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Song Without Words
First published 1985 · 192 pages
A vintage, angst-laced romance where repressed desires are laid bare through the intimate collision of poetry and music.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage 1980s romance feels like stepping into a delightfully soapy, emotionally heightened melodrama where every glance is loaded with unspoken tension. The narrative moves at a brisk, breathless pace, sweeping the reader up in a whirlwind of artistic vulnerability and repressed desire. It thrives on the delicious anxiety of having one's most private, chaste thoughts suddenly reinterpreted as something dangerously seductive. The atmosphere is thick with yearning, punctuated by the sharp sting of jealousy and the intoxicating pull of a brooding creative counterpart. With its swelling emotional crescendos and earnest, dramatic prose, this is a perfect comfort read for those who love classic category romances where hidden passions are inevitably, and spectacularly, brought to the surface.
- Mood
- tense
- passionate
- soapy
- romantic
- Tone
- earnest
- melodramatic
- yearning
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- artistic vulnerability · hidden desires · awakening passion · jealousy and rivalry · creative intimacy
- The writing
- The writing is emotionally heightened and breathless, characteristic of vintage 1980s romance, with a heavy reliance on sensory and artistic metaphors.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from fiercely guarding her private vulnerabilities to embracing the overwhelming, undeniable passion she has tried to repress.
- Who it's for
- Fans of classic, angst-heavy category romances who delight in soapy rivalries and the trope of the brooding artist unlocking a heroine's hidden depths.
Content notes
- jealousy
- mentions of infidelity
About the book
No one was going to sing her song in public!
Shauna's poetry had mistakenly fallen into the hands of composer Michael Sebastian, who'd written music for it, but Shauna wanted to forget she'd ever heard the melody.
Now Michael's mistress, the voluptuous Carla Decker, was determined to record the song, giving Shauna's chaste lyrics a sexy new meaning Shauna hadn't intended.
Or had she? And did Michael Sebastian suspect she really felt that hungry passion for him?
Description from Open Library.
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