Nights in Vienna

By Lady T.L. Jennings

An unlikely love story between an English violinist on tour and a very reserved gentleman.
Ever since the opening night of Don Giovanni at Vienna Court Opera, someone is sending Hugo Farrell a dozen red roses anonymously after every performance, which leads to jealousy and speculative gossip among the rest of the orchestra. Hugo and his only friend Christian try to solve the mystery, but no one seems to know who is sending the roses or why.
However, Hugo never notices the tall and elegantly dressed gentleman who is watching him quietly from his private opera box as Hugo plays the violin.
And then one evening, the worst thing imaginable happens and everything changes...

Keywords: Gay romance, Vienna, opera, Stradivarius, m/m erotica.

An extract from the story:
“Who sent the roses?” Hugo said and grabbed the boy by the arm. “Tell me!”
“Ich weiß es nicht,” the boy replied and struggled to get free. “I do not know.”
“Do not lie to me!” Hugo said in halting German, since he realised that the young boy probably did not understand English.
“I swear it is true!”
“I do not believe you. What were you doing in the violinists’ room?”
“I did not deliver any roses,” the boy said. “I only delivered a parcel.”
“A parcel?” Hugo thought he had misheard the boy. “From whom?”
“I don’t know. Please let me go!”
The boy shook his head, but Hugo tightened his grip. If this was a stupid joke, he would find out who was behind it.
“Tell me!”
“Herr Theodore Van der Heyden sent me!” the boy said at last. “But please do not tell anyone I said that; it was meant to be a secret.”

Product details:
Category: Gay Victorian Romance and Erotica
Format: Kindle eBook
Length: Afternoon delight (Novelette ~13500 words)
Professionally proofread and edited by: Pauline Nolet
Publisher: My Secret Quill

About the author:
Lady T. L. Jennings is a shy writer who loves the Victorian era and afternoon tea. She lives on the outskirts of Oxford in England, and writes Victorian erotica and romance with a dash of Gothic mystique in longhand with a fountain pen.
She collects books, corsets, and lovers (all with varying levels of success).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lady T.L. Jennings
• Release date: Nov 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463439746

Lady T.L. Jennings

Lady T. L. Jennings is a secretive writer who loves Victorian erotica and romance, afternoon tea, and small obedient dogs.Q: Where do you live?A: My residence is in Oxfordshire countryside on a secret location. Search, and you might find it...Q: Is Lady T. L. Jennings truly your real name?A: Why, of course. Well, almost. Oh well then, it is not – I prefer to write under a pseudonym. I am, however, a lady.Q: When do you write?A: Always after midnight, by the candlelight.Q: Where do you write?A: Under my blanket. Or, occasionally, on the back of my lovers.Q: What is your favourite tea?A: Ahmand’s English Breakfast. Served with milk, of course. No sugar; I am sweet enough.

Book preview

An unlikely love story between an English violinist on tour and a very reserved gentleman.

Ever since the opening night of Don Giovanni at Vienna Court Opera, someone is sending Hugo Farrell a dozen red roses anonymously after every performance, which leads to jealousy and speculative gossip among the rest of the orchestra. Hugo and his only friend Christian try to solve the mystery, but no one seems to know who is sending the roses or why.

However, Hugo never notices the tall and elegantly dressed gentleman who is watching him quietly from his private opera box as Hugo plays the violin.

And then one evening, the worst thing imaginable happens and everything changes…

Nights in Vienna

A Gay Victorian Romance and Erotic Novelette

by Lady T. L. Jennings

All rights are reserved. This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer’s peculiar imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be regarded or constructed as real in any way. Any resemblance to persons (living, dead, or undead), actual events, locales, organisations, or groups is wholly coincidental.

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A Gay Victorian Romance and Erotic Novelette

by Lady T. L. Jennings

Are you going down to the stage already? Christian asked Hugo as he entered the small room for violinists on tour at the Vienna Court Opera. It is at least a whole hour before the orchestra needs to be assembled.

Christian was five-and-twenty years old and a couple of years older than Hugo. They had been best friends ever since they had studied together at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and this was the first time they were on tour throughout Europe. Christian was a little bit below average height and rather slender. He had dark brown hair, which he kept tied back at the nape of his neck, and large hazelnut brown eyes that seemed to mesmerise ladies of all ages and frequently led him into trouble, especially with jealous fiancés and protective husbands.

"Yes, I am going downstairs to set