Lyla's Song


Kay Layton Sisk
Starlight Writer Publication
Contemporary Romance
ISBN 1-929034-17-2
Setting: Jinks, Texas


Rock and roll's bad boy, Eddie T, has just been released from the Betty Ford Rehab Center. T's last performance on stage, was so outrageous, he'd been arrested on the spot, in front of thousands of fans. Now, he and the band's manager, Fletch, are headed to a remote location for three weeks' recouperation, before the band gets back to work. T is attracted to the landlady, at first seeing her as a challenge. Could events in the next three weeks send him spiraling backward into his former bad habits?

Lyla Lee is waiting for her new guests to arrive so she can show them around the house they're renting. After meeting them, she knows instinctively they are not what they seem. Lyla doesn't want to get involved with these two, but she finds herself drawn into their lives. She and Sam, have music in common, and the growing attraction between them, is dividing the community of Jinks into two camps. What will Lyla do when she finally learns the truth about her guests?

Lyla's Song is a wonderful story of a drugged out, alcoholic rock star trying to clean up his act, both onstage and off. There are some who fear his new lifestyle will end his musical genius. It seems T has been at his creative best when he's high. Proving the music is in his soul and not a byproduct of drugs and alcohol, won't be easy. T finds something else to send him on a high he's never experienced before, and he doesn't want to let it go. Whether or not it'll be good for him, remains to be seen.

T and Lyla play well off one another, and Lyla's eight year old son is amusing when constantly faced with his mother's "I'll explain later." Lyla's inlaws, and the man she's been dating on and off, are determined to rid Jinks of the unwanted guests. The rest of Lyla's customers eventually take sides and make life more difficult for her.

The story is well written and the road to it's conclusion has enough bumps to keep readers interested. Lyla's Song starts as a curious whisper and grows until its melody can be appreciated by everyone.



Reviewed by Brenda Gayle

February, 01

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