Prelude - Prequel to Sonata - a Paranormal Gothic Romance: SONATA, #0

By M. G. Reyes

PRELUDE is a novella-length prequel to SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance, an expanded version of the opening chapters.

 

'Something happened between us as we were playing, I felt it. From him to me, an energy passed back and forth.
"That was good," Leo whispered to me as I stumbled off the stage, still shaking. "It was kind of incredible. You'll win that scholarship."
I could only stare directly ahead and clutch my violin even tighter. If I didn't, I felt I might drop it. Down it would fall, neglected, while I grabbed at Leo and begged him to tell me: what just happened?
You did something to me in there. That's what I'd say to him. I want to know what. And then I want you to do it again.'

 

Sparks fly when enigmatic pianist Leo helps violinist Miranda Castillo pass an audition to the prestigious Harkness Conservatory. The way she plays when they're together goes beyond anything she's experienced.  But while Miranda is impressing the scholarship panel, another candidate goes missing.

 

 

From that moment, something ungodly seeps into Miranda's life.

 

The question is - did the music draw in the forces of darkness? Or was it already there?

 

Twilight meets The Omen in this prequel to SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darkwater Books
• Release date: Mar 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781909072183

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prequel to SONATA-a paranormal gothic romance

M.G. REYES

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First published in 2021 by Darkwater Books

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Contents 

Richard Lloyd seemed like a real nice guy

A real musician

Seriously, Leo Dauphin?

Two gears meshing

Maybe I’m not as interesting as you

Nervous energy

Immortality is always a possibility

The E Minor prelude

Richard Lloyd seemed like a real nice guy

THE DAY THAT RICHARD Lloyd disappeared was the best day of my life.

It’s not that I had anything against the guy, which I might have—if I’d known who he was. The truth is that I hardly knew Richard. I met him just once, for about half an hour. We were waiting for a music audition. Not enough time to become friends, but then no one’s at their best in a situation like that.

I’d survived years of exams and auditions. Then I turned seventeen, and there was the Harkness Conservatory. An audition that was change-your-life. A shot at a one hundred percent scholarship at one of the best music schools in the world. No more ifs or ands or buts; this was the big time.

The waiting room was large and bright with red and white roses and wood-paneled walls. Plenty of light from French doors. Just the same, I felt claustrophobic. I couldn’t help but imagine myself in one of those reality TV talent shows and how I would obsess over what was being shown. Would the camera catch the fear in my eyes and the churn in my guts? TV cameras might have even made it easier. Who knows? Millions of sympathetic viewers could have shared my stress.

Instead, I waited in a room with five other dry-mouthed teenagers. All of us avoiding each other’s eyes; all trying to keep our minds off the brutal facts of an audition. Yet, I couldn’t escape the simple mathematics of the situation.

A place for you could mean no place for me.

Making a living as a musician is getting harder every day. The journey to turning professional is like crossing a white-water river dotted with treacherous stepping stones. Each time you miss a step, you’re in the water, swept away fast enough to make your head spin. Getting into a top music