The Crescendo by KaSonndra Leigh

Title: The Crescendo (The Musical Interlude #2)
Author: KaSonndra Leigh
Release: May 27, 2014
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788536-the-crescendo?from_search=true

Synopsis: He taught her how to walk outside the line. She taught him how to leave the past behind. In the end, fate brought them both together. Six months ago, Erin Angelo was hired by Alek Dostov, the charismatic Maestro who hired her design firm, the same man who healed the wounds of her tragic past. In the highly anticipated, reader requested sequel to THE PRELUDE, Alek and Erin are preparing to embrace their new life and love for music while nurturing Erin’s blossoming singing career. But when a mysterious figure from Erin’s past walks back into her life, Alek and Erin’s belief that their love will conquer everything is put to the test. As Alek continues to struggle with the ghosts of his past and recent family troubles, Erin finds a way to reconnect with her fiancée. The couple set out on a tour of Italy, taking Alek’s music group to the next level. But Alek’s mother, Katerina, has other plans in mind. She orders the tour manager to go along with them. Now, they will face new challenges while dealing with the pressures of their careers. Passion, excitement, adventure, danger, and a Maestro that has more swagger than a rock star. THE CRESCENDO lifts you up to a high you won’t soon forget.

Excerpt – Alek

I stalk toward her, bend down and pull her body toward the edge of the bed so that I’m situated between her legs. Long, dark hair trails along the bed behind her, and together with her little black tank top dress,  I  can’t  stop the hard on raging through me. Vanilla drifts into my nostrils, a scent she prefers and sometimes chooses to couple with an apple-scented perfume—a combination that drives me wild with lust and need for her; things that are hard to describe. Even though tension surrounds our marital plans, there’s not a damn thing strained about our sex life. “This hotel makes the 300-year-old mansions back home in Louisiana look young and fresh,”Erin says, glancing around the room. She’s right. Venice reeks of history and ancient battles—things that my sister Adriana adores—but that is something that has always made life a little more challenging for me back in school; history. Nevertheless, I can still appreciate the Floating City’seclectic beauty. “The designer in me is going wild right now,” she continues, a dreamy expression on her face.“So is the man who loves her,”  I  say,  my gaze locked on Eric’s face.  In return,  I  get  a beaming smile, and then she bites down on the corner of her lower lip, her look mischievously wicked.“I know that look, my horny Maestro.”
“Is that right? What is this look?” I ask while grinding my sex against the inside of her right thigh. Her pink lips part and just that tiny response from her sends me spiraling over the edge. Idon’t think I can wait until we get back from our meeting with the Fenice’s owners tonight. I needErin as much as I need a good bowl of Pelmeni, a popular pastry back home in Mother Russia that’s filled with meat.“That is you misbehaving as usual,” she says, grinning. I grasp her arms and pull her up against my chest. “Is that right? What do you intend toabout my, er, behavior problem?”“Hmm. Let me see. I’ll have to think of a really good punishment.” Lowering her mouth to myneck, she starts nibbling and kissing the exposed area on my chest, working her way up to the skin underneath my chin, teasing my lips with warm breath from in between hers. Then, finally,her  lips land on that  spot  on the side of  my neck,  the skin over  my jugular.  The combined,sensation of her hot breath and the way she sucks my skin shoots straight through my body.“This is how we wind up not leaving the room,” I whisper against her ear, inhaling the scent of freshly washed hair.“If we miss our appointment with Frederico,” she begins, easing her assault on my neck,moving  back  so she’s  now perched  on  her  knees  at  the  edge of  the  bed  and  focusing  on unfastening the belt on my trousers, “then more punishment will be necessary.”“Don’t tempt me, Signorina Angelo,” I warn, slinking a hand through her dark hair and pulling it the slightest bit so she’s glancing up at me, her dark eyes contrasting with the pink of her lips. Images of that perfect mouth wrapped around my sex while those deliciously dark eyes glance into mine, reflecting all the love and loyalty I know she holds in her heart just for me, drive me wild with desire. “You might find I rather enjoy your punishment.”
“Noted, Sir Bad Boy Maestro.” She smiles, dips her head and takes all of me into her mouth,ripping all  thoughts of  negativity from within my head. Instead, I  choose to lose myself—that deepest part of my soul I’ve never allowed anyone to own—inside the warm embrace of  the woman I love.

Author Bio:

Author of the Lost Immortals Saga and the Seraphine Trilogy, I'm also a mother, blogger, reader, gardener, home renovator, and a slayer of Egyptian mummies in Tomb Raider. I believe in karma, coffee, and seriously wish that the producers of Xena would bring my favorite show ever back.I was born in the race-car city of Charlotte, NC, and now live in the City of Alchemy and Medicine,NC, when I'm not hanging out in Bardonia (Lost Immortals). Most of my characters are based on people that I've met throughout my travels and adventures. People tend to stop and start conversations with me as if I've known them my entire life. Does this freak me out? Not really. My mom says that one day I'll get kidnapped by one of them. I told her that if it weren't for these lovely people then I wouldn't be able to create the stories that I do.I have many favorite authors but there are some who truly rock my socks: Octavia Butler, Anne Rice, Kami Garcia, J.K. Rowling, Dean Koontz (on his good-book days), Stephen King (same as DK) Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Kostova, and so many more...Some other common tidbits...hmm. I've watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun almost 200 times. Seriously, the way I see it is if I keep watching it enough, then suddenly the house that Diane Lane lives in will magically appear in my backyard. I know. I have a huge imagination!  

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The Overture (Book 4 of the Musical Interlude Saga) - Release date August, 2014 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21839798-the-overture

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Book Trailer:Direct Link:  http://youtu.be/8RY5gd7cLTEThe Prelude (A Musical Interlude #1) 
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Playlist:
1) Colorblind by Natalie Walker
2) Save Me from Myself by Christina Aguilera
3) All of Me by John Legend
4) Listen by Beyoonce
5) Resolve by Nathan Lanier
6) Let Me Sign by the Vitamin String Quartet
7) Lovesong by Adele
8) One and Only by Adele
9) Billie Jean by the Civil Wars
10) Glam by Christina Aguilera
11) Sour Times by the Civil Wars
12) I Want You Back by the Civil Wars
13) Madness by Muse
14) To Whom It May Concern by the Civil Wars
15) Blank Page by Christina Aguilera
16) Between the Bars by the Civil Wars
17) Torn by Nathan Lanier 
18) The Winter Overture (Music from Alek’s Requiem for a Dream Show)
19)  Lux Aeterna (More Music from Requiem)
20) The Hope Overture (More Music from Alek’s Requiem Show)