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Heard It in a Love Song: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Tracey Garvis Graves (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 572 ratings
Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction

A heartwarming love story about starting over and second chances from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl He Used to Know.

Love doesn't always wait until you're ready.

Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the past—her glory days as the lead singer in a band and a ten-year marriage to a man who never put her first—Layla's newfound independence feels a lot like loneliness. Then there's Josh, the single dad whose daughter attends the elementary school where Layla teaches music. Recently separated, he's still processing the end of his twenty-year marriage to his high school sweetheart. He chats with Layla every morning at school and finds himself thinking about her more and more.

Equally cautious and confused about dating in a world that favors apps over meeting organically, Layla and Josh decide to be friends with the potential for something more. Sounds sensible and way too simple—but when two people are on the rebound, is it heartbreak or happiness that's a love song away? Heard It in a Love Song is a sweet, contemporary romance about finding love after heartbreak and getting a second chance at happily ever after.

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  1. Print length
    300 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
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  5. Publication date
    November 9, 2021
  6. File size
    5.5 MB
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"I cannot get enough of Tracey Garvis Graves. She just keeps getting better and better." ―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

"Tracey Garvis Graves's Heard It in a Love Song is filled with so much warmth and so much hope, reading it feels like listening to your favorite song while curled up with someone you love. I'll be thinking about these characters and their passion for life for a long time to come." ―Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of Everything After

"A warm, witty story with plenty of heart and characters that jump off the page, Heard It in a Love Song hits all the right notes." ―Meg Mitchell Moore, author of Two Truths and a Lie

“A moving novel about the resilience of hope and love . . . Full of humor, warmth and depth. It’s pure magic on the page.” ―Madeleine Henry, author of The Love Proof

"Two broken hearts take a chance on love. Tracey Garvis Graves' Heard It In A Love Song captures Josh and Layla in the throes of letting in and letting go. Graves, with her knack for creating characters with heart and hope, tackles life's most vulnerable moments leaving the reader feeling all the feels." ―Rochelle Weinstein, USA Today bestselling author

“[A] classic friends-become-lovers story with characters you will find familiar - and can’t help rooting for.” ―Real Simple

"At the heart of Tracey Garvis Graves's Heard It in a Love Song is the simple, but beautiful message that it's never too late to start over." ―PopSugar

"Graves has a sure hand with depicting the complexity of dating after divorce. This will please readers looking for a realistic spin on taking a second chance at love." ―Publishers Weekly

“[Layla and Josh] are appealing, sensible characters who have good banter, and it is especially satisfying to watch Layla's journey back to her rock-and-roll roots. [A] quiet, romantic novel that delves deeply into how relationships fall apart and how love can blossom again.” ―Booklist

About the Author

TRACEY GARVIS GRAVES is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. Her debut novel, On the Island, spent 9 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is in development with MGM and Temple Hill Productions for a feature film. She is also the author of Heard It in a Love Song, The Girl He Used to Know, Uncharted, Covet, Every Time I Think of You, Cherish, Heart-Shaped Hack, and White Hot Hack. She is hard at work on her next novel.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08R2L1JLX
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.5 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250235701
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Tracey Garvis Graves is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. Her debut novel, On the Island, spent 9 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has been translated into twenty-nine languages, and is in development with MGM and Temple Hill Productions for a feature film. She is also the author of Uncharted, Covet, Every Time I Think of You, Cherish, Heart-Shaped Hack, and White-Hot Hack, and The Girl He Used to Know. She is hard at work on her next book.

Tracey loves to interact with her readers and can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tgarvisgraves and Twitter https://twitter.com/tgarvisgraves You may also visit her website at www.traceygarvisgraves.com

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Customers find the book to be an awesome and wonderful read, with one customer noting it's an easy and lighthearted read.

"...It’s lighthearted reading that doesn’t require thinking, and that certainly has its place, but I was underwhelmed...." Read more

"...It's so well written and relatable! I couldn't put it down..was eager to know the next move for each of the main characters...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the romance in the book, with one describing it as a realistic second chance romance, while another appreciates its slow-building narrative that is worth savoring.

"A slow-building story to be savored - not a rush-through-it kind of read…" Read more

"This sort of plot had so much potential but it was drowned in the wrong narrative voice and focus." Read more

"...I heard it in a Love Song is a really nice story about two people getting their second chance at love. It's so well written and relatable!..." Read more

"A delightful and insightful book about relationships. It's always difficult to let go of a relationship and sometimes even harder to begin again!" Read more

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5 REALLY BIG STARS!! There is something so completely satisfying in reading those final words in the final pages of a really REALLY good book. After I close the book and turn it over in my hands, all the scenes from the story flip over in my mind like an old film reel, with particularly well-written scenes jumping out and almost teasing me to go back and read them again. Heard it in a Love Song was allllllll of that for me and more. At the crux of it, Heard it in a Love Song is a love letter to anyone who has ever married their first love and then realized it wasn’t their endless love. As readers, we experience dual timelines glimpsing the destruction of two separate marriages, and the new love establishing between our main characters, Josh and Layla. Graves does an excellent job with character development, and gives us real voices with relatable experiences and challenges. Josh and Layla are unique and their love story is a slow, gentle, friends to lovers journey all while navigating the baggage and insecurities that divorce undoubtedly leaves in its wake. Possibly one of the most refreshing parts for me, was although there was plenty of trepidation between the main characters, there was an absence of unnecessary drama. Yes! I enjoyed this story and savored it’s unapologetic nod to rock and roll, and navigating new love after devastating heartbreak.
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  • Melany Krazer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cute love story
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2025
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    Cute read
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  • Corina
    4.0 out of 5 stars wasn't bad but it wasn't that great either
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    31/2 stars...It wasn't bad but it wasn't that great either. The novel follows the course of three relationships. The first, is the new relationship between Layla and Josh. You get to experience how a new relationship forms between two very nice people. As Layla and Josh's relationship unfolds you also get flashbacks on their failed relationships. Layla's relationship with Liam is the most frustrating. She pretty much married a narcissist who dominates their relationship with his wants and needs. I got pretty frustrated with Layla not leaving this horrible person. Josh's relationship with Kimmy is not as dramatic. Josh married his high school sweetheart. Their relationship is one of growing up and growing apart.
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  • BuyLotsOfStuff
    3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and Straightforward
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2022
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    I enjoyed the format of telling each chapter partly in the present and partly in the past. The characters were likable and realistic. There just wasn’t anything special to see here, especially as compared to her other work. It’s lighthearted reading that doesn’t require thinking, and that certainly has its place, but I was underwhelmed. Try something else of hers, especially The Girl He Used to Know. Now that one is special.
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  • BookBunnyReads
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite romances ever
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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    This book is a romance for people who think they don’t like romances. As a long-married lady, sometimes the current wave of love stories can hit me the wrong way with their youthful exuberance and head-in-the-clouds energy. I think this is why Heard It In A Love Song was a revelation to me. The characters were mature, starting over after divorce, very deliberative and straightforward in their communications, and determined not to rush into another mistake. Instead of thinking, "No don't do that!" for the whole book, I was cheering the characters on for being wise and honest and not playing games. You will love this book!
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  • Lynn
    4.0 out of 5 stars To Be Savored
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2023
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    A slow-building story to be savored - not a rush-through-it kind of read…
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  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars dry like unbuttered wheat toast
    Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022
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    This sort of plot had so much potential but it was drowned in the wrong narrative voice and focus.
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  • Lori
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a ride!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2022
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    I fell in love with Tracey Garvis Graves writing when I first read "On the Island." I enjoyed this story so much I'm a little sad it's over.

    Every word she writes brings love to life. Kimmy and Josh, Liam and Layla. Both couples divorced and struggling to find themselves again.

    Josh and Layla meet at school, where Josh's daughter Sasha attends and where Layla teaches music.

    Layla grew up singing and playing music. She let her dream go and got married. A dream that she misses but not in the way she ever imagined. She and Josh become just friends, then that leads to dating. Kimmy, Josh's ex wife has suddenly had a change of heart. Josh and Layla take a break so that Josh can either move forward or take a step back.

    In the end love and happiness will be the thing that decides everyone's fate.

    Will it be the love sing they all hear?
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  • Dream With Your Eyes Open
    4.0 out of 5 stars Story about Starting Over
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2025
    Format: Hardcover
    An easy listen about starting over and searching for love when the future you thought was going to be yours just didn't work out.
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  • Pratik Patel
    5.0 out of 5 stars TGG is the best!❤️💫🤌🏻🍁
    Reviewed in India on September 9, 2022
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    You have to read this book!💗
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