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LPD Records #3
False Notes & Broken Frets
Joan Washington just got the gig of a lifetime - lead guitarist for Jordan King. She packed her bags, moved to the big city, and has decided to be single for the first time in a long time. No romantic distractions - just the music.
Jordan King was once known as boy band royalty. Now he's moving on, releasing a solo album. His new band is nothing like his old one, and he definitely won't be making the same mistake this time around by dating someone in it.
Of course, his label has different plans.
After a single picture shows up in the tabloids of Jordan and his ex-boyfriend, his manager throws Joan and Jordan into a PR relationship.
It's fake, though. Totally fake.
They definitely won't fall in love with each other.
Of course not.
False Notes & Broken Frets includes:
Two bisexual musicians
A cat named after Freddie Mercury
One. Bed.
A happily ever after!
Author's note: while False Notes & Broken Frets is part of the LPD Records series universe, it is a standalone novel and can be read without reading Hammers & Heartstrings or Three Chords & the Truth First.
Jordan King was once known as boy band royalty. Now he's moving on, releasing a solo album. His new band is nothing like his old one, and he definitely won't be making the same mistake this time around by dating someone in it.
Of course, his label has different plans.
After a single picture shows up in the tabloids of Jordan and his ex-boyfriend, his manager throws Joan and Jordan into a PR relationship.
It's fake, though. Totally fake.
They definitely won't fall in love with each other.
Of course not.
False Notes & Broken Frets includes:
Two bisexual musicians
A cat named after Freddie Mercury
One. Bed.
A happily ever after!
Author's note: while False Notes & Broken Frets is part of the LPD Records series universe, it is a standalone novel and can be read without reading Hammers & Heartstrings or Three Chords & the Truth First.
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Published August 11, 2020
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Elle Bennett
5 books21 followersElle Bennett lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with her husband. She can often be found with a cup of tea and a good book.
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August 29, 2020
This book has damn near everything I could want in my fiction: fake dating, humor, heart, fake dating, pining, great protagonists, fake dating, music, and of course, FAKE DATING. Joan and Jordan totally have my heart. I think this is my favorite Elle Bennett romance yet and I can't wait to read more of her work in the coming years!
December 29, 2021
I read this book by @ellebennettauthor because both MCs, Jordan and Joan, are bi. Unapologetically so, and this book address many kinds of biphobia that exist and the double standard of how bisexuality is accepted depending on if women are bi versus men. This is a very fresh and important viewpoint, and I’ve truly never seen this in a novel. If this is the future for romance, sign me up. Put me in the rocket, let’s go.
Jordan is a former boy band singer and Joan is his new guitarist for his alt-rock solo project. Initially the relationship is a PR stunt because Jordan’s label doesn’t want anybody to know about his ex-boyfriend Steve. Joan, an anxious wreck of insecurity about relationships despite being quite strong and opinionated in other realms, is a guitar genius. She’s a riot grrl, if that exists for Gen Z. I don’t know - do they? They’re pretty great together from the start, opening up and trusting each other despite their bad experiences in the past. Joan is out and proud, and she really helps Jordan get to a place where he can be out and proud too. It’s a slow burn, but by the time they hook up, you’re cheering for them to just do it already because the chemistry is there. My favorite part is that they go to Pride together wearing bi flags as capes.
I don’t usually read NA books because the age of the protagonists is really young and I sometimes feel a bit too old to relate - and in some ways, I felt this about False Notes and Broken Frets. The writing is a little choppy between the characters, and it doesn’t quite flow all of the time, but that’s easy to overlook because the characters are cute and the story is sweet.
Overall, I really wish that when I was 22/23, there was a book like this for little baby bisexual me. Might have saved me some heartaches and headaches.
I would like to give Elle Bennett a hearty bi-five for giving bisexuals such a gift to bi Pride.
Jordan is a former boy band singer and Joan is his new guitarist for his alt-rock solo project. Initially the relationship is a PR stunt because Jordan’s label doesn’t want anybody to know about his ex-boyfriend Steve. Joan, an anxious wreck of insecurity about relationships despite being quite strong and opinionated in other realms, is a guitar genius. She’s a riot grrl, if that exists for Gen Z. I don’t know - do they? They’re pretty great together from the start, opening up and trusting each other despite their bad experiences in the past. Joan is out and proud, and she really helps Jordan get to a place where he can be out and proud too. It’s a slow burn, but by the time they hook up, you’re cheering for them to just do it already because the chemistry is there. My favorite part is that they go to Pride together wearing bi flags as capes.
I don’t usually read NA books because the age of the protagonists is really young and I sometimes feel a bit too old to relate - and in some ways, I felt this about False Notes and Broken Frets. The writing is a little choppy between the characters, and it doesn’t quite flow all of the time, but that’s easy to overlook because the characters are cute and the story is sweet.
Overall, I really wish that when I was 22/23, there was a book like this for little baby bisexual me. Might have saved me some heartaches and headaches.
I would like to give Elle Bennett a hearty bi-five for giving bisexuals such a gift to bi Pride.
November 3, 2021
3.5 stars
Interesting romance.
The characters are 22 and 23 years old and they are both bisexuals. The heroine has been out of the closet since she's a teenager but the hero is a rock star and cannot tell people due to his label.
He's heartbroken and she has never had a long relationship and has commitment issues.
He's her boss and they start to pretend to be fake girlfriend/boyfriend at his manager's request, then she moves in with him cause her lease is up and she has nowhere else to go.
They're both sweet and become good friends. She helps him make his coming out and they lust for each other but don't act on it until 70% of the book.
I'm disappointed because I didn't really feel the romance until the end and I felt that it was more a matter of helping him make his coming out whereas it was maybe only something to help them strengthen their relationship. All along I felt quite distant to the characters and I really disliked her commitment issues, which does not show great maturity.
All in all, it was OK but I was expecting more of it.
Interesting romance.
The characters are 22 and 23 years old and they are both bisexuals. The heroine has been out of the closet since she's a teenager but the hero is a rock star and cannot tell people due to his label.
He's heartbroken and she has never had a long relationship and has commitment issues.
He's her boss and they start to pretend to be fake girlfriend/boyfriend at his manager's request, then she moves in with him cause her lease is up and she has nowhere else to go.
They're both sweet and become good friends. She helps him make his coming out and they lust for each other but don't act on it until 70% of the book.
I'm disappointed because I didn't really feel the romance until the end and I felt that it was more a matter of helping him make his coming out whereas it was maybe only something to help them strengthen their relationship. All along I felt quite distant to the characters and I really disliked her commitment issues, which does not show great maturity.
All in all, it was OK but I was expecting more of it.
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January 26, 2025
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I appreciated the thoughtfulness surrounding both bi main characters, and the challenges & joy of being in an opposite gender relationship when bi.
I appreciated the thoughtfulness surrounding both bi main characters, and the challenges & joy of being in an opposite gender relationship when bi.
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