Reviewed by Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite

The Man You Need is the fourth book in the Love On Tour series written by Kay Harris. Stacey Rushton lives an overprotected life. As a teenager, Stacey had been sexually assaulted - a horrific event which led to her parents and brothers forming a defensive wall around her, keeping all men and possible threats out of her life. As an actress, Stacey has been able to keep some focus on her own working life as her brothers, Sean and Sam, continue with their own music careers. At thirty years of age, Stacey decides she wants some freedom to explore sexual relationships, but when her older brother road-blocks her every sideways glance at a guy, going so far as to have Sean’s new tour manager, Jack, assigned as her watchdog, she decides that she has had enough. Everybody around her is in love, married and raising babies, while Stacey’s protective detail is still tighter than that surrounding the Crown Jewels. Surely she is entitled to her own life by now, but every time an opportunity to approach a possible sexual conquest arrives, Jack steps between Stacey and her would-be make-out session like a total killjoy. If only Sean’s stuffed-shirt of a tour manager would mind his own business and stop treating Stacey like a spoiled little princess. Stacey soon realizes all too late ... be careful what you wish for.

Kay Harris has shed some welcome new light on the Chrome-Bantham gang, this time from Sean’s younger sister, Stacey, while bringing along all of the favorites from previous books and adding some new ones to the mix. It was interesting to see how this book progressed from start to finish, while dealing with the difficult and sensitive topic of rape. I saw a lot of myself in this strong woman who had survived sexual assault and had eventually healed and found herself again, yet was constantly smothered by those who continued to see her as broken. Love and romance are difficult to pursue when others surround you with a protective barrier which almost seems unbreakable. At one stage, I felt my own eyes burn with angry tears when Stacey’s brothers' fans assumed she was her brother's nanny and called her a whore, simply for wanting to take her nephew outside in the stroller. The Man You Need not only shows how extremely judgmental people can be, including those who claim to love you the most, but also how cruel strangers can be in their own deluded assumptions when they truly know nothing about you. Although a tough emotional read in some places, I very much enjoyed The Man You Need and recommend it to all those who enjoy learning about the darker side of the music industry in a book which is sprinkled with just the right dose of dry wit and humor, encapsulating a story which leaves you begging for more.