Told in alternating perspectives, Every Time You Hear That Song is a swoonworthy queer road-trip romance, perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins-Reid and Casey McQuiston. Told in alternating perspectives, Every Time You Hear That Song is a swoonworthy summer road-trip romance, perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins-Reid and Casey McQuiston. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase is looking for a news story to launch her career and get her out of her sti-fling small town. When her country music idol Decklee Cassel dies, leaving behind a trail of cross-country musical clues to her final album, Darren sees her opportunity for fame and freedom. All she needs is a car, though the only driver she knows is her annoying co-worker, Kendall . . . As Darren and Kendall get closer to the prize - and each other - everything Darren thought she knew about the woman she idolized begins to unravel. What actually happened to Decklee's songwriting partner? And who were all those soul-stirring love songs written for? Praise for Every Time You Hear That Song- \"I absolutely loved this romantic, page-turning adventure about loving people and places who cannot love you back on your terms. If you've ever tried to make yourself smaller for a world that was never meant to contain you, this book will be a balm to your soul.\"-Dahlia Adler, author of Home Field Advantage \"Every Time You Hear That Song is the literary equivalent of hitting the open road with the windows down and the radio blasting. After devouring this book, I'm officially in my Jenna Voris era.\"-Brian D. Kennedy, author of A Little Bit Country and My Fair Brady