Music from Stone

University Square #4

by Brenda Murphy

Celebrated concert pianist Nüwa Zhou had it all. Until she didn’t. Forced out of the closet while testifying at the kidnapping and murder trial of her obsessive former assistant turned stalker, she retires from the high-pressure world of performing to recover at her parents’ estate. Stone mason, and frustrated sculptor Julia Johnson, spends her days stone building walls and patios while dreaming of quitting her day job. After a chance encounter with Julia leads to more, Nüwa imagines a life with Julia. When her stalker returns, determined to kidnap Nüwa and end anyone who stands in his way, Nüwa will do whatever it takes to keep Julia safe, but will it be enough?

Genres: Romance, Lesbian

273 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2022

About the author

Brenda Murphy writes short fiction and novels. She loves tattoos and sideshows and yes, those are her monkeys. When she is not swilling gallons of hot tea and writing, she wrangles two kids, two dogs, and one unrepentant parrot. She reviews books, blogs about life as a writer with ADHD and publishes photographs on her blog Writing While Distracted.

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️

[Fatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

Wow this is a must read. 10 out of 10 go get it. I was thrilled for another addition to this series and definitely not disappointed only now because it's over.

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very well-written story with two strong main characters. Readers can sense that Nüwa’s deranged kidnapper will undoubtedly make an appearance before the book ends. Murphy skillfully builds the tension without ignoring the romance. At no point does the author add angst to bolster her word count. However, she does allow her readers to feel the emotions of the two characters at every step of the way.

The intimate scenes throughout the book are emotional and erotic. The scenes do not become salacious.

The ending is succinct and makes it clear the characters are making a life together

This book has everything – two well-developed main characters, erotica, tension, romance, a mother to hate, and a happy ending. On top of that, it is so very well written, and readers will undoubtedly be unable to put the book down for very long. This book was one of the best written books of 2022.

[terry · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this story

I’ve enjoyed this whole series and this book especially. The journey that the main characters take is amazing. I don’t want to give away the end so I’m going to say that I highly recommend the story and that you won’t be disappointed.

[Maria Magdalena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well written, but you'd expect that from Brenda Murphy. Both MC's were interesting. The sex/love scenes were very well done. I could have done without the warning in the blurb that the stalker would appear again. So when he did, it was sort of a 'Oh, OK' moment.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

i don’t really know what to think of this book. the beginning was okay it was a bit difficult to work out where the plot was going and then at about 30% through it just became the two MCs exploring kink and then the last 15% was plot again so it was pretty meh overall

[Cameo Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

If you like BDSM, this has some great scenes for you. I enjoyed the overall story as well and how the main characters complement each other so well.

[Miri · Rating 1 out of 5]

well no

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice read, mellow book and I actually enjoyed it. I do wish it was more intense when needed. But overall good book.