The Rock Star In Seat 3A by Jill Kargman

 

Hazel has a perfect life.  She has the career she wants as the head of publicity and events at an exciting video game business.  She lives with Wylie, a gorgeous chef who loves her madly and has even just proposed.  So why did she avoid the proposal thinking she just wasn't ready to be married?

When she has to go to California to set up an event to launch the release of a new game, she can't believe her eyes.  Sitting next to her on the plane is Finn, the rock star who has been her crush since her teenage years.  Can she even get up the nerve to speak to him?  Before that can be decided, the plane goes through turbulence that spins it all around and Hazel ends up throwing up practically on Finn.  What a start!

But Finn seems to be interested in Hazel and a spark lights its fire.  Soon the two of them are cracking jokes and making plans to see each other when they land.  Surely a rock star like Finn couldn't be interested in her romantically.  Plus what about Wylie?  Hazel broods over her choices but ultimately can't resist Finn and starts a torrid affair with him.  She even goes on his tour of Europe?  Is this the new life she wants?

Although this romance ends as one might expect, I had a hard time with the novel.  I didn't particularly care for Hazel and definitely didn't care for her offhand treatment of Wylie who was nothing but committed and true to her.  Others may have a different reaction but I couldn't cheer for Hazel to cheat on Wylie as she did.  This book is recommended for romance readers who love a happy ending no matter how hazardous the path to it becomes.