Sounds Like Love

By: Ashley Poston

Narrated by: Patti Murin, Ashley Poston

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ∙ A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.

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Joni Lark has a secret. She’s one of the most coveted songwriters in LA, and yet she can’t write. There’s an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.

When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family’s music venue, will spark inspiration. But when Joni gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is hiding something, her mother’s memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.

How can Joni write when her world is leaving her behind?

Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with it—belonging, apparently, to a wry musician with an emptiness of his own.

Surely, he’s a figment of Joni’s overworked imagination.

Then a very real man shows up in Vienna Shores. He’s arrogant and guarded—nothing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni’s head—and he has a plan for breaking their inconvenient telepathic connection: finish the song haunting them both and hope they don’t risk their hearts—or their secrets—in the process.

Because that melody, the one drawing them together . . . what if it’s there for a reason?

Critic reviews

“Poston has a knack for adding a dash of fantasy to her charming, poignant love stories.”—The Washington Post

“Sounds Like Love gives new meaning to what it means to make a ‘connection’ with someone. The whimsy and what-ifs of Ashley Poston’s novels have made her a must-buy for me!”—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name

"Ashley Poston charms once again with Sounds Like Love. Deeply romantic and delightfully whimsical, every page had me humming along. This story will be on repeat in my head for a while.” —B.K. Borison, New York Times bestselling author of First Time Caller

"I didn’t think it was possible to love Ashley Poston’s books any more than I already did, but Sounds Like Love is my new favorite. Romantic, deeply thoughtful, and exquisitely written, this one absolutely wrecked me."—Annabel Monaghan, USA Today bestselling author of Summer Romance

“This musical story reads like a ballad.”—NPR

“This read is fun and lighthearted, and I have a feeling it's one I'll be recommending for a long time.”—PureWow

"[An] imaginative and deeply moving romance."—Shelf Awareness

"Knowing Ashley Poston and her writing, she'll have you swooning by chapter 2."—Culturess

"[A] wonderfully evocative summer romance, imbued with all the effervescent feelings of long, hot days in a beachy tourist town. Pack this one, and maybe a nostalgic playlist, in your beach bag for a vacation this summer. You won't regret it."—BookReporter

"If you're a sucker for a big-city-girl-returns-to-save-the-family-business story with a magical, musical twist, Ashley Poston's latest should be your summer read . . . It's funny, romantic, a little mystical."—The Nod Mag

"This moving romance will delight Poston’s fans and should earn her plenty of new ones."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Poston (A Novel Love Story) explores grief and regret while inspiring hope in love with poetic banter and the comfort of a close-knit, eccentric, and humorous family . . . Poston writes another lyrical and magical tale set in a cozy beach town that will make readers want to savor reading it while sitting on the sand themselves. Hand to those who also enjoy B.K. Borison and Tarah DeWitt."—Library Journal

"Poston is comfortingly adept at creating complex characters who are kind, and surrounding them with realistic friends and family, while making the world of music writing, a small coastal town, and its music venue feel real."—Booklist

Very personal story

I liked the magical aspect. Would have liked more of that and less of the long goodbye. I appreciate the lack of sexual detail. Good romance

The long goodbye

I love that, while overall light and funny love stories, Ashley always strikes a relatable chord of the human experience (pun absolutely intended).

Sounds like love was such a fun concept and a beautiful tale about how terrifying it is to fall in love, to leave home, to miss out, to admit your dreams have changed, and to lose a loved one… suddenly or slowly.

A Lovely and clever must read

This is a love story with so many beautifully depicted objects of the main character’s life. A clever love story is the overall plot, but the richness of the side subjects are so relatable. It fully realizes the love of parents, the love of your best friend, the love of music, the love of hometown, the love of being in the moment, and the love of traditions all rolled into one beautiful, touching story. I feel this book so rich in audio may loose something in print. Download it today. After listening to this it gave me the same feels as the first time watching the movie “Beaches,” with my Mom. This book makes me want to call her just to talk about it all over again.

sadness we all go through in one way or another

Great characters and stories. Love the authors notes at the end and felt the pain and joy she did.

Heart-felt

This is the most touching and heart-filled romance book I’ve experienced this year. I laughed, I cried, I dreamed, I grieved. My favorite literary journey.