At All by Mindy McKinley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the third of the Adams brothers series and this time it is the turn of Sebastian Adams,he is the youngest of the three brothers, but he is still successful. In his own right as a jazz musician, where he plays the tenor saxophone with the Jazzmen, or at least he was until an alcohol fueled mistake sent him back home and into recovery, but it is harder than it looks and when he ends up teaching in a music store, he realises that he has no idea what to do with all the time he now has. Maelie Barre is the daughter of a world-famous violinist who is just as talented, but she prefers to teach the violin rather than perform with one, plus she is successful at it and her students love her, not to mention that she is writing a pedagogy book and trying things with her students to see how the exercises would work with their intended audience. Both of these musicians end up next door to each other at the store and are introduced to each other when she walks face first into the door which Sebastian has just opened up in front of her to let their boss out of his room, but when they see each other for the first time, they have no idea how to act around each other, but at least Maelie can blame it on her head, Sebastian just just has to use his notable charm to cover his reactions up.

When Maelie gets home, she is bombarded by her housemate with questions and concerns which she doesn’t really mind, but tries not to show it. The next day Sebastian is woken up at an ungodly hour by one of his brothers who is trying to convince him to go running with him, but Sebastian just wants to go to bed, but he appreciates his brother checking in on him and offers to come over for a boys night with his other brother if he feels lonely. Meanwhile, when Maelie arrives at the studio the next day, her thoughts are still filled with Sebastian and the fact that he will be next door, but she tries to push them aside and prepare for her students, however, when Sebastian gets in, she ends up having to go and see him to demand he keeps the noise down so she can actually do some teaching. When Sebastian’s first student arrives, he goes into full panic mode and fumbles his way through while sweating profusely and wishing he had come in with more of a plan.

The next day, Maelie and Sebastian have another confrontation about the noise, but they also cannot deny the attraction between them and how itis developing the more arguments they have, but neither of them want to admit it to the other, however, their bodies aren’t getting the memo and when Sebastian ends up having to give Maelie a lift home when her car breaks down, they can’t deny it any longer and end up getting kissing and this just sets off a chain reaction, but will they give into temptation, or will other outside influences stop their passion in its tracks, as they help each other to recover from life’s challenges? This is a scorching romance which will pull you along in its wake and leave you wanting to know how the story ends and not letting you go until you find out.

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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