Falls from Grace

Grace Notes, Book 1

By: Ruby Landers

Narrated by: Quinn Riley

Savannah Grace is a huge star in Nashville. At least, she was.

Her hit band Twice Struck topped the country music charts for almost a decade until her high-profile marriage to her bandmate and co-writer publicly exploded. Now she's fading from the spotlight and her own life, just trying to keep her head above water.

Brynn Marshall is a little lost. Dropping out of med school made her the black sheep of the family and now she's floating around LA trying to find a sense of purpose. When she falls down on her luck, her best friend—indie musician Noah Lyman—refuses to let her wallow. After all, he's just got his big break: co-writing with a megastar!

When Savannah enlists Noah to help her break out of country music and make a name for herself for once and for all, what better way to do it than to spend the Winter in her secluded vacation home in the woods of Vermont? And what better way for Noah to help out a friend than to pretend he's bringing along his wife?

After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2024 Ruby Landers (P)2024 Podium Audio

Wow

Wow!! Might be my new favorite book! Amazing and need another book about their life

An inside peek at music row

Wow, what a ride to the top! Totally enjoyed the insider perspective of Nashville. The depth of the characters and their individual journeys was compelling and heartwarming

YAY!

loved the book and loved the audio. can't wait for the next one. Great narration.

Beautiful.

My favorite book so supremely well done in this audio performance! The tension between the two main characters is intense, emotional and leaves you longing and praying for a happy ending.
So so so well done!

Checks all

Love the interaction w the kiddo. Well played, enduring and not annoying like many have been. Good balanced read.

Great listen

I really liked this one. Great characters, excellent storyline and hella good narration. (only negative was it was a little angsty)
Overall 💯 recommend.

Quinn Riley delivers another superb performance!

Savannah is an iconic country singer and enlists the help of Brynn’s songwriter best friend, Noah. The trouble starts when Brynn poses as Noah’s wife. There is so much packed into this story, yet it doesn’t feel overdone. Savannah is a single mom with a troublesome ex-husband. Brynn is on a non-trajectory with her life after dropping out of medical school. To make herself useful, Brynn becomes a nanny to Savannah’s son, Tucker. Tucker is damn cute and Brynn just fell naturally into her care for him. This story unfolds and we deal with recovery from alcoholism, from depression, and trying to find one’s way. Ruby takes great care with Savannah and Brynn and I cried TOO much. When Ruby brings us the alcoholism, for example, she shows us both alcoholism in its recovery form AND in its sickness. She brings us depression and suicide but that HEALING you feel when you come on the other side of it.

And the single mom aspect - I'm not sure another story handles this quite the same way. Brynn just comes naturally to this role of getting to know Tucker. And we see this celebrity mom who prioritizes her child and she does it with such care and love and fun.

It’s possible that I am wrong, but I think this is Quinn Riley’s best performance yet. All of my favorite narrators, they ALL can do that hysteria thing. They can do anger. They can do deep sadness. They can do a longing and arousal. But my favorite part of her performance was during the concert at the end - the crowd engagement, the electric feeling, it was all so great. She brought this sort of "knife edge" feeling to it. The tempo and timber of all of it - PERFECTION. You could really feel her excitement. Also, she really made me HATE Cole. She brings the different agonies that we feel from Savannah and Brynn, and she does the CUTEST voice for Tucker.

Worth the wait

I've been waiting for this to come to audio ever since seeing the great reviews for the novel. So glad I got to finally enjoy this story! Loved the pacing, chemistry, and the realistic and complex reactions to various revealitions through out. Can't wait for the rest of the series!

Fun Story

The story was fun and silly, but I didn't enjoy the narration. it's the first time I have listened to a fiction book sped up so that I could get to the ending faster. I bought it bc I really liked the narrators voice. It is strong and rich, and I thought the narrator would have good breadth of characterizations. Unfortunately, I should have listened beyond the newspaper announcements bc the entire book was read as though this was the big climax of the story. We never got a chance for a thought that didn't have the lilt of a TV announcement.

I really think the narrator's got an incredible voice, but I wish the book had been narrated in the softer tones the text was written in. So much of this book was about quiet moments.

Don’t pass this one

Slow burn!! It’s so freaking good the tension between the two characters. Then the ending… the steam.. the spice…. Do yourself a favor and just listen!