Hope Franke Strauss: The BOOKS

The BOOKS

A Guitar Girl Romance series is a collection of contemporary inspirational romance novels set in the singer/songwriter world. The books are companion novels, with shared settings and characters, but each is a complete stand-alone story with a HEA (happily ever after) and no cliffhangers!

The first 4 books include MP3 links to original music by talented Indie Artists, so you can hear the characters sing!

Books in A Guitar Girl Romance can be read in any order, but are best enjoyed in sequence.

Sun & Moon
Flesh & Bone 
Heart & Soul 
Peace & Goodwill - Christmas Novella 
    

BUZZ for Sun & Moon:


"I felt like this could have happened. This had been someone's life. The beautiful writing leads from one paragraph to another." - Laura Pauling, author of A Spy Like Me


I loved the German setting and felt like I'd been transported to a truly different culture... The idea of combining music with the book is wonderful, ... Love the different, less-edgy, spin Strauss took with a New Adult Romance! - Denise Jaden, author of Losing Faith


 Sun & Moon





Katja Stoltz is a risk-taking singer-songwriter, hoping to make it in the indie music scene in Dresden, Germany. Micah Sturm's a brooding uptown banker on a quest.

Driven to the streets, Katja is picked up by Micah - but he doesn't want what she thinks he does.

There's an undeniable attraction between them, a gravitational pull they both struggle to resist. Katja can't help but fall in love. 

But Micah has a secret that could ruin everything.

Will Katja find happiness on her quest for the truth about Micah? Will her heart finally open to God's unconditional love?



BUZZ for Sun & Moon:

"I felt like this could have happened. This had been someone's life. The beautiful writing leads from one paragraph to another." - Laura Pauling, author of A Spy Like Me



I loved the German setting and felt like I'd been transported to a truly different culture... The idea of combining music with the book is wonderful, ... Love the different, less-edgy, spin Strauss took with a New Adult Romance! - Denise Jaden, author of Losing Faith


Flesh & Bone



Singer songwriter Eva Baumann has a celebrity crush on Sebastian Weiss. He's perfect to love because there was no way they could ever be a thing.  She's a nobody. He's a heart throb. Hiding an infatuation is easy for her because, since her accident, hiding is what she does best.

Sebastian Weiss's band climbed the charts, seemingly overnight, and he's finally living the dream. All he has to do is write enough songs to produce a second album. The bad news is he hasn't written a new song in over a year.

Sebastian stumbles into the Blue Note Pub in time to hear Eva Baumann perform a hauntingly beautiful song. Could this girl be the answer to defeating his writer's block?

Eva and Sebastian begin a complicated writing relationship that leads to more. But Sebastian has a secret that will devastate them both.


BUZZ for Flesh & Bone:

"The story was simply fabulous and I smiled most of the way through... a fairy tale romance of sorts.... 5 Adoring Stars!" Mandy Anderson

"I've always loved the idea of joining the arts and creating new combinations of expression. I love the idea of music and literature (especially in a book about a musician!)" Denise Jaden

"I fell in love with Sebastian, and could totally understand Eva's crush on him. Eva was an incredible main character, too. I loved how her bravery and innocence completely shook Sebastian's world." Ana Lu



Heart & Soul



Gabriele Baumann-Smith is deliriously in love with her young husband Lennon.
Except, it turns out that Lennon Smith isn't his real name. In fact, he's full of secrets: a cottage on the southern British coast, an old girlfriend and... an identical twin brother.

Callum Jones—not his real name—can't believe his brother's widow came to England. He'd warned Mick—Lennon—that an inheritance could put the girl's life in danger, and he was right.

“Mrs. Smith” is the last thing Callum needs to worry about right now. She's beautiful, sure, takes his breath away at times. But when she looks at him, who does she see?


Gabriele's heart is battered and bruised. Can one brother fix what the other left behind? And will they live long enough to find out?

BUZZ for Heart & Soul
"...this took a turn for the spy/thriller genre, which surprised me, but still carried the strong romantic flavor and wonderful accompanying music, like the first two books. I think this is a great series and would recommend it to contemporary romance fans." Denise Jaden, author of Foreign Exchange

"I don't want to give away what the danger is, but suffice it to say, it's a very real and plausible threat. Gabrielle is a good leading lady. She doesn't back down from anything or anyone in this book, but she's still vulnerable, making her well-rounded and likable." J Harrell, Amazon reviewer


PEACE & GOODWILL




Belle gets the best Christmas present ever, a man in uniform! Ian is a soldier home on leave. Neither of them have any idea how good it will feel to fall in love or how hard it will be to say good-bye. 



Anna is spending the holidays alone again with only her faithful dog Angel to keep her company. She can’t afford to pay the rent and her landlord is threatening to kick her out. At least she’s finished with her chemo treatments. She can be thankful for that. Plus, there’s Rhys, the handsome visitor with kind eyes. 



One fateful, cold and snowy night a chance encounter changes everything. Love is lost. Love is found. Life will never be the same. 

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