded expectations. Asher was on my permanent shit list after orchestrating the betrayal that prompted the guys to leave River, but he was able to prove himself and show his worth.

His manipulations destroyed a bit of all of them. Coming clean to his bandmates and River was the first step in healing the festering wound that was pulling the band apart, and that left River raising their daughter alone. The hurt and regret they all felt once they discovered Lyric’s existence never could be healed entirely, but they jumped in 100% and showered her will love once they learned of her. She became their entire world.

I thought I wanted a scorched earth response with River ruining Whispered Words' career, but I was surprised how I actually appreciated her more adult response. She kept them alive in Lyric’s life, showing her videos, playing their songs, tell their stories. She protected her heart and made them earn their forgiveness but didn’t require them to crawl through a field of broken glass. The way they were with their daughter, Lyric, was so beautiful. Seeing their softer side made forgiveness easier.

It is slower burn than the first book, as forgiveness takes time. Time and motherhood have only increased River’s beauty in her men’s eyes, a fact they are only too happy to share with her. They are almost reverent (but still hot).

I am going to miss River, Lyric, and Whispered Words. This will definitely be a duet I grab in paperback. Highly recommended!

🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧
Same as the first book, this was so well done! I loved listening to the second half of one of my favorite duets. I felt every bit of the angst and joy. Both narrators were amazing.

I highly recommend this audiobook duet.

Genre: Contemporary Rockstar Romance
Tropes/Features: Second chance, forced proximity, redemption arc, atonement, forgiveness, betrayal/secrets, surprise child, rockstars, stalker
Narrator: Multiple 1st Person POV
Narration Type: Dual-style
Narrator(s): Lance Greenfield and Avery Reid
Relationship Type: Why Choose – MFMMM, medium burn, spicy
Book Type/Ending: Part Two of duet, HEA
TW/CW: Available in book

Epic ending to an amazing duet!

This duet has had me feral from the minute I discovered it. Stayed up til the book was available to read, but when it came out on audio, I forced myself to take it slow and savor it. One of my favorite duets ever, I couldn’t pick a favorite character if I tried.

Story Line is the best!

I love this book! Been waiting for all her books to go on Audio! Hopefully all her totles will cone to audiobooks

Entirely too much inner dialogue…

Listen, I love a good ‘why choose’, which is what brought me to these books, but the length of each one of these books just about did me in. Yes, I knew about the lengths before I used my credits but I’m a sucker and did it anyway. I can honestly say, the story line/plot is good, BUT, and I hate using that because I’m not discounting what I just said, the inner dialogue of each character was almost redundant. I understand needing each POV but we really don’t need each scenes. Just a blurb…maybe. It was exhausting, to where I was hitting the “30” a lot. They would talk about the past so much, even going back into dream like sequences to where we have to have a whole conversation again! Ugh. This is why the 1st book is 19 hrs long & the 2nd one is 23 hours long. I felt like there was just so much repetitive inner dialogue…that’s my point, I guess.

Like I said before the plot is interesting, if you can get past all the inner dialogue.

Avery Crais did a pretty good job with her narration. Her voices were well rounded. Lance Greenfield, well, I wasn’t as impressed with all his voices. But to each their own.