ROMANCE

Love Is a War Song

Berkley. Jul. 2025. 336p. ISBN 9780593642627. pap. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Pop star and actor Avery Fox is on the brink of superstardom when an ill-advised magazine cover, where she’s styled in a feathered headdress, incites intense public backlash and accusations of cultural appropriation, despite her Indigenous heritage. Facing cancellation and receiving death threats, she goes to her grandmother’s horse ranch in Broken Arrow, OK, to lay low until the controversy dies down. The problem is that Avery has never met anyone in her extended family, and she knows nothing about the Muscogee culture in which her mother was raised. As she begins to connect with her culture and family for the first time, she finds herself fiercely drawn to Lucas Iron Eyes, a handsome but surly ranch hand. But they both know that this is just a temporary stop in her high-profile celebrity life, making a future together seem impossible. This grumpy-sunshine romance is set in a wonderfully scenic small town and offers plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, balanced with tender scenes, and rounded out with a lovable cast of characters.
VERDICT Readers will fall hard for Nava’s (The Truth According to Ember) steamy rom-com, brimming with themes of family, community, and belonging.
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