2025-01-27

Musical Monday: Austin (Dasha)


So there's kind of an interesting story having to do with this song. I'm one of those people who obsessively listens to song lyrics. And this song used to drive me crazy because the person singing the song makes no sense. She was living in Texas and had gotten involved with someone and they had decided to move to California together. But when she went to pick him up to leave, he wasn't home. 

So--like no one does ever--she decided he'd changed his mind for some unknown reason, and she leaves without him and the whole song is about her wondering what happened to him.

BUT she doesn't wait to find out, she just leaves town. 

The song is catchy as hell, but (to quote from The Big Lebowski): the story is ludicrous. 

Fast forward to me, attempting to plot Fall For You. I had a heroine who left town and left the hero behind. I needed a reason for that. My heroine actually does exactly what the singer does in this song Gets ticked off and goes on her own. Doesn't find out until later what had happened. The hero is a little pissed about that--as anyone would be!

My heroine at least has a reason. She'd been abandoned as a child and thought it was happening again. 

The song still makes no sense.



Fall For You: Texas Heat
Heartwood, Texas: Book One

Available for pre-order now: FallForYou

Jocelyn Barnes couldn’t wait to leave Heartwood in her rearview mirror—even if it meant breaking two hearts in the process. Now, with her career on hiatus and her great-aunt in need of help as she recovers from concussion, Jo finds herself right back where she started, older but not much wiser, and about to make all the same mistakes all over again.

 

 Carter Donahue doesn’t believe in looking back. As the chef/manager of his family’s new farm-to-table restaurant, he’s got his hands full. With a goal of turning his legacy into a must-see, Hill Country destination, his focus is on the future. The past? He’d rather that stayed buried. The last thing he needs (or wants) is to dig up those old feelings or fall back in love with his ex—especially when she’s already got one foot out the door. Again.

Releasing January 30, 2025

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