title: The Music of Love
author: Ashford, Mary Stone
description: Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited This is a 8,000 word EROTIC stand-alone story with an HEA, so no cliff-hangers!
   Melissa has been a prodigy violinist from an early age. When she gets pregnant her senior year in college, she loses everything. She loses her boyfriend, and her chair in the philharmonic. Five years later, she has learned that value of life outside of music. She still loves music, but knows it doesn’t define her life. She is more than just one thing. Enter Robbie Peterson. He is a star professional athlete, but he is injured. He is struggling to find meaning in life outside of football. When he and Melissa meet by chance, can their bond save him? Will they each find fulfillment in each other? ----------------------------------------------------------
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   Melissa found herself, unexpectedly, to be having a good time. The two of them talked and laughed all the way back to his building. When they got there, she looked up and saw where they were. She knew he was wealthy, but wow. She was even more surprised when she found out that he lived on the very top floor. Her apartment was about the size of the elevator they rode up on with an attendant. It was a whole new world in which she found herself. She did her best not be amazed by the marble floors of his penthouse, or of the sheer scope of the place. She kept her eyes down most of the time, otherwise they would wander and examine every square inch of the place. “You have a beautiful home,” she said. “Oh, thanks,” Robbie said, uncorking a bottle of wine. “I guess so. I don’t usually spend so much time here. I travel a lot for work. If you walked around the place you’d see a lot of closed doors. That’s because most of the rooms are empty. No furniture. I suppose I should fix that.” Robbie seemed genuinely interested in Melissa’s music and what it was like to play the violin. It had been a long time since Melissa had been asked such basic questions about music with such fervor and desire to learn. She could see why Robbie had succeeded in life. He had a desire to understand that most people couldn’t touch. She was very like him. A person had to be that way in order to play the violin well. She didn’t simply learn to play the violin. She learned everything about the violin and how it worked, and everything about the music and its creation that was played on the instrument.
  AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a 8,000 word stand-alone story with an HEA, so no cliff-hangers! Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.