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A rock band. A reality show. A life swerving out of control.
The House of Archer cameras continue to roll, and Lily and Archer feel the pressure to perform. As the show’s stars and media’s newest darlings, their love life is bright in the public’s eye. But what should be the best time of their lives has Lily feeling like she’s an inch away from a head-on collision.
Between the never-ending cameras and a relationship moving forward at top speed, she barely recognizes her life anymore. All she wants is to pursue her writing career and plan her future with the man she loves. With complicated road blocks popping up at every turn, neither seems possible.
Time to call in reinforcements.
Recruiting the help of her sister, Rosemary, seems like the answer to Lily’s problems...until things between Rosemary and The Void’s spoken-for sound specialist, Sage Strickland, start to heat up. Now there’s one more teetering band relationship for Lily to balance in the media along with her own. One misstep could not only destroy The Void’s recent success but end the only career she has.
Once Lily, Archer, and the band transition from touring back to everyday life in L.A., they’ll have to learn how to navigate the twists and turns of their newfound fame. After all, the summer tour may be coming to an end, but the drama is just beginning.
The House of Archer cameras continue to roll, and Lily and Archer feel the pressure to perform. As the show’s stars and media’s newest darlings, their love life is bright in the public’s eye. But what should be the best time of their lives has Lily feeling like she’s an inch away from a head-on collision.
Between the never-ending cameras and a relationship moving forward at top speed, she barely recognizes her life anymore. All she wants is to pursue her writing career and plan her future with the man she loves. With complicated road blocks popping up at every turn, neither seems possible.
Time to call in reinforcements.
Recruiting the help of her sister, Rosemary, seems like the answer to Lily’s problems...until things between Rosemary and The Void’s spoken-for sound specialist, Sage Strickland, start to heat up. Now there’s one more teetering band relationship for Lily to balance in the media along with her own. One misstep could not only destroy The Void’s recent success but end the only career she has.
Once Lily, Archer, and the band transition from touring back to everyday life in L.A., they’ll have to learn how to navigate the twists and turns of their newfound fame. After all, the summer tour may be coming to an end, but the drama is just beginning.
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Published May 22, 2018
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Raine Thomas
44 books982 followersRaine Thomas is the award-winning author of more than 20 bestselling romances spanning contemporary romance, Sci-Fi romance, and YA fantasy romance. She's a hopeless romantic with a background in the fields of mental health and wedding planning...two areas that intersect far more than one would think. She's also a book fiend, grammar nerd, and editing Red Queen, depending on who you ask.
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May 14, 2018
My reality show guilty pleasure is a show that is only real within the fictional pages of Raine Thomas’ House of Archer series. I love it. I cannot get enough of it. And I end up wanting more of it when I am finished.
I was so stinkin excited to read the next installment to the series. After everything these great characters have been through, you’d think they would get some down time as the tour comes to a close. But the chaos of the show is taking its toll and the threat against Lily is stronger than ever. Not to mention Archer’s fear of losing Lily is wearing on him at every turn. Will their relationship survive the threats, the show and family drama?
I am so in love with Sage. He is freakin adorable in such a nerdy way. It’s the glasses of course. Just adorable. And bless Rosemary’s sweet little heart after all that she endured at the start of the book. While you will be snickering along with the story, women everywhere will be doing it in that very understanding way. We understand it. Solidarity and all that. But I just loved seeing him and Rosemary interact and fall for each other under the rouse of a fake relationship. They really stole the show.
What I love the mostest (that is a word right?) about this series, is even with each new book being about a new couple and their fight for love, it also brings back the couple that started it all: Lily and Dane. And then we also saw bits of Keith and Sydney’s new life throughout the story. So, while it focuses on the new couple, we also are following everyone else so they are not forgotten.
The story was amazing, the plot build up intense, and the ending was swoony. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. So much grabby hands for it!! If you haven’t read the books of this amazing series, please pick it up today. Get to know everyone who makes this book the awesomeness that it is. Fall for them. Hurt with them. Love with them. 5 Stars!
I was so stinkin excited to read the next installment to the series. After everything these great characters have been through, you’d think they would get some down time as the tour comes to a close. But the chaos of the show is taking its toll and the threat against Lily is stronger than ever. Not to mention Archer’s fear of losing Lily is wearing on him at every turn. Will their relationship survive the threats, the show and family drama?
I am so in love with Sage. He is freakin adorable in such a nerdy way. It’s the glasses of course. Just adorable. And bless Rosemary’s sweet little heart after all that she endured at the start of the book. While you will be snickering along with the story, women everywhere will be doing it in that very understanding way. We understand it. Solidarity and all that. But I just loved seeing him and Rosemary interact and fall for each other under the rouse of a fake relationship. They really stole the show.
What I love the mostest (that is a word right?) about this series, is even with each new book being about a new couple and their fight for love, it also brings back the couple that started it all: Lily and Dane. And then we also saw bits of Keith and Sydney’s new life throughout the story. So, while it focuses on the new couple, we also are following everyone else so they are not forgotten.
The story was amazing, the plot build up intense, and the ending was swoony. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. So much grabby hands for it!! If you haven’t read the books of this amazing series, please pick it up today. Get to know everyone who makes this book the awesomeness that it is. Fall for them. Hurt with them. Love with them. 5 Stars!
June 3, 2018
I received this eARC novel from Red Coat Publishing. This is my honest review.
Lily and Archer have been through a lot during the tour of a life-time. Lily went from hating the media, to being the biggest news in the media. She was shy and hid from the camera to now knowing how to act just the right way and say the right things to make sure it is portrayed the way she wants to the public eye.
When Rosemary, her older sister, agrees to be her wedding planner and plan the wedding of the year in 2 months, Lily is relieved. She's glad that she has the professional help to get everything figured out, while she can also do the 5 other things in life she has to do.
Rosemary didn't know what hit her when she got knocked down before one of The Void's concerts. Turns out, it was Sage, the music mixer in the band. And once she really looked at him, Rosemary wasn't too upset being knocked down to the ground.
And it turns out that Rosemary and Sage have more than just their unique names in common. With insomnia both of their friends, they typically meet most nights and just talk about whatever the mood strikes them at the time.
Then Sage has an insane plan, and he wants Rosemary to help him. At first she agrees, but the more they get sucked into his plan, the more she realizes that this might break her heart when it is all said and done.
With Rosemary's potential broken heart, and Lily's stalker still at large, The Void is definitely on edge, both on tour, and at home when they are done.
This series is just getting better and better! I really adored Rosemary and Sage! Raine Thomas has a way of having multiple - I mean MULTIPLE - viewpoints in her novels, and yet the reader can easily keep up with the story lines and everyone's individual issues that are happening. While I still am not the biggest Lily and Archer fan (...sorry...) I have loved the other two bandmates stories and the women they have fallen in love with.
I also love the suspense of the stalker(s) in Lily's life. I am so curious to see who this person might be, and it is going to kill me to wait for the next book(s) to find out!
I am so, so, so hoping that the next book is about Xander and Aria. Those two already have a connection and I would love to see it bloom into something more!
Now I just have to wait patiently for it to come out... :(
I am so glad that I got a chance to read this book, and this series, and will definitely be looking at more books by Raine Thomas now!
Lily and Archer have been through a lot during the tour of a life-time. Lily went from hating the media, to being the biggest news in the media. She was shy and hid from the camera to now knowing how to act just the right way and say the right things to make sure it is portrayed the way she wants to the public eye.
When Rosemary, her older sister, agrees to be her wedding planner and plan the wedding of the year in 2 months, Lily is relieved. She's glad that she has the professional help to get everything figured out, while she can also do the 5 other things in life she has to do.
Rosemary didn't know what hit her when she got knocked down before one of The Void's concerts. Turns out, it was Sage, the music mixer in the band. And once she really looked at him, Rosemary wasn't too upset being knocked down to the ground.
And it turns out that Rosemary and Sage have more than just their unique names in common. With insomnia both of their friends, they typically meet most nights and just talk about whatever the mood strikes them at the time.
Then Sage has an insane plan, and he wants Rosemary to help him. At first she agrees, but the more they get sucked into his plan, the more she realizes that this might break her heart when it is all said and done.
With Rosemary's potential broken heart, and Lily's stalker still at large, The Void is definitely on edge, both on tour, and at home when they are done.
This series is just getting better and better! I really adored Rosemary and Sage! Raine Thomas has a way of having multiple - I mean MULTIPLE - viewpoints in her novels, and yet the reader can easily keep up with the story lines and everyone's individual issues that are happening. While I still am not the biggest Lily and Archer fan (...sorry...) I have loved the other two bandmates stories and the women they have fallen in love with.
I also love the suspense of the stalker(s) in Lily's life. I am so curious to see who this person might be, and it is going to kill me to wait for the next book(s) to find out!
I am so, so, so hoping that the next book is about Xander and Aria. Those two already have a connection and I would love to see it bloom into something more!
Now I just have to wait patiently for it to come out... :(
I am so glad that I got a chance to read this book, and this series, and will definitely be looking at more books by Raine Thomas now!
May 31, 2018
So…if you’ve read my reviews for the first two books in this series, you saw me declare my undying love for Keith in my review for the previous book. I still hold true to this but, I have to say that Sage gives him a run for his money. Sage is sweet and nerdy in the very best way. And he wears his heart on his sleeve…a guy who wants true love and is willing to wait it out even when it seems impossible. Now, in truth, I spent a fair bit of this book frustrated with him, urging him to see what was right in front of him. But, at the same time, I was begrudgingly amazed at his commitment to making the right decision. Thankfully, he heard my pleas and finally grabbed his forever. And, speaking of that, Rosemary is a great character. After a very stressful beginning to her story, she settles in and becomes a member of the family. Traveling with the band, helping Lily plan her wedding to Archer, and battling her feelings for Sage. These two had great chemistry and I enjoyed their quiet moments together. Totally swoony!!
Of course, if you’ve ever read a Raine Thomas book you know that her stories always feel like you’re looking in on a family, meaning that characters are never forgotten. Once again, I was able to see what was going on with Lily and Archer, and Keither and Sydney. The other members of the Void and their significant others play a large role in this story, as do the members of the other band on the tour…and I love that. In this book we get an resolution to an ongoing mystery and I was quite satisfied with the resolution of that storyline. It both made sense to me and also provided a bit of a surprise.
Ultimately, Raine Thomas books have something in common regardless of whether they’re fantasy or contemporary…there are always well-rounded characters and deep emotions. Add to that wonderful writing and you’ve got yourself a book you can immerse yourself in! If you haven’t read a book by this great author yet, do yourself a favor and get one today!
Of course, if you’ve ever read a Raine Thomas book you know that her stories always feel like you’re looking in on a family, meaning that characters are never forgotten. Once again, I was able to see what was going on with Lily and Archer, and Keither and Sydney. The other members of the Void and their significant others play a large role in this story, as do the members of the other band on the tour…and I love that. In this book we get an resolution to an ongoing mystery and I was quite satisfied with the resolution of that storyline. It both made sense to me and also provided a bit of a surprise.
Ultimately, Raine Thomas books have something in common regardless of whether they’re fantasy or contemporary…there are always well-rounded characters and deep emotions. Add to that wonderful writing and you’ve got yourself a book you can immerse yourself in! If you haven’t read a book by this great author yet, do yourself a favor and get one today!
May 31, 2018
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I loved Sage and Rose's story. Their road to happiness was a bumpy one but one well worth the wait. If you’ve ever read a Raine Thomas book you know that her stories always feel like you’re looking in on a family, meaning that characters are never forgotten. Once again, I was able to see what was going on with Lily and Archer, and Keither and Sydney. The other members of the Void and their significant others play a large role in this story, as do the members of the other band on the tour…and I love that. Ultimately, Raine Thomas books have something in common regardless of whether they’re fantasy or contemporary…there are always well-rounded characters and deep emotions. Add to that wonderful writing and you’ve got yourself a book you can immerse yourself in! If you haven’t read a book by this great author yet, do yourself a favor and get one today!
I loved Sage and Rose's story. Their road to happiness was a bumpy one but one well worth the wait. If you’ve ever read a Raine Thomas book you know that her stories always feel like you’re looking in on a family, meaning that characters are never forgotten. Once again, I was able to see what was going on with Lily and Archer, and Keither and Sydney. The other members of the Void and their significant others play a large role in this story, as do the members of the other band on the tour…and I love that. Ultimately, Raine Thomas books have something in common regardless of whether they’re fantasy or contemporary…there are always well-rounded characters and deep emotions. Add to that wonderful writing and you’ve got yourself a book you can immerse yourself in! If you haven’t read a book by this great author yet, do yourself a favor and get one today!
June 21, 2019
Loved it!
Loved it! I appreciated connecting past characters to this book and loved the mention of characters from a different series.
Loved it! I appreciated connecting past characters to this book and loved the mention of characters from a different series.
June 29, 2019
I can't believe that I missed reviewing this book when it first came out! It's a great series from a great author. Raine has done her homework when it comes to telling these stories. If I was involved in the life of a headliner band, I would imagine it being just like the lives involved in this and the last 2 stories. It is not a series you would want to miss!
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