Fallen Legend
a love story
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3.3 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
★★★★★ “Emmanuelle Snow doesn't just tell a story, she creates an entire world." (Goodreads)
I never meant to fall for my boss.
Especially not one who hired me to help hold his family together while he tried to rebuild the life that was falling apart around him.
Sam Stevens is a country music star, a single father, and the grumpiest man I’ve ever met. When I agree to care for his two daughters while he prepares for a six-month tour, I tell myself this is just a job. A chance to help two sweet girls, earn a paycheck, and keep a safe distance from the wounded, closed-off man who barely seems to remember how to breathe without disappointment weighing him down.
That plan lasts about five minutes.
Because beneath Sam’s rough edges is a father doing his best, a man carrying more heartbreak than he knows what to do with, and a version of himself he’s long since stopped believing in. The more time I spend in his world, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between us—the quiet moments, the lingering looks, the kind of connection that feels a little too real for either of us to call harmless.
But falling for Sam could cost me everything.
He’s my boss. I’m the nanny. And the closer we get, the more dangerous it becomes to want the kind of life neither of us thought we’d have again.
Because loving him doesn’t just mean risking my heart.
It means risking the family I never meant to need.
Fallen Legend is an emotional romance about a single dad, a guarded country music star, and the woman who walks into his home when everything is falling apart. This is book one in the Lonesome Heart duet, and the introduction to Sam and Madison’s soulfully beautiful love story.
Tropes and themes:
Single dad, nanny romance, age gap, close proximity, emotional romance, found family, second chance at love
Customer Reviews
First half of Lonesome Heart, Sam and Madison’s incredible story
Formerly Legend and Country (Carter Hills Band 7), now part 1 of the Lonesome Heart Duet.
I absolutely adore Emmanuelle Snow - all of her books (I’ve read all 7 Carter Hills Band series now), and her as a person. She’s just so incredible! A brilliant author (amazing!), and such a kind and beautiful person.
Legend and Country - WOW! This one has so much depth, so many layers and emotions … so much going on here. It really needs all 580 pages for you to experience everything and heal along with the characters.
Sam, musician extraordinaire (nickname “Legend”, formerly friend of the Carter Hills Band, and who we know from previous books, a tiny bit), left the country music scene when his wife left him and his two very young daughters because being a wife and mom just wasn’t for her, leaving behind three broken people.
Fast forward two years, and Riley (manager), who we know and love from the previous books, tries to bring Sam back from the depths of depression and barely surviving, by getting him to think about getting back into music and touring again, with a nanny he’s heard of. Enter Madison… who changed everything, even though she’s had a hard life, and things continue being extremely difficult with twists that no one could have ever predicted (because every Emmanuelle Snow book has to have extreme circumstances that bring out all the tears, even for this non-emotional reader, and that’s just life)!!
It’s absolutely incredible, heart-wrenching, tear jerker (get tissues and chocolate and wine ready), and you won’t want to put it down so make sure you have a really long block of time free. One of her absolute best, and one of the very best books around, and probably of this whole year (yeah, I know it’s only January)!
I received an advance review copy from the author, and this is my honest feedback.