Solid Gold Bachelor

by Kathye Quick

As the small town of Hillsborough, New Jersey prepares to welcome rock-star and former resident Shane Fox, accountant Carly Mitchell steels herself to face Shane. He was someone she loved long ago and buried deep in her heart after he left. Now, he is coming home.

Shane Fox, leader of super-star group the Rangers, contracted a benefit concert for Hillsborough’s Victims of Abuse Center for a specific reason—Carly. He needs to bury his demons and explain why he left. First, he must rebuild her trust.

Carly and Shane’s fragile truce is shattered when a fanatic groupie announces he is the father of her child. When the fan is found dead after the concert, the paparazzi goes wild. Will the past repeat itself as number-one suspect Shane goes on the run to clear his name, or will the truth behind his decade-ago disappearance surface in time to save Carly from the real killer?

284 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2017

About the author

Kathye was drawn into writing by her high shool journalism teacher who talked her into writing for the school paper. She's been writing in one capacity or another ever since. From short stories to a weekly newpaper column to fiction and non-fiction, she has touched on every writing genre avaiable to man (or woman). Kathye has also worked for a non-fiction publishing house and credits much of what she knows about the industry to the senior editor with whom she worked closely. Kathye is married and lives in New Jersey with her husband and one son left at home. She grown twin sons; one married and living in Arizona and one living in New Jersey. ONE RAINY NIGHT was written the year before Kathye lost her home and everthing in it to the flooding associated with Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Coincidently, the book opens with the heroine caught in a hurricane of her own. Kathye always says that if she knew she was going to be so prohpetic, she would hve written about a lottery winner.

She also writes as Kathryn Quick.

Accomplishments: President of New Jersey Romance Writers, 1992 and 2001

Reviews

[Lucinda Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid Gold Bachelor is the kind of second chance romance that grabs your heart from the very first page and refuses to let go. Kathye Quick blends small town nostalgia, celebrity glamour, and simmering emotional tension into a story that feels both cinematic and deeply personal.
Carly and Shane’s reunion is tender, messy, and real the kind of emotional rollercoaster that makes you ache for them even as you root for forgiveness. Shane, the rock star returning home with ghosts of his own, isn’t just a swoon worthy lead; he’s a man carrying regrets that feel painfully human. And Carly? She’s strong, grounded, and utterly relatable a woman trying to protect her heart but unable to deny the pull of the past.
What sets this story apart is how seamlessly Quick weaves romance with mystery. Just when you think Carly and Shane might finally heal old wounds, a shocking accusation and a tragic death throw everything into chaos. The suspense adds an electric charge to the love story keeping you flipping pages late into the night.
By the end, I was both teary eyed and smiling the mark of a story that hits all the right notes. Solid Gold Bachelor is heartfelt, dramatic, and beautifully written a perfect read for anyone who believes in redemption, enduring love, and the power of coming home.

[Brenda M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carly and Shane have a shattered past that is about to become the "present".
Shane is coming home for a benefit concert, but mainly , he wants to explain his absence from Carly's life. Meanwhile, everything that has happened in his life to lead him to where he is today, is about to blow up.
His brother, a crazy stalker, and a mobster are trying their best to keep Shane in line, but he's more worried about the line he crossed years ago.