I really enjoyed this opposites attract romantic comedy. Joanne Green is the tough as nails rocker, whilst Liam is the sweet and sexy librarian. On the face of it these two people couldn't be more different, however as their relationship develops we see that Jo has a secret sweet side, whilst Liam has hidden edgy depths. Their inner dialogue and interactions with other townspeople made me laugh out loud. The story was well written and I eagerly turned the pages so I could find out how they achieve their HEA.

* ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in return for an honest review *

Punk rocker, Joanna Green was just about to become famous with her group, the Bunny Slippers, until she walks off the stage during a big concert. After the crash and burn of her career, she goes back home to Halikarnassus, New York. She is mortified to be coming back as a failure. She feels like she let herself down and that is basically what everyone was expecting to happen to her. It just so happens that she can cover up her embarrassing return home by telling everyone she came back to take care of her grandmother, as she recovers from a broken leg.
Liam Byrd is the hot new librarian in town. He loves everything about Halikarnassus, New York. He likes knowing people on the street, he loves being able to make changes at the local library he runs and he is all about reading and books. *major swoon moment* Some of the more hilarious scenes detail how the grandmas come out each day to "run into" Liam on his daily runs.
I loved this book! I love a good librarian story that is not about a stereotypical librarian. Liam is male (definitely a minority in the library world), he is hot, well read, active, interesting....what's not to love??? But he knows his library stuff. He knows how to bring in new readers, how to manage and run a public library and has the patience of a saint when dealing with the public.
The nail biting climax (no pun intended) will make it impossible for you to put the book down. Joanna has to make a major decision about her career and her relationship. What does she want? You won't stop until you find out.
I love the cover. The photographer did a nice job capturing the authors vision of what the characters might look like. It's attractive and fun. The book is a quick, entertaining and engrossing read. I love a good HEA. I would totally reread this book. And ask the author to send me one hot male librarian :) ...

Hot guy librarian meets once troubled youth punk rocker chick. It's fun and flirty with a bit of self-discovery thrown in. If you like Olivia Dade’s librarian series, you should be all over this.

I received an ARC of this book, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Falling for Trouble by Sarah Title is scheduled to be released on June 27, 2017 by Kensington Books and is a romance novel. The main character Joanna Green returns home to take a break from touring with a famous band. Upon returning she learns that her grandmother has just gotten out of the hospital suffering from a broken leg. Joanna uses this excuse to take care of Peggy instead of going on tour. While back home she meets Liam and soon they have feelings for each other. Will Joanna want to stay in her small hometown with Liam or travel the world on tour with her famous band? I found this to be a really enjoyable read that had me laughing

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Joanna Green, the guitarist in an up and coming band called Bunny Slippers, returns to her small home town having thrown away the chance to tour supporting a more famous band. Fortunately, but unbeknownst to her, the grandmother who raised her has just got out of hospital and Joanna is able to use this as a partial excuse for her return. Peggy, the grandmother, broke her leg while (slightly disturbingly) watching the town librarian Liam running in his sportswear.

I have mixed feelings about this novel. I enjoyed reading it very much and it was written with a light touch. There were several scenes which made me laugh. However, the beginning and the end were problematic for me: the opening chapters consisted of Joanna repeatedly musing on how she had thrown her career away without actually revealing the details of why she had acted as she did. This was eventually explained, but the foreshadowing got tiresome. The beginning also contained a lot of Joanna being extremely rude to perfectly pleasant people who were helping her or her grandmother. At one point Liam describes her as "cool and aloof"; I would describe her as "petulant and rude".

The middle was a delight; the concert at the children's library event, the rehearsal with Kirsten, the book club meeting. I liked Liam and believed that he was a librarian - he did actual work. Joanna starts to behave more like normal person (albeit a normal person who spends months living off her grandmother and constantly talks about how she is going to leave very soon, despite seemingly having no plan, no qualifications, no job prospects).

Then the ending... Suddenly we learn that Joanna is a very traumatized person and her petulance is not her fault. This section didn't really work for me. I didn't really believe that Joanna doubted how much Peggy loved her and the abrupt change in tone from the humour of the rest of the book grated. The whole library/football stadium town council meeting felt contrived and squeezed in to bring things to a head. There was an opportunity to develop the (to me very interesting) Hal/Kirsten story arc, but this was not taken up.

In conclusion, I didn't like Joanna, I don't think she was good enough for Liam and I don't think she'll make a good mayor. Despite all that I had a great time reading this story - it was fun.