All great music is born of passion – #NewRelease #Polyamory #MFRWHooks

Today I’m featuring a new release, a 9K erotic romance short story entitled Goldberg Variations. If you like classical music, or tales of unexpected passion, I think you’ll enjoy it.

Blurb

A violinist, a violist and a seductress.

For twenty-two years the Goldberg brothers – Richard on cello, Harvey on viola and Albert on violin – have made music together, earning a decent living and a modicum of respect in the classical music community. When Richard’s sudden demise forces Harvey and Al to find a replacement cellist, neither can imagine how their new colleague will shake up their middle-aged lives.

Deidre Rasinovsky-Corbatta is an unlikely addition to the Goldberg Trio, a shapely siren with purple hair, scarlet lips and a rose tattooed on her ample breasts – but she plays cello like an angel. The passion she pours into her music spills over into her relationships with the two brothers. When both Al and Harv fall in love with her, will this tear the trio apart – or to transform it?

Excerpt

They got out of the taxi in Back Bay at ten to five. Their appointment was for five thirty.

“Ms. Rasinovksy-Corbatta is in Practice Room 5 on the second floor,” the receptionist volunteered. “You can go on up, if you’d like.”

Harvey and Al bundled their instruments up the stairs to a long hallway that smelled of dust and rosin. Room 5 was at the end. The door was ajar. Light and music spilled through the opening.

Harvey grabbed Al, who was about to push the door wide. “Wait,” he whispered urgently. “Listen.”

The melody swirled around them like smoke, mysterious and difficult to apprehend, shifting form and mood in each moment. Harvey recognized Bach’s masterful D minor Partita, rendered with a purity and restraint that made Harvey ache. He closed his eyes and allowed the music to invade him, to overwhelm him. The notes soared heavenward, until he felt breathless in the thin atmosphere, then sank into low, throaty tones that vibrated deep in his gut.

He knew the piece well – could remember Richard performing it, to enthusiastic crowds – but now it seemed as though he had never truly heard it before. The playing was formal and precise yet somehow the control only heightened the emotional intensity. Pensive, questing, triumphant then subdued, the music ebbed and flowed in the darkened corridor.

“She’s good,” Al whispered.

“Shh!” Harvey felt momentary rage at his brother’s interruption, then that paltry emotion washed away in the tides of Bach’s creation. She was more than good. She was great, clearly a far more talented musician than any of the Goldberg brothers. Even Richard.

Why in the world would she want to be part of their group? What could they offer to induce her to join them? Harvey fretted briefly. Then the music raised him up again and carried him along, until the last mournful note trailed way into silence and set him free.

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Note: I could not convince Amazon to publish this book because I could not prove that I owned the rights. This story was published in an anthology in 2010, with one-time rights requested. As far as I can tell, I never received a contract, which was not that uncommon for erotica publishers back then.

The original publisher has been acquired by Hachette, one of the big New York companies. I can’t get them to respond to my email requests for a letter certifying my rights.

If you have a Kindle and want mobi format, you can download it from Smashwords.

Thanks!

Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1157445

Barnes and Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goldberg-variations-lisabet-sarai/1141999234

Kobo - https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781005949648

Apple Books - https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id6443274647

Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61952496-goldberg-variations

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