"Two wounded hearts take a chance on love. Will it be enough to heal old scars?"

Musician and singer Michelle Wright has been merely going through motions for five years now. Ever since her young daughter died in a terrible accident, she hasn't really lived, or even felt that she deserved to do so. When the old house down the street from her is purchased and renovated, Michelle finds herself enraptured by the music she hears from an open window. The music speaks to her soul, something that she hasn't felt in so long.

Composer Nicholas Duquaine is startled by the young woman he sees listening to him play. There's something about her that touches his soul, which he has closed off to all but his music for so, so long now. Inviting Michelle into his house, Nick can't help but be enchanted by this woman. Despite the knowledge that he shouldn't get involved, Nick asks her out on a date and they share an incredible sexual experience before she leaves.

At first, Nick is more of the aggressor, drawing Michelle out of the misery that's enveloped her for several years. Then, when things begin to get serious, it's Nick who pulls back, reluctant to commit to a lasting relationship with Michelle. He has secrets that could tear them apart. Will he trust Michelle with his history, or is their relationship too fragile to even attempt to strengthen it?

Filled with very inventive (food and musical instruments are used) and insatiable sex, not all readers will appreciate this story. Ms. Bo opts to not go the easy route when it comes to Nick's secret past. Although I would have liked to be assured of a perfect happy ending, we don't get that. Like real life, Michelle and Nick will have to take each day as it comes. SYMPHONY IN RAPTURE is sure to please fans of highly erotic romance with real-life obstacles to overcome to achieve happiness.

Sensuality: Rated E-rotic by the publisher. Explicit sex, exhibitionistic sex, light bondage, anal sex; sexually explicit scenes: 31

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted February 26, 2004

Summary

Michelle Wright is well-liked and admired as a singer and songwriter by a wide circle of acquaintances and fans. But after the failure of her marriage, and then her young daughter's death in a car accident, Michelle maintains a distance from all those who care about her, hoping never again to feel the pain of lost love. When a chance encounter with a secretive but wildly alluring composer leads to an unexpected seduction, it reawakens needs in Michelle that have long lain dormant.

But Nicholas Duquaine has secrets. Secrets that will test the limits of Michelle's love and the limits of her belief. Secrets that could keep them apart—forever.

Michelle will need to show Nick that love is more than the fun of peaches and cream in bed and sensually inventive uses for musical instruments. She will have to convince him that love conquers all.