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Vocal Crush Kindle Edition

by Lisa Swinton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
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Seven years ago, Nick chose his career over Lexi. When he returns, will he break her heart again?

2016 RONE Award Winner - Best Contemporary Sweet
"Vocal Crush" is a great choice to top any to-read list! - InDTale Magazine

Lexi’s acting career took her all over the world and anywhere Nick wasn’t. Tired of trying to outrun her broken heart, she settles in Las Vegas, ready to meet a nice guy and put down roots. Her quiet summer goes haywire when she’s pulled in as a coach on a televised vocal competition.

Though feeling out of her league among the celebrity coaches, Lexi fights for the most promising contestants. One note from a single voice shatters her world and lands Nick on her team. With her vocal crush on him raging as strong as ever, she has nowhere to run from Nick’s dreamy looks or siren voice.

If Lexi and Nick can’t work through their painful past, then they can never have a future, regardless of vocal crushes.

Vocal Crush is a clean and wholesome contemporary romance. If you like second chance romance, imperfect characters, and a story with all the feels, then you’ll love this RONE award-winning novel by Lisa Swinton.

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Passion meets "The Voice" in this romantic tale of coach and contestant! Lexi is confident in everything except love. After Nick abandoned her she found herself unable to fall for a guy again. Now Nick wants a second chance and his methods will leave the reader swooning. Between the music and the drama surrounding the contestants as they fight to win the competition this story is better than the TV shows! The book gives more insight behind the scenes of the competition and makes the reader want to vote for more than one character. The only downside is Lexi's extreme hesitancy to discuss the past, which leaves the reader out of the loop for a while. "Vocal Crush" is a great choice to top any to-read list! -InDTale Magazine

Very entertaining to read this fun, fast-paced, music reality story. Nick and Lexi were 'stars' in a plot that keeps readers turning the pages with excitement. The character development and swoon were perfect in this clean romance, with personalities that provide just the right amount of intrigue and interest to ensure a read that got me lost in the book - out of my own personal reality! I especially enjoyed the chemistry between the characters and love how they gave a taste of drama that wasn't too heavy or serious in its contemporary atmosphere, since I expected it at the start. Swinton has once again shown that she is both creative and a visionary when it comes to her talent. I appreciated, more than anything, how I felt so involved in the setting, plot and life of the characters - which is something that is rare in romance novels. Once again, I find myself counting down to another novel from Swinton! - The Book Stalker

About the Author

Award-winning author Lisa Swinton loves romance, travel, Disney, Jane Austen, and tidying up, not necessarily in that order. When she's not writing and being a mom, you might find her singing on stage.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B015EM7506
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 14, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 14, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3284 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 297 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0B1V98X9W
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Award-winning author Lisa Swinton loves romance, travel, Disney, Jane Austen, and tidying up, not necessarily in that order. When she's not writing and being a mom, you might find her singing on stage.

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My Book A Day
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the fast paced plot and characters in this book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2018
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I got quickly engrossed in this book for several reasons. The author did a great job with characters, the plot was fun and fast paced, and I wanted to know what happened to Lexi as she was helping with the competition.

Lexi is a great character. I loved that she seemed real and she was not a perfect person by any means. Lexi has run from her old life because of Nick, a man she once loved. She’s trying to do everything a normal high school teacher would do and also hide from her past. Which becomes really hard to do when she helps her best friend with the competition and her ex-boyfriend Nick ends up being on her team. I loved the way that she tries so hard to hide from Nick, but he keeps getting shoved into her space, at home, at work, everywhere.

I liked Nick too, I thought he was a gentleman, and a true romantic. It would have been fun to have seen some of the story through his eyes as well.

I liked the plot of this one too. It was fast paced and fun. I loved that there were several places where Nick and Lexi had misunderstandings about who loved who, like when Lexi was helping a friend pick out an engagement ring for his girlfriend and Nick was stalking her, not knowing what she was doing. It made the book that much more fun.

This book is a cute, fun, clean romance that you won’t want to put down!
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mara
4.0 out of 5 stars Love and music
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2018
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Lexi spent 7 years singing and dancing in Broadway musicals as long as they took her far away from Nick Rivers, who broke her heart when he left with just a text message. Then she left it all behind and moved across the country to Las Vegas to be a high school drama teacher. Lexi may have moved far away from NYC, but she hasn't moved on. Nick still has a hold of her heart, which becomes a real problem when her best friend, Taffy, gets her to be a coach on a vocal competition, and Nick is one of the contestants.

I really liked this book--the main characters are real with flaws like being really, really stubborn. Sometimes Lexi drove me crazy--she was upset with the way Nick left things, and anyone with feelings would be, BUT she deleted all his emails, voicemails and text messages without reading or listening to them, and told her friends not to pass on any messages from him, but then was upset because she didn't know why he left like he did!! I did understand her cravings for chocolate when she was upset, and it made me want chocolate every time she and Taffy had brownie sundaes.

Nick is sweet and truly sincere with his efforts to apologize to Lexi, but he also drove me crazy with his lack of communication. There were misunderstandings that could've been avoided if he had just told Lexi he wasn't dating anyone, etc. I hope these two learn to communicate better before they tie the knot. I think his dive into the lagoon to get to Lexi's gondola was quite the attention getter.

I loved Grant! He was perfect as a girl's best guy friend. I loved the brother/sister type of teasing and he was there for her when she had a meltdown and needed to cry or make Nick jealous, which I thought was funny. And any guy who helps paint your house is great in my book.

Because this story takes place during a singing competition, there's a lot of music references, but because Lisa Swinton is awesome she has a playlist at the end of the book.
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Jessie C
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm Crushing
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015
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This was my first book by Lisa Swinton, and now I'm holding myself back from starting Ring on Her Finger immediately.

Vocal Crush centers on Lexi and Nick, who met each other on Broadway seven years ago. Nick broke Lexi's heart, but she has never let him explain his side of the story. Now when she's the coach on a vocal competition TV show, he reenters her life, and finds a spot on her team.

We all know he's going to win her back over, right?

What I really loved about this book, was how I felt like I was there. I could visualize the show, and wanted to know the characters. I wished that Las Vegas Voice was a real show that I could watch.

I ached for Lexi and her heartbreak, and also wanted to yell at her a few times. Yes, she has suffered, but she should have let Nick talk to her.

The romance was sweet, believable, and I loved the way that Nick and Lexi sang together. I now need to download some songs mentioned in this book 😀

Content: clean (some kissing)
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Cindy
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story in a fun setting
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2016
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This book has a really fun setting. I don't watch music reality shows, but I found myself pulled into the story and the dynamics of the voice competition. It was interesting to see how it all worked backstage and it felt very realistic how it was portrayed.

The main story revolves around Lexi and Nick, who had a relationship seven years prior. Due to some poor choices by Nick, Lexi's unflinching stubbornness, and a lack of communication on both sides, they've been apart and never resolved their issues before. When Lexi finds herself a last-minute judge in the competition and discovers Nick is one of the contestants, they are once again in close proximity and are eventually forced to discuss what happened.

The secondary characters did a good job of adding to the story, but at times I felt that there was too much drama going on, which is probably normal in reality TV and in this type of thematic situation.

3 1/2 starts elevated to 4. It's a clean story with a sweet ending, appropriate to young adult readers.
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tutors463
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020
I enjoyed reading this story; the only reason I gave it a three was because I don't see cutting someone off with explanation. waiting seven years in turmoil, just too long. I liked the characters they were well-developed with humor and romance; Nick and Lexi had great chemistry. I would still recommend this book.
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Bernadette Cinkoske
5.0 out of 5 stars Failure to communicate
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
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I was engrossed in this story from the first chapter. There are many interesting, believable characters - not just Nick and Lexi. The supporting characters were very important also. I am not a reality TV fan but this story was a fascinating insight into that arena. This story highlights all the pain, agony and feelings of rejection that occur when we fail to communicate. I highly recommend this very engaging romance.
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Alison J
5.0 out of 5 stars From Broadway to Vegas
Reviewed in Australia on July 22, 2023
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After moving far away from Broadway and Nick, Lexi starts teaching as a way to give back after her amazing career in musical theatre. When her friend ropes her into being a judge on a reality music show, Lexi's summer goes crazy when she turns her chair around, after hearing a contestant's voice, only to realise it's the guy who broke her heart seven years ago. Nick chooses to be on her team and she quickly realises she still has a crush on Nick.

There is a lot for both of them to work through and some high stakes drama on Hoover Dam and in an elevator.

I don't watch reality tv shows, but I do like musical theatre and my fave scene was when Lexi gave a performance masterclass when one of the younger members of her team clashed with her about song choices.

I wasn't surprised to learn the author is a singer herself, which added authenticity to the story line and it was a nice touch to add a playlist of songs used in the story to the back of the book.
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