TITLE: The Musician
AUTHOR: Bella J.
GENRE: Romantic Suspense
RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2021
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For years I watched her. Drank her in as she performed in front of an empty theatre, pretending every seat was occupied, the cello settled between her legs as her dainty fingers made love to the strings…one beautiful note after the other.
She thought she was alone, that no one heard her play. But I did. I heard every note, every tune, every vibrato. It drowned out the voices. Silenced the demons. It gave me peace.
I’d hide in the shadows so I could get high on the music that stemmed from her soul. It was entrancing. Beautiful. Utterly hypnotic.
She has no idea that I exist—that I live for the nights she performs for me, and me alone. But she will.
Soon she’ll realize how important she is to me.
My cellist.
My soloist.
My Requiem.
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I tightened my fist abruptly, gripping her hair tight and pulling her head back, exposing the beautiful, delicate arch of her throat, bobbing as she swallowed. My gaze held her captive, her pretty pink lips parted as I brought mine closer, hovering a mere inch away.
“It is our fear that fuels us,” I eased my fingers along her jaw, “our fear of failure, of pain,” I gripped her chin between my thumb and forefinger, “death. Those are the things that make it so fucking important for us to survive. Even if it means exploiting the fear of others by making their worst nightmares come true.” I bit my bottom lip as I studied her, those blue orbs of crystal staring back at me with a burning determination to not. Show. Fear. And by God, I loved it.
“So, let me tell you what not to do in order to survive me.” I tugged her hair in my fist, and she moaned, the sound burning its way to the tip of my cock. “Do not fight me if you want to survive me. All it does is make my dick hard and my control non-existent, and I doubt you’re strong enough to handle that.”
I let go of her hair, and I was sure she’d scramble to the other side of the bed like a scared little kitten with her tail between her legs. But instead, she sat up, not taking her eyes off mine for a second, her cheeks flushed, and upper lip curled with a snarl. Her face was the perfect picture of resistance and contempt. “You don’t know what I can or cannot handle, Elijah. Just because you stood in the darkness and preyed on my life does not mean you fucking know me.”
I wiped at my chin with the back of my hand, unable to stop myself from being amused by her. It was in her bones, in her blood—that primal need to fight.
“You know,” I grabbed the bottle of whiskey, “you remind me of someone.”
“Yeah, who?”
I smirked. “You’ll find out soon, little cellist. Soon.”
MY REVIEW.
4 Stars from Tiffany!
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Wasn't Instantly Hooked
From the blurb of The Musician, I thought I was in for a long lost love read or some sort of obsession thing, however never would I have guess that this book would take the turns that it did. In a dark and gritty read, Bella J. ended up weaving quite the tale. This review will be vague to protect the story line.
"You, my dear little cellist, became an addiction I willingly surrendered and drown in night after night."
He is a man on a mission and she is the target. He's a patient man, watching her for years. He knows everything about her, even the flavor of cupcake she buys herself on her birthday. She's alone. Just her and her cello. No family, no audience, only the darkness of the theater to hide her insecurities. Little does she know, he hides in the darkness and appreciates every draw of her bow.
I really didn't know what to expect from this book and for the first few chapters I wasn't sure if I liked it. So much back and forth that felt forced. It wasn't until we got into the nitty gritty of this strange man did I start to feel invested in the story. It's dark, however has that light of some sort of romance blooming. A romance that only two people as broken as them would survive.
The book is well written and there is quite a bit jammed into so few pages, something I have come to appreciate. This is the first book in the series and there are numerous loose ends that need tied up and questions answered in the next one.
AUTHOR BIO.
All the way from Cape Town, South Africa, BELLA J lives for the days when she’s able to retreat to her writer’s cave where she can get lost in her little pretend world of romance, love, and insanely hot bad boys.
Bella J is a Hybrid Author with both Self-Published and Traditional Published work. Even though her novels range from drama, to comedy, to suspense, it's the dark, twisted side of romance she loves the most.
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