I was happy to receive the 3rd book in the White Trash series by Teresa Mummert for review. I have reviewed the first two in the series here on the site. White Trash Beautiful and White Trash Damaged. You can check out the reviews to refresh your memory and get ready for the third book.

A Song For Us by Teresa Mummert
Series: White Trash
Publisher: Gallery Books; Original edition
Pub date: April 22, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-147673209

Synopsis: Cass Daniels and rocker Tucker White are finally replacing guitar feedback with wedding bells as Teresa Mummert concludes her gritty New York Times and USA Today bestselling trilogy. But now it’s Eric’s turn for love. Will the band’s brooding drummer ever let go of his troubled past—and the one girl he can’t forget?

Thanks to the MTV Video Music Awards, Damaged is suddenly famous. But as their star rises, drummer Eric begins to spiral out of control. Haunted by the tragic events of his childhood, he gets into fights after gigs and flies off the handle when the paparazzi approach. Drinking numbs the pain—but his behavior could cost him his rock star dreams.

Only one person has ever gotten Eric to open up about his life. Sarah, the lead singer of Filth, has a confident façade that masks her own painful secrets. But Sarah’s tumultuous relationship with her bandmate and boyfriend Derek forces her to keep Eric at a distance. As their friendship grows into something more, Eric has to find a way to forget his tortured past before it jeopardizes his only chance for a happy future.

My Thoughts: I was looking forward to reading the third book in the series and I was pleased to find that the author still has the same great writing style for this book as the first too. I have to admit I was a little disappointed that more of the other 2 main characters, Cass and Tucker, in the first two books were only highlighted in this one here and there. The theme is focused around their wedding and features Eric and Sarah.

The relationship between Eric and Sarah is difficult. They both have feelings for each other and everyone knows it. Derek, Sarah’s boyfriend, is in the middle with hate towards Eric and feelings for Sarah. The author has created a huge amount of issues with these characters and most of the book is them trying to work through enough to trust and admit that they care for each other.

I enjoyed the book but I did get a bit irritated with chapter after chapter of angst and drama. I kept saying to myself – just admit it and lets get to the happy part. But once the happy part got there, it was worth the wait. I loved the ending!

Overall, this book is a good installment for this series and one that you will enjoy too. This is coming out in a few weeks so make sure to pre order your copy.

Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.

When I was around 18 or 20, I started reading a book that looked interesting in the book store. It was about espionage, written by some guy named Robert Ludlum and I was hooked! I read every one of his books, Tom Clancy’s and any others I could find too. Yes, I do read a lot of different style of novels and love it. So when I was sent this book for review, I was excited. It was right up my alley.

Runner by Patrick Lee
Series: A Sam Dryden Novel (Book 1)
Audio CD
Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition
February 18, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1427236074

Synopsis: Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she’s running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal—to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the eleven year old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept in a secret prison by forces within the government. But she doesn’t know much beyond her own name, Rachel. She only remembers the past two months of her life—and that she has a skill that makes her very dangerous to these men and the hidden men in charge.

Dryden, who lost his wife and young daughter in an accident five years ago, agrees to help her try to unravel her own past and make sense of it, to protect her from the people who are moving heaven and earth to find them both. Although Dryden is only one man, he’s a man with the extraordinary skills and experience—as a Ranger, a Delta, and five years doing off-the-book black ops with an elite team. But, as he slowly begins to discover, the highly trained paramilitary forces on their heels is the only part of the danger they must face. Will Rachel’s own unremembered past be the most deadly of them all?

My Thoughts: This book starts with a bang and never stops. Sam Dryden is out for a run late and night and suddenly he is thrown into a wild run when he decides to help a young girl on the run from government agencies. The main problem is that the government has unlimited resources and Dryden doesn’t.

This story is super fast paced. You are thrown from one breathtaking moment to another through the twists and turns of Sam and Rachel while on the run. They are pursued relentlessly and you constantly have your breath in your throat as you wonder how they are going to get out of the predicaments that come one one after another. Rachel is wanted and those pursuing her and not Sam are not giving up. You only get bits and pieces of the reason behind what the government is trying to hide and there are many times I wanted the story to hurry up since I could not turn the pages!

I received the Audio version and the reader, Raul Esparza, was fabulous. He really added so much to this story. He read this story perfectly, adding breathless voices, panic and more. You can really feel the story and get lost into it, just like it should be when listening to an audio.

This novel was awesome! I had never read a Patrick Lee book before but I am definitely waiting for the next book and I am grabbing his prior books too. My husband is listening to Runner right now. This is the type of book that our family listens to while we are on road trips and this one is going on the next trip for sure.

If you enjoy intense situations and fast paced books, definitely check this one out.

Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.