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Author: Lynne ShelbyFormat reviewed: EbookSource: Author supplied copyPublisher: Self publishedPublication Date: 11th March 2025Rating: 5 Stars
When dancer Nell Avery auditions for Speakeasy, a new West End musical, she is shocked to discover that the choreographer is Finn Harris, a man she never expected to see again.
Ten years ago, Nell and Finn had a casual, no-strings fling. He left London to work abroad. Nell found herself pregnant.
Having made the decision to raise her child alone, Nell didn’t tell Finn that he was the father, a secret easy for her to keep while he was hundreds of miles away. But now Finn is back – and he offers Nell a role in Speakeasy’s cast.
Nell knows if she takes the job she risks Finn finding out her secret, with unimaginable consequences for the life she has made for herself and her daughter, Savannah. But Speakeasy could be Nell’s only chance of dancing on a West End stage – the dream she’s had ever since she first put on a pair of tap shoes. How can she give up her dream?
Nell accepts the role, telling herself that all she has to do is keep away from Finn . . .
I devoured this over the course of a morning while on holiday. As a massive musical theatre fan, I suspected this might be right up my street, and I was definitely correct.
I couldn't get enough of Nell and Finn's story. i was hooked from the first audition, and cheering Nell on especially throughout.
I adored seeing how all the stages of a new musical come together, and just how much hard work it really is, and how bitchy some dancers can be.
I got a real feel for Speakeasy the west end show at the heart of this book, and in my mind it almost certainly had 42nd Street vibes.
There is a romance, which I enjoyed but honestly my real love and my heart with this book was on all the theatre bits, with anything else completely secondary in my mind!
Absolutely adored this from start to finish.
Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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