What You Do to Me

A Novel

By: Rochelle B. Weinstein

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

From the bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends comes a moving novel of two unfinished love stories and the music and lyrics that bring them together.

Journalist Cecilia James is a sucker for a love song. So when she stumbles across a clue to the identity of the muse for one of rock’s greatest, she devotes herself to uncovering the truth, even as her own relationship is falling apart.

While writing an article for Rolling Stone, Cecilia works to reveal the mystery that has intrigued fans and discovers a classic tale of two soulmates separated by fate and circumstance. Rock star Eddie Vee once sang with his soul, dedicating love songs to Sara Friedman, his inspiration and first love. Now, Eddie takes refuge in anonymity, closed off to the past. Sara, too, has distanced herself from their love, moving thousands of miles away to live the life she once railed against. As Eddie and Sara tentatively open up to Cecilia about broken dreams, she struggles to give them a happy ending. In the process, she learns that broken hearts can be healed—even her own.

What You Do To Me is the story of a love song and of the triumph of the heart over the greatest of odds. Even for those who have written off love forever.

©2023 Rochelle B. Weinstein. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Good music vibes and compelling characters make this good for public libraries.”—Booklist

“Bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein had me at ‘mix tape.’ Her nostalgic new page-turner, What You Do To Me hits all the high notes: a strong, determined female protagonist, a dreamy love interest (ahh, the lead singer in a band), forbidden love, family drama, journalistic pursuits, suspense, and second chances. Rolling Stone reporter Cecilia James has committed the cardinal sin: She has become emotionally involved in her story, as she deep dives into finding the truth behind a hit love song while trying to detangle her own messy love life and family secrets. I sang, I wept, I laughed, and I applauded—holding my lighter high for an encore performance. Weinstein’s latest must-read gem doesn’t miss a beat.”—Lisa Barr, New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire

“Weinstein had me at music. Throw in a retro timeline that brings back all the 90s feels and I’m a forever fan. What You Do To Me has everything I love in a story: romance, mystery, and suspense, the trifecta of an unputdownable read. Weinstein savvily crafts not one, but two love stories, each with a heart tugging emotional end, wraps them both in some of my favorite tunes from the best decades (IMHO), plus some new ones, and adds in a mystery detailed so visually I could easily picture this on screen. Fans of Daisy Jones & the Six and novels with music themes and persistent protagonists both flawed and edgy will obviously love this book, but I think Weinstein’s novel packs an extra punch for us romantics who grew up falling for a rock star or two, even if he was only a poster on the wall above our bed.”—Kerry Lonsdale, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Side Trip

Hooked

Just like the perfect song, this book had me hooked from the beginning to the end. I loved it!

Must Read

Rochelle Weinstein delivers!! What You Do To Me is amazing!!! I fell in love with the characters and really felt like I knew them and could feel what they were going through. I listened to this book on audio in less than 36 hours. For real! That's how much I enjoyed the book! Stacy Gonzalez- Great job narrating! Rochelle hooks you right away in this book! This book is not predictable and is a must read. Thank you Rochelle. It amazes me how people get to read words that your brain and heart created. Well done!

AMAZING STORY

Rochelle’s best book by far. The others have been fantastic but this takes her writing and the experience for the listener to a whole new level. Songs will forever take on a new meaning - music lovers ❤️

Very slow start! But once it finally picked up I liked it!

The book didn’t start to pick up until about half way through. I had the hardest time finishing this book!

Beautiful emotional story!

I really enjoyed listening to What You Do To Me , loved how music is a big part of the plot and how we slowly learn more and more about both couples life.

When life throws everything at you...

When life throws everything at you, there is music. What a wonderful story of love, misunderstandings, family, relationships and forgiveness.

Fantastic Feel-good story

Love, music, and redemption…truths and forgiveness. This book has it all. Fun and lovely!

Storytelling.

The author and audio performer did an excellent job describing the story’s characters, experiences and feelings!

What you do to me

What a book! I sometimes wish we could give half stars because I would probably give this one a 4.5! I extremely enjoyed the star crossed lovers story between Eddie, V and Sarah! What a beautiful and tragic story. Of course, I love all of this fiction and Twiss between Cecelia, Pete, Don and Cecilia‘s mother. I was slightly annoyed that Cecelia was so immature and willing to listen to Don and understand what really happened between Don and her-mother. Reporter, I felt she did really bad in doing the detective work for her parents… You can clearly tell there’s more to the story. I was not. I thought this was a great little fiction and I enjoyed every minute of it. Especially the connection between music or it is the best way to connect to everyone

Excellent, heartfelt, a ripping good yarn

I loved this book. From page 1 I was intrigued, finishing the book in 1 day!