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Dissonace

(Blue Notes 07)

by

Shira Anthony

British lord Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his own fault for pushing Aiden away. Then someone tries to set him up and take away his family business. Facing arrest by US authorities on charges of money laundering and with no money to return to London, Cam decides to run. But with no money and no place to stay, it’s not exactly the Hollywood thriller he’d imagined.

When Cam hears Galen Rusk play in a lonely subway station, he’s intrigued. But his assumptions about Galen are all wrong, and their unusual relationship isn’t exactly what Cam bargained for. Add to that the nightmares that dog him nightly, and Cam’s world is shaken to its core. Cam figures he had it coming to him, that it’s all penance due on a life lived without honesty. He just never figured he might not be able to survive it.

Note: Blue Notes Series novels are standalone stories, and can be read in any order.

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Excerpt

Cam climbed the stairs of the Spring Street station. The wind had picked up, causing one of his curls to tumble onto his forehead. He sighed as he pushed the hair from his eyes and cursed his mother for her genes. They were too much alike, and not just in appearance. They were both wanderers. Always seeking excitement. Prone to infidelity. But whereas she seemed to revel in her freedom, he’d always sought partners. Not that he’d had any success in keeping them.

He thought of the trumpet player in the subway station. For a moment he’d felt something. He played well. Surprisingly well, really. Had it been more than that? Something beyond the music?

Of course it was more than that. He was attractive. Cam laughed and shook his head to himself. What did it matter? There were plenty of men in New York, and the last thing he needed was a downtrodden fuck.

About

In her last incarnation, Shira was a professional opera singer, performing roles in such operas as “Tosca,” “i Pagliacci,” and “La Traviata,” among others. She’s given up TV for evenings spent with her laptop, and she never goes anywhere without a pile of unread M/M romance on her Kindle.

Shira is married with two children and two insane dogs, and when she’s not writing she is usually in a courtroom trying to make the world safer for children. When she’s not working, she can be found aboard a 36’ catamaran at the Carolina coast with her favorite sexy captain at the wheel.

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Twitter: @WriterShira

Website: http://www.shiraanthony.com

E-mail: shiraanthony@hotmail.com

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Review

Title: Dissonance

Series: Blue Notes 07

Author: Shira Anthony

Genre: M/M Romance with a huge Musical undertone

Length: Novel (240 pages)

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 8^th 2014)

Heat Rating: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Tams

Blurb: A Blue Notes Novel

British noble Cameron Sherrington has hit rock bottom. The love of his life, opera sensation Aiden Lind, is marrying another man, and Cam knows it’s his fault for pushing Aiden away. As if that’s not enough, someone is trying to take away his family business, and the US authorities are pursuing him on charges of money laundering. Fearing for his safety and unable to return to London, Cam runs, but he’s too broke to find a place to stay, and his fugitive’s life doesn’t even remotely resemble a Hollywood thriller.

Desperate and betrayed by the people he thought cared about him, Cam takes refuge in the subway station where Galen Rusk plays his trumpet for tips. Though Cam hears the beauty in Galen’s music, it’s Galen’s firm hand on his shoulder that stops him from throwing everything away. Their unusual relationship takes a turn that surprises them both, and neither man is sure he wants the complication. Galen is fighting the ghosts of his past, and Cam has his own nightmares to face. When Cam’s troubles threaten to tear them apart, Cam figures he had it coming—that it’s all penance due for a life lived without honesty or love. But he never considered the possibility that he might not survive it.

Note: Blue Notes Series novels are standalone stories, and can be read in any order. However, the chronological order of the series is:

1) Encore
2) Prelude
3) Blue Notes
4) Aria
5) The Melody Thief
6) Symphony in Blue
7) Dissonance

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Review: Cameron Sherrington lives a life of luxury, laziness and idiocy. Coming from a wealthy family he has already blown through his inheritance left by his late father, and now lives off a monthly allowance until he’s old enough to claim his trust fund. His days consist of random one off’s with strangers, lunch with friends, parties and an occasional business meeting. But underneath all that privilege he has grown accustomed to, there is a gentle soul hiding, he only need open his eyes and ears.

Galen Rusk is a part time music teacher, and he loves to play his trumpet in the subway. Acoustics and people are great and he even gets a tip or two. He noticed the tall, lithe, well dressed blonde man a while back. Always in a hurry. Always checking his watch. On this particular day though the man stops to help an elderly woman when she drops her grocers, and at one point actually looks over at Galen. Afterward Cam stops to listen to Galen play, asks him to play something classical. There is a moment when both men are captivated and the initial attraction is born.

Cam has put his trust in the wrong person though and his life is about to take a nose dive. No money, no friends, no place to live and on the run from the FBI for something he didn’t do, Cam is now sleeping in the subway station. At the end of his rope, he entertains the thought of ending it all, but the gorgeous man with the green eyes is there, laying his hand on his shoulder. With all other options exhausted, Cam has no choice but to take Galen up on his offer to come stay with him. And slowly, painfully slowly, the two men get to know each other and build that trust that both of them have very little of.

One thing leads to another and the two finally become lovers. But the scars these two men carry both mentally and physically threaten to break the weak bond they’ve created. They will be put to an even greater test when they are separated by thousands of miles, while Galen fights for the job he loves, and both men refuse to admit they’ve fallen in love, though anyone with eyes can see it’s true.

Anthony’s Blue Notes is one of my favourite series. I love all the varying characters and how their lives as individuals still runs concurrent with the other characters in the different stories. My personal favourite will always be David and Alex, but Cam and Galen have worked their way under my skin. I really enjoy stories where the two ML have to struggle to find their way to each other. They are flawed and human and maybe by the grace of god and their love for one another, they can find a balance and a way to coexist together. These two in particular are the most stubborn I’ve met in the series. Strong, loyal, compassionate and stubborn. It makes for some fantastic reading, I assure you.

I highly recommend this series, and while the books can be read as a standalone, I’d urge you to read them in order. It just makes the experience with all these couples that are all entangled in each other’s lives in one way or another, that much better.