This HaBO is from Lauren, who is trying to find a romance that’s lost in her Kindle collection:
I’m trying to remember the name/author of a book that I’ve only read a review of, but would like to read. Sadly, I’m also fairly sure that I own it, but I apparently have 1200 books on my Kindle account and it seems impractical to go through all of them.
I believe the book came out a few years ago, and the hero was both homeless and a musician (violin, I think?). The heroine would walk past and listen to him play. I want to say one of their names started with a J.
Oh, those pesky Kindle collections!
Some of the details don’t fit (it’s newer, it’s a guitar not a violin, and the names don’t start with J), but the description made me think of Christina Lauren’s Roomies.
Still life with strings? LH Cosway?
I thought of Roomies by Christina Lauren, too!
Huh, I think I’ve read a similar sounding mm. If only I could remember it.
GR has a list of romances with a homeless h/h
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/106781.Homeless_Romance_Hero_or_Heroine_
@cleo – pretty sure the mm with the homeless violinist I was thinking of is St Nacho’s by Z.A. Maxfield
Is it “Always” (2017) by Sarah Jio? Here’s a brief description:
Encountering a ragged homeless man on her way to a romantic dinner with her fiancee, Kailey Crane discovers that the man is the ex she never got over and confronts an impossible choice against a backdrop of the 1990s music scene in Seattle. – (Baker & Taylor)
Probably not (the homeless ex’s name is Cade, and this book came out last year). But I bet there are plenty of readers who re-watch “Singles” every year and remember when…
I also thought of Christina Lauren’s Roomies. She goes to the subway specifically to listen to him play and he is apparently some sort of musical genius who she gets a role in a Hamilton-like production.
I literally just finished this. Roomies by Christina Lauren.
Carrie did a rant about Roomies a few weeks ago!
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/roomies-christina-lauren/
Hey y’all! Lauren here. Thank you for all the suggestions!
I can tell you that it’s definitely NOT Roomies by Christina Lauren, since I also just read that recently and that’s what got me thinking about this book in the first place!
Bronte- I will check out Still Life With Strings! That sounds the most likely, though I could have sworn the hero was literally homeless, which doesn’t seem to be the case there… but it is aways possible I’m getting things mixed up.
Hey Lauren could it be mm? The description you provided sounds exactly like a book someone recommended me~ turned out a bit differently ~ guy walks home from work everyday- sees a guy playing guitar- guitar guy has aphasia. It’s short & cute.
Speechless- Kim Fielding
I haven’t read it, but Debra Anastasia’s “Poughkeepsie” has a homeless hero. Not sure if he’s a musician, though.
is there magic in it? I’ve read a book with a similar flavor that starts in Scotland and has some viscous fairies. Wait, no that was Singer of Souls and he was only sort of homeless.
@Betsydub I got extremely 1-clickey over the 90’s music scene romance…where has this book been?!
No idea about the homeless musician book though…unfortunately…
there should be a turbo search feature on Amazon for our Kindle libraries, so we could search key words.
Did it take place in New Orleans? If so, I read the same book.
Viscous Fairies is the name of my new band.
My first thought was Debra Anastasia’s Poughkeepsie….