In Raincheck by Marlo Lanz, readers are introduced to Ty Benson who is fed up with women and female attention. As the singer of the rock band Raincheck, Ty Benson is used to female attention, but he is slowly getting tired of all that and wants to stay away from women. Then he runs into Liv Madison, who is busy working on her Master’s thesis. Her good friend Gabe’s band, Diesel, is opening for Raincheck’s North American Summer Tour and he thinks Raincheck is THE band out there. She is tagging along with Gabe and her first encounter with Ty Benson is a disaster. He finds Liv attractive and, though he is trying to keep away from her, he finds it hard to do that. Will Ty Benson be able to stay away from Liv and will his interest in her ruin her friendship with Gabe?

The story captures the attention of readers with its pace, movement, and sexual situations. The interactions between the characters in the bands, Diesel and Raincheck, are interesting and entertaining and will take readers right into the scenes. The romantic scenes have a rawness and urgency in them with some sexual undertones that will leave readers looking forward to more passion from the lead characters. All the characters have been developed well as they complement each other and make it a good love story. The author weaves in feelings of hopelessness, nervousness, excitement, romantic suspense, and sensuality, making the characters relatable by exposing their strengths and weaknesses in a realistic way.