The Treble With Men

de Piper Sheldon (2020) - Smartypants Romance

Résumé : As far as Green Valley is concerned, Kim Dae disappeared into the Wraiths a decade ago. They were sort of right. Kim has spent her life since Jethro fighting her curious nature and trying to blend into the background. Unfortunately for her, a mysterious Maestro comes to town and takes quick notice of her for reasons unknown to anybody.

The masked conductor, known simply as Devlin, was already a source of much gossip thanks to his reputation for getting fired. Now, his sudden interest in the quiet fourth chair cellist has added fuel to the rumor fire. The new conductor of the symphony needs to learn to control his temper and finish his latest musical masterpiece and only the reluctant star of his symphony can help him do that. If Devlin can’t convince Kim to help to finish his latest composition he’ll lose everything.

Can Devlin and Kim compose without losing composure ?

Gros gros coup de coeur pour cette romance. Le premier tome de cette série, toujours de Piper Sheldon, m'avait aussi beaucoup plu, donc j'avais de bons espoirs pour celui-ci, j'ai pas été déçue. Le tome 1 s'inspirait de "My Fair Lady", ce tome 2 s'inspire lui du "Fantôme de l'Opéra" (que je n'ai pas vu, je sais, honte à moi etc).

Pour rappel les Scorned Women Society sont les ex-copines de Jethro Winston, elles donc toutes plus ou moins eu de embrouilles avec les bikers. Dans ce tome-là, Kim a eu une brève histoire avec Jethro à l'adolescence, a touché aux drogues assez pour se faire envoyée en cure de désintoxication. Adulte, Kim vit toujours chez ses parents, toujours assez fragile, elle n'a de contacts amicaux qu'avec un tout petit nombre de gens et se consacre entièrement à la musique : elle joue du violoncelle dans l'orchestre de la ville. Elle n'est le violoncelle principal donc ça lui va bien, elle est dans le fond, se fond dans la masse et personne ne la remarque... ah oui et accessoirement elle utilise un pseudonyme.

Sauf que non, il y a un qui la remarque : le chef d'orchestre. Arrivé fraîchement, Devlin the Symphony Devil, a pas la meilleure réputation qui soit. Il porte un masque qui couvre tout le bas de son visage et un chapeau tout le temps, on dit de lui qu'il ne maîtrise pas ses colères. Un soir, il pense que tous les musiciens sont partis, mais Kim est restée pour jouer toute seule, là bam The Révélation. Non seulement Kim joue beaucoup mieux que ce qu'elle fait en répétition, mais sa façon de jouer l'inspire tout d'un coup pour une composition originale... ah oui et accessoirement il la reconnait, parce que tous les deux ils se sont déjà croisé ^^

Devlin arrive à convaincre Kim de travailler avec lui sur sa composition, et là les choses sérieuses commencent ! La romance se construit doucement entre deux partitions, chacun revenant de loin, blessé mais ensemble très complémentaire. On apprend aussi pour quoi Devlin se cache le visage, pourquoi Kim se cache tout court...

Si je pouvais dire une seule critique ce serait sur le personnage du connard de service (je sais même plus son nom xD) qui ajoute certes un obstacle dans l'intrigue, mais franchement j'avais juste envie de l'éclater contre à mur à chaque fois qu'il débarquait xD

Very big crush for this romance. I also liked the book 1 of this series, still by Piper Sheldon, so I had good hopes for this one and I was not disappointed. Book 1 was inspired by "My Fair Lady", this book 2 is inspired by "Phantom of the Opera" (which I have not seen, I know, shame on me).

As a reminder, the Scorned Women Society are the ex-girlfriends of Jethro Winston, so they all more or less got into trouble with the bikers. In this book, Kim had a brief liaison with Jethro when tey were teenagers, she did drugs enough to be sent to rehab. As an adult, Kim still lives with her parents, always quite fragile, she only has friendly contacts with a very small number of people and devotes herself entirely to music : she plays the cello in the city orchestra. She is not the main cello so it suits her, she is in the background, blends in with the crowd and nobody notices her... Also she uses a pseudonym.

Except that there is one guy who notices her : the Maestro. Freshly arrived, Devlin the Symphony Devil, doesn't have the best reputation there is. He wears a mask that covers the bottom of his face and a hat all times, it is said that he does not control his anger. One evening, he thinks that all the musicians are gone, but Kim stayed to play alone, then bam Revelation ! Not only does Kim plays much better than what she does in rehearsal, but her way of playing suddenly inspires him for an original composition... Also he recognizes her, because their paths have already crossed ^^

Devlin manages to convince Kim to work with him on his composition, and the serious things begin ! The romance is slow burn between two partitions, each coming from afar, wounded but together very complementary. We also learn why Devlin hides his face, why Kim hides himself...

If I could say only one criticism it would be on the asshole on duty (I don't even remember his name xD) which certainly adds an obstacle in the plot, but frankly I just wanted to explode his face against the wall at every time he was here xD

Oh and Jethro's little cameo is just perfect ♥


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