From Here to Nashville by Julie Stock
Rachel Hardy dreams of being a successful country music singer in Nashville's Music City, four thousand miles away from her lonely life in Dorset. When Jackson Phillips, an independent record label owner, encourages her band to audition for a nationwide 'Open Mic' competition, she decides they have nothing to lose.
But when she starts to fall in love with Jackson, the stakes suddenly get higher and she finds herself with a great big dilemma on her hands. Should she abandon her dream and take the easy way out or should she leave the life she has always known behind and take a gamble on a man who has personal demons of his own?
Follow Rachel and Jackson as they learn to trust in love again to see whether their music really can unite them.
This extract is from the beginning of chapter 3. Rachel bumps into
Jackson after attending church and they go for a drink together, and
she starts to find out more about him.
‘How about you, what do you do for a living that allows you to come
to Dorset for the best part of a month?’ I smiled, hoping he would
tell me more about himself.
‘I run a small business in Nashville which I’ve left in the hands
of my very capable team so it’s okay for me to be gone a while. I
have some business interests in London so I’ve been up and down
there a few times during my visit to earn my keep.’ I noticed he
didn’t tell me what his business was in but I didn’t want to seem
rude by asking too many questions. ‘Tom was telling me about a
singing competition that’s going on here over the summer,’ he
continued. ‘Have you heard about it? It’s called “Open Mic”,
I think he said.’
‘No, I haven’t heard about it but it sounds interesting. Do you
know any more about it?’
‘He said it’s a nationwide competition and there’s an audition
process. You guys would have no trouble getting through, I’m sure.’
He glanced out to sea as he finished talking so I couldn’t see his
face to get any clue about how strongly he felt about this. I had the
sense that he was trying to be neutral about it but I wasn’t sure
why.
‘I’ll have to look it up. Thanks for telling me about it.’ I
smiled.
We continued chatting for a bit longer and then walked back to the
cottage.
The Bistro by Watersmeet Bridge was published in August 2019, followed by Bittersweet, a collection of 12 Short Stories for Modern Life in September 2019.
Julie is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Society of Authors.
Julie is married and lives with her family in Bedfordshire in the UK.
Julie is married and lives with her family in Bedfordshire in the UK.
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