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Red & Black #2
Crimson Melodies
Donovan Dreamboat Carter's ambition in life wasn't to become the lead singer of the band Maverick. His plan to move to Brighton to assist his aunt run a halfway house was to get away from his past. He'd finished his degree, had the skills to help his aunt. Life for him would be settled.
When he saw Alex Devlin, lead singer of the globally successful rock band, Fragile, peeling carrots at his aunt’s kitchen sink, he faltered on the threshold.
His knew with certainty that his life would change forever.
Leia Bryant, the internationally famous supermodel, has the world at her feet. However, her agent thinks otherwise and systematically drops her from all her campaigns, citing Leia is too old to model.
Devastated that she is now unable to walk down the best Milan runways, Leia is surprised when Red & Black record label want to meet her. After a single meeting, Leia is cosseted into the family of the record label. But, it’s her passionate encounter with Donovan Carter that changes her life forever.
Leia resists Donovan's crazy idea of dating, telling him she is too old for him. A decade younger than Leia, Donovan doesn't see what the problem could be.
She sets the rules and is only prepared to have a fling, keep it quiet from the public, just a bit of fooling around. The plan is going well until one of them falls in love.
Then both their lives change forever.
Maverick quickly reach stardom, but at what cost? Especially as Donovan replaced the previous lead singer of Maverick, Casey Lowe, much to Casey's aggravation. They knew each other a long time ago.
Old wounds split open. There is more than one man out for revenge. Whose lives are about to change again?
298 pages, ebook
Published October 1, 2018
51 people are currently reading
141 people want to read
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Grace Harper
80 books185 followersBorn and raised in Wales, in a sleepy town just outside Cardiff, Grace developed a love of stationery at a very early age. She still can’t pass a pen shop without nipping in for a quick look around.
Writing and publishing since 2012, Grace has many books in her back catalog, all in the Romance genre. They range from Rock Star Romance to Small Town Romance and Family Sagas. Be warned, her books have a high heat level!
In a nutshell?
21st Century Romance – Writing about understated powerful women. Understated love stories with a powerful message, each and every time.
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Writing and publishing since 2012, Grace has many books in her back catalog, all in the Romance genre. They range from Rock Star Romance to Small Town Romance and Family Sagas. Be warned, her books have a high heat level!
In a nutshell?
21st Century Romance – Writing about understated powerful women. Understated love stories with a powerful message, each and every time.
Sign up to Grace's newsletter: http://eepurl.com/5-eXX
Like Grace at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GraceHarperR...
Visit Grace's Website: https://graceharperbooks.com/
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April 19, 2019
Wow what to say I should have been cleaning the house but couldn't stop reading once I started. I love the connection between Donovan and Leia he was determined that the age difference didn't matter to him. I love how all the original characters are still interwoven in the book love Erin and Alex and Seb and Tara they are all still in the story even it focuses on Donovan. A fantastic series I am now going to start the next one
June 10, 2019
Loved this cannot wait for caseys story.
June 7, 2020
I truly liked Donovan and Leia and enjoyed watching Leia admit things to herself. Had the tale been only their story, I would have been satisfied.
However, the rest of the book. . . Have you ever been to a party where you are meeting everyone for the first time, the partygoers know each other intimately, and more and more of their dear friends keep dropping by while you are sitting in the draperies wondering who these people are? Yep, that sums up the rest of the book for me.
However, the rest of the book. . . Have you ever been to a party where you are meeting everyone for the first time, the partygoers know each other intimately, and more and more of their dear friends keep dropping by while you are sitting in the draperies wondering who these people are? Yep, that sums up the rest of the book for me.
September 14, 2020
Loved this story about Donovan and Leia. Donovan is asked to be lead singer for Maverick. Leia a supermodel is hired by R&B to do a video with Donovan and the attraction between them is immediate. Really like these two characters....loving this series!
April 23, 2024
Chaotic, exaggerated and unfinished storylines. Was expecting more from it after the first book in the series.
December 22, 2024
December 2024 review -
I can tell you that I reread this book in less than 24 hours too! I loved everything about Donovan and Leia’s story. I'm loving being back with the Red & Black family. Highly recommended!!
February 2022 review -
Crimson Melodies is another unputdownable story by Grace Harper. I have read this book in less than 24 hours, and I cannot wait to start Errol’s story which is narrated via the next book in this series - Raven Acoustics.
Donovan and Leia’s story makes addictive reading. Donovan is just starting his career in the spotlight whereas Leia has already known fame for many years. It is through Red & Black record label that they meet, and the chemistry between them is instant. Living your life in the spotlight brings its challenges, and that was something that the couple had to work through. Everything moves quickly between the pair and in some ways I would have loved their developing relationship to have been a slow burn romance. However, there is much happening in this book and for this to ensue their story would possibly have had to be written as a duet.
I found every moment spent with the Red & Black family to be exciting and had me sitting on the edge of my seat at times. I absolutely love Erin, Alex, Tara, Seb and all at the record label. I appear to be very protective of them and hated the thought of anyone hurting them in any way. As much as I dislike a couple of the characters in this series, their presence adds to the storylines brilliantly.
There are a couple of things that niggled me – I hold up my hand and admit that am a very picky reader. However, I must give the book the 5 stars that it deserves. I highly recommend Crimson Melodies to you to read.
I can tell you that I reread this book in less than 24 hours too! I loved everything about Donovan and Leia’s story. I'm loving being back with the Red & Black family. Highly recommended!!
February 2022 review -
Crimson Melodies is another unputdownable story by Grace Harper. I have read this book in less than 24 hours, and I cannot wait to start Errol’s story which is narrated via the next book in this series - Raven Acoustics.
Donovan and Leia’s story makes addictive reading. Donovan is just starting his career in the spotlight whereas Leia has already known fame for many years. It is through Red & Black record label that they meet, and the chemistry between them is instant. Living your life in the spotlight brings its challenges, and that was something that the couple had to work through. Everything moves quickly between the pair and in some ways I would have loved their developing relationship to have been a slow burn romance. However, there is much happening in this book and for this to ensue their story would possibly have had to be written as a duet.
I found every moment spent with the Red & Black family to be exciting and had me sitting on the edge of my seat at times. I absolutely love Erin, Alex, Tara, Seb and all at the record label. I appear to be very protective of them and hated the thought of anyone hurting them in any way. As much as I dislike a couple of the characters in this series, their presence adds to the storylines brilliantly.
There are a couple of things that niggled me – I hold up my hand and admit that am a very picky reader. However, I must give the book the 5 stars that it deserves. I highly recommend Crimson Melodies to you to read.
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