I'm so pleased that I attended an online author
event a little while ago as that's where I first became aware of this book.
When the gorgeous cover caught my eye and I read the blurb I knew it sounded
like the sort of thing I wanted to read so I was thrilled to be offered a spot
on the blog blitz for A Rock 'n' Roll Lovestyle, Kiltie Jackson's debut novel.
Sukie McClaren is over the moon when her boss asks
her to attend a business meeting in Salzburg just before Christmas. The reason
for her excitement is that this is the setting for her all-time favourite film,
The Sound of Music. She plans to take a few days of well earned holiday and
extend her work trip for a few days so that she can take in some sights as well
as the Christmas markets.
While Sukie is busy planning her trip and fizzing
with excitement, Pete Wallace, the world's Number One, best selling, male solo
artist, is also heading to Salzburg but his feelings are the exact opposite to
Sukie's. Despite his fame, Pete is not one for being in the spotlight, but as
he's heading out on tour again after a three year break, he has to meet with
the press and put himself out there.
When Sukie meets Pete at the Mirabellplatz they
don't get off to the best of starts as Pete suspects her of being a journalist but after some straight
talking from Sukie he realises that he's wrong and their friendship grows.
I adored this book! I was immediately drawn to the
characters of Sukie and Pete. Sukie is feisty and outspoken but with a heart of
gold. She has a close relationship with her mum, Beth, who just wants to see
her daughter settle down and marry a nice young man. Pete was endearing as the
reluctant pop star, who just wanted to be taken seriously for his songwriting,
rather than having his face and private life splashed over all the tabloids and
women's magazines. His friendship with his manager, Jordie, was an interesting
one. Jordie, having known Pete since he was a young lad just starting out,
wanted to make sure that he had Pete's back but at the same time he was getting
tired of the lifestyle but was too afraid to speak up as he knows Pete needs
and values his support.
This was a truly heart-warming read, just perfect
for this time of year, curled up with a big mug of hot chocolate and a few
cookies thrown in for good measure! It's clear that the author has herself got
a love of Salzburg as the descriptions of the area were so crystal clear she
could have been showing me photographs of them. I'm not a fan of snow but I
could almost feel it in the air as I was reading. I also think that Kiltie
shares a love of The Sound of Music with Sukie as her knowledge of places relevant
to the film shone through.
A Rock 'n' Roll Lovestyle is a thoroughly
enjoyable novel and an impressive debut from Kiltie Jackson. I really hope that
there's another book in progress as I'd love to hang out with Sukie again and
find out what comes next for her.
About the author
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| Photo courtesy of Kiltie Jackson |
Kiltie grew up in Scotland, Glasgow to be precise.
A very unique city with a very unique way of looking at life. When she was old
enough to do so, she moved to London and then, after several years of obtaining
interesting experiences -which are finding their way into her writing - she
moved up to the Midlands.
She currently lives in Staffordshire with five
cats and one husband. The cats kindly allow her and her husband to share their
house on the condition they keeps paying the mortgage!
Her little home is known as Moggy Towers, even
though despite having plenty of moggies, there are no towers!
She loves reading, watching movies, and visiting
old castles. She really dislikes going to the gym!
Her biggest desire is that one day she can give up
the day job and write her stories for a living.
Kiltie first began writing 'A Rock 'n' Roll
Lovestyle' over ten years ago. The project was shelved on Chapter Seventeen as
she felt the story wasn't flowing as she would like it to.
In her own words "The images in my head would
not come out of my fingers!" Fast forward to November 2016 when, having
finished reading Lizzie's Christmas Escape by Christie Barlow, she read more
about the author and was inspired with how Christie herself came to be a
best-selling author.
In that thunderbolt moment, Kiltie knew - with a
deep certainty- that she needed to reacquaint herself with 'A Rock 'n' Roll
Lovestyle' and begin writing again. She did this in January 2017 and found the
words flowed faster than she could type them. Finally, the time was right for
her to write her novel.
Her determination to finish what she had started
all those years ago was absolute and the first draft was completed on Sunday
16th April 2017.
Since beginning to write again, the ideas have not
stopped flowing. She has begun typing up her second book, 'Of All the Unlikely
Places', and book three (not yet titled) has been worked out and is waiting in
the wings for its turn in the spotlight.
She currently has a further ten plots and ideas
stored in her file (it's costing a fortune in USB drives as each story has its
own memory stick!) and the ideas still keep on coming.
She now lives her life around the following three
quotes:
"I love having weird dreams, they're great
fodder for book plots!"
"Why wait for your ship to come in when you
can swim out to meet it?"
"Old enough to know better, young enough not
to care!"
You can find out more about Kiltie and connect with her using the links below:
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GIVEAWAY!!!!
Before you go thanks to Kiltie and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources who organised this blog blitz I'm sharing the giveaway where you can be in with a chance of winning a £40/$40 Amazon voucher! Just click on the link below to enter using Rafflecopter.
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