River Aria by Joan Schweighardt It's 1928 and Estela Euquerio Hopper, an ambitious young woman from an impoverished area of Brazil, has landed a job at the New York Metropolitan Opera, though only to work in the sewing room. Her good fortune is due in part to her unique education and in part to the fact that her father is American. She hopes to make it from the sewing room to the stage, but there are obstacles in her way: her possessive father, her secretive cousin, and the wild temperament … [Read more...] about River Aria by Joan Schweighardt
After All These Years – Prelude by D.D. Bartholomew
Denise’s life is full, and yet completely empty. Stuck in a loveless marriage, even the thrill of running a New York City bakeshop and working at a major opera house can’t fill the gaping hole in her heart. Then, one evening, Vincenzo Moretti walks up the grand staircase at Masterworks Opera. When their eyes meet, Denise knows it would be folly to fight her feelings. When Vincenzo returns to his home city of Rome, Denise is heartbroken – but she always knew it wouldn’t last. Then one day, he … [Read more...] about After All These Years – Prelude by D.D. Bartholomew
Awake by Melanie Surani
In author Melanie Surani’s edgy thriller novel, opera singer Joshua Gray wakes in an eerie art museum exhibit. He comes to believe he’s been kidnapped and abandoned. And he isn’t the only one… As Josh and four others struggle to piece together their new realty, they discover the museum’s main building has been razed and the place is boarded with no obvious exit. Who left them in the museum and why? How can they escape? The only link that binds them together is a mysterious woman named Blair, … [Read more...] about Awake by Melanie Surani
