Reverie
by
Lauren Rico
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GENRE:
Dark Romance / Thriller
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BLURB:
Reverie
(Book 1)
Julia
James has spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. For her, the
cello was a way to get past a hellish childhood. Even now that she is
one of the top cellists in the country, and a contender in the most
prestigious, high-stakes music competition in the world, she hopes no
one will notice her.
But then someone does.
A chance (or is it?) encounter brings her to the attention of the distractingly sexy, charismatic French horn player, Jeremy Corrigan. As he helps her to embrace her talent, her sexuality and her past, Julia thinks she might finally be headed toward her ‘happily-ever-after.’
Unfortunately, happily isn’t so much ‘ever-after’ for Julia.
The lines between love and obsession are blurred in REVERIE.
But then someone does.
A chance (or is it?) encounter brings her to the attention of the distractingly sexy, charismatic French horn player, Jeremy Corrigan. As he helps her to embrace her talent, her sexuality and her past, Julia thinks she might finally be headed toward her ‘happily-ever-after.’
Unfortunately, happily isn’t so much ‘ever-after’ for Julia.
The lines between love and obsession are blurred in REVERIE.
Rhapsody
(Book 2)
Top
cellist Julia James has begun a whole new life- happily married and
expecting her first child. She is finally poised to have the life
she's always dreamed of and she is finally able to put the past
behind her.
Unfortunately,
the past isn't quite done with Julia yet.
Riding
high on his gold medal win at the Kreisler International Music
Competition, Jeremy Corrigan is stunned to find his reputation in
tatters, along with his plans for fame and fortune. But Jeremy isn't
one to tolerate failure.
Once he
has determined that Julia and her husband are to blame for his
troubles, there's nothing he won't do to regain control over his
fate... and theirs.
Love,
redemption and betrayal collide in the dark romance, RHAPSODY.
Requiem
(Book 3)
Matthew
and Julia Ayers are happy at last, settled in their new home with
their son and flourishing musical careers. And with Jeremy
Corrigan playing in an orchestra halfway across the country, they
finally feel a sense of peace and security.
That is
exactly what Jeremy is counting on.
Enraged
when he is caught in a compromising situation, he refocuses his
energies on the people he holds responsible for his languishing
career. Believing that "There is an art to destroying
a life," he sets out with cool determination to destroy
those who have betrayed him.
No one
is safe from his wrath
The
eternal struggle between good and evil play out with horrifying
consequences in REQUIEM.
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Excerpt:
I don’t
hear the harp right away; it seems to come from out of nowhere. And
then slowly, oh so slowly, I pull a gossamer thread of sound from my
cello. It is The Swan by Saint-Saens. I don’t need to read the
music for this; I know it by heart, so I turn my eyes upward, as if
looking to heaven. In my right hand, the bow barely skims the
strings. All the while, the fingers of my left hand slide easily up
and down the fingerboard to find their pitch. They rock back and
forth in place to create the slightest quivering vibrato in each
note.
I shift
and wrap myself around my cello, embracing it, clinging to it as if
it is the only thing keeping me afloat. Actually, at this very
moment, that’s exactly what it is doing. I turn my eyes to its top
scroll as it rests on my shoulder, staring longingly at it as if it
is my lover. Actually, at this very moment, that’s exactly what it
is. When the last note comes, I draw it out, stretching and
stretching and stretching, until it simply isn’t there anymore.
Until I’m listening to its shadow.
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Amazing! Roller coaster ride that will keep you hanging on! I don't even know how to put into words this book. This is just one of those that I will have to leave you with... GO GET THIS BOOK! IT"S A MUST READ! Seriously it really is!
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Lauren
Rico was going to be principal French horn of the New York
Philharmonic. That was HER plan, anyway. The New York Philharmonic
had no idea of her intentions, and that's probably a good thing,
since she wasn't an especially good French horn player!
Lauren
was, however, an exceptionally good classical music radio host.
Calling herself a "Classical Music Reanimator," she has
made a career of demystify classical music for her audiences by
taking it off a dusty old pedestal and putting it into a modern
context.
It's
only been over the last couple of years that Lauren has discovered a
passion for writing, which she's managed to combine with her love and
knowledge of the classical music world. That's when she had the
realization that she had something special with this story of love
and obsession and music.
You can
hear Lauren Rico on SiriusXM's Symphony Hall Channel; on WSHU-FM in
the New York metro; WSMR in Tampa/Sarasota, FL; WDAV in Charlotte, NC
and KMFA in Austin, TX
More at
www.LaurenRico.com
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