REVIEW: Nashville By Heart by Tina Ann Forkner

In Nashville By Heart by Tina Ann Forkner, Gillian Heart has her heart set on meeting music agent Will Adams. When his assistant turns her away, she can’t believe her luck when she runs into him outside his office building. Will is immediately attracted to her and agrees to listen to her CD. The last thing he expected was for her to be as talented as she was. He wants her, both personally and as a client. As they navigate both a personal and working relationship, Will learns that Gillian’s father is Cooper Heart, the hit songwriter that he had won a Grammy with for a song they collaborated on. While Cooper was successful, he abandoned Gillian and her mother and she in no way wants her name tied to him.

I thought this book moved quickly, especially in terms to their relationship. It seemed like they had just begun dating when Will starts suggesting that Gillian move in with him. At that point it didn’t even feel like they had gotten to know each other.

An issue I had with the book, other than the fact the relationship developed so quickly, was that we don’t really learn a whole lot about Will. He was a bit hesitant to get involved with a client, and we’re told that it was because he had been involved with a client before and it ended badly. Yet, readers aren’t really told what happened, other than she left Nashville. Considering it was a part of the reason why he handed Gillian over to someone else in his agency, it would have been nice to have known what happened.

Another issue I had was that the conflict between Gillian and Cooper ended too quickly without a satisfying resolution. Cooper apologizes and Gillian lets him back into her life. After all the years he missed, after all the years her mother had to struggle to provide for them by working two or three jobs at a time while he was out living the high life, she just instantly forgives him. Her mother does as well. It simply wasn’t believable or realistic.

If you’re looking for a light, quick read this may be a book to check out. If you’re looking for something where the characters have more depth and the relationship doesn’t feel rushed, you should look elsewhere.

Book Info:

Publication: July 5, 2016 | Velvet Morning Press |

Small town girl Gillian Heart moved to Nashville to get a record deal—not end up on some playboy’s arm. That’s why she tells herself she can’t get too personal with sexy music agent, Will Adams. Will makes her heart flutter, but he’s also broken plenty of hearts in this city.

Will thinks Gillian has what it takes to make it in Nashville, but he can’t help being wildly attracted to her in a way that has little to do with music. She inspires him to change his ways, but he’s still wary about mixing business with pleasure. He did that once before and got burned.

But neither Will nor Gillian can deny the spark between them. As things heat up, Gillian dares to imagine a life with Will—even though she knows he’s not a forever kind of guy. And then Will makes a move—bringing back memories of the father who abandoned her—that makes her question him and her whole life in Nashville.
Can Gillian get over the disappointments of the past and find her place in Nashville, and with Will?