We asked Mandy Magro to give us the ultimate Whispers of Sweetwater-inspired playlist!
Check it out below, and make sure you get your copy of Whispers of Sweetwater, out now.
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Starting Over, Chris Stapleton
A signature song for the whole novel! And a dedication to Brianna and Hayden - two people carrying what came before but slowly discovering that life might still have another beginning waiting for them. -
The House That Built Me, Miranda Lambert
Home, memory, belonging and the way a place can hold pieces of who we once were. This feels beautifully connected to the emotional heart of Whispers. And it always makes me cry! Such deep lyrics. -
Something in the Orange, Zach Bryan
For the ache in the story. Love complicated by longing, uncertainty and all those things people can't quite bring themselves to say. -
Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
Change, getting older, looking backwards and wondering who you’re becoming. -
I Remember Everything, Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves
The past doesn't simply stay in the past. -
Slow Burn, Kacey Musgraves
This is the romance. Not fireworks on page ten. A love that develops quietly and naturally until suddenly it matters enormously. -
Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones
A little older, rawer and timeless. It brings in that sense of love enduring despite everything that tries to pull people apart. -
Colder Weather, Zac Brown Band
Restlessness, distance and wanting someone even when part of you doesn't quite know how to stay. It has exactly the wistful country atmosphere I associate with Hayden. -
Rainbow, Kacey Musgraves
For Brianna. Gentle hope after difficult times, without pretending the difficult times never happened. -
Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
I wanted an Australian song in here, and this gives the playlist a sweeping, passionate love song without becoming sugary. I grew up a massive fan of Michael Hutchinson, and I still am. -
Into the Mystic, Van Morrison
Warm, atmospheric, romantic and timeless. This feels like landscape, intimacy and finding your way towards the love of your life.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Whispers of Sweetwater
Hidden behind small-town charm, dark secrets rise to the surface in this rural-set romance and mystery from bestselling author Mandy Magro.
Leaving her family home of Riverstone Ridge, veterinarian Brianna Steele moves to the country town of Sweetwater after buying the local practice. With this new business she can start afresh. That was the plan, except she can't help noticing the handsome local horse trainer.
Hayden Pierce cherishes the hard-won peace he's found at Sweetwater Stud. Four years on, he's still devastated by the loss of his wife and has only survived by burying himself in his work. But now his friends think it's time he moves on and trick him into a bet to woo the pretty new vet.
As the close proximity of Sweetwater binds them together, Brianna and Hayden discover a chemistry more serious than either of them can handle. But when a new friend's cafe is ransacked and threatening notes surface, Brianna and Hayden find a darkness that whispers behind all the small-town charm.
Can they drag Sweetwater's secrets out into the light? And with their intense bond being based on a lie, is their love strong enough to weather the truth or will they be torn apart?
A standalone novel loosely linked to Riverstone Ridge. Revisit for the story of Nina and Logan, Brianna's parents.