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Song of Seduction (Seduction #1)
by
Carrie Lofty (Goodreads Author)
Tormented by guilt. Haunted by scandal. Freed by love.
"Austria, 1804"
Eight years ago, composer Arie De Voss claimed his late mentor's final symphony as his own and became an icon. But fame has a price: fear of discovery now poisons his attempts to compose a redemptive masterpiece. Until a new muse appears, intoxicating and inspiring him...
Mathilda Heidel renounced her own...more
"Austria, 1804"
Eight years ago, composer Arie De Voss claimed his late mentor's final symphony as his own and became an icon. But fame has a price: fear of discovery now poisons his attempts to compose a redemptive masterpiece. Until a new muse appears, intoxicating and inspiring him...
Mathilda Heidel renounced her own...more
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Published
June 7th 2010
by Carina Press
(first published May 26th 2010)
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January 1804 in Salzburg, Austria is a cold and unrelenting. Composer and musician Arie De Voss feels the cold deep down in his bones. His guilt eats away at him because he feels he is living a lie. His most famous composition, Love and Freedom, that has given him great accolades, haunts him. De Voss stole the composition from a man he respected and is waiting for someone to find out and accuse him of being a fraud. Arie performs like monkey, remaining silent and doing whatever he is bid. This i...more
May 28, 2010
♦Jennifer♦
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
historical romance readers
Shelves:
read-in-2010
For me, Song of Seduction has become a testament to reading beyond what I’m comfortable with. It just goes to show you that once you give something a chance, it may be surprising how much you like it. The romance was everything I expected and so much more. Regular historical romance readers will be enchanted with this, and I urge people to read Song of Seduction even if they’ve had bad experience with the genre in the past. I know that’s were I was coming from, and now thanks to this eye-opener...more
Respectable widow Mathilda Heidel gave up her violin when she married, much to the dismay of the friends closest to her. For years they've tried to convince her to pick up her music again, but it's not until she's introduced to her musical idol that she's inspired to play.
Arie De Voss has heard so many empty adulations over the years he's become more than a little jaded. The respect and delight in Mathilda's eyes is something new, though, and a part of him wants to be able to rise up to become t...more
Arie De Voss has heard so many empty adulations over the years he's become more than a little jaded. The respect and delight in Mathilda's eyes is something new, though, and a part of him wants to be able to rise up to become t...more
Carrie Lofty’s Song of Seduction is a novel of sheer perfection. Her talent and writing transcends the limits of art and emotions that can be conveyed through words on a page. Never has a book so eloquently stated the influence of music and the bond it creates between two people.
Arie is a musician who enjoys solitude and music. At the beginning he is a shallow, hollow form of a man, trapped in guilt and shame of past transgressions but still possessing a burning desire to compose music. Such det...more
Arie is a musician who enjoys solitude and music. At the beginning he is a shallow, hollow form of a man, trapped in guilt and shame of past transgressions but still possessing a burning desire to compose music. Such det...more
My mother always taught me that if I can't say something nice, I shouldn't say anything at all. So, I'd like to take this moment to encourage her, if she's reading this, to head over to Facebook or somewhere else more pleasant where I will be nice and kind and promise to listen to her.
I wanted to say nice things about this book. I wanted to praise it, to talk about its pretty cover and I wanted to read a fascinating book that revolves around two musicians. What I got was a two-dimensional love s...more
I wanted to say nice things about this book. I wanted to praise it, to talk about its pretty cover and I wanted to read a fascinating book that revolves around two musicians. What I got was a two-dimensional love s...more
This was a perfect romance novel with surprising depth-- even more so because it defied many of the conventions of the genre. I was intrigued by this book because while it is a historical romance, the premise seemed out of the common rut. The main story line is sweet, sad, hot and very satisfying. Neither Tilda or Arie will fade into my memory of characters, but rather will retain their integrity and shine in my recollections. I am already re-reading! But what impressed me beyond the main story...more
Arie De Voss is carrying a secret; one that can change how he is perceived. He’s been living with the guilt that he claimed the critically appraised composition “Love and Freedom” as his own, stealing it from his long-time mentor. He knows the day will come that everyone will know he is a fraud. Dreading the moment he has to go to Lord Venner’s party, he reluctantly attends in hopes of obtaining students to get money. What Arie does not expect is to meet Mathilda Hiedel.
Mathilda Hiedel is coming...more
Mathilda Hiedel is coming...more
Song of Seduction caught my eye for a couple of reasons. One, it's an unusual setting for a genre (historical romance) that's usually overflowing with Regency-era minor royalty and kilt-clad Highlanders. Two, it's about music.
Arie is a composer and musician who is harboring a secret that is tearing him apart. Tilda is a gifted violinist who gave up music to marry and live a quiet life at odds with the scandal of her parent's marriage. Now widowed, she meets her idol Arie De Voss and … finds him...more
Arie is a composer and musician who is harboring a secret that is tearing him apart. Tilda is a gifted violinist who gave up music to marry and live a quiet life at odds with the scandal of her parent's marriage. Now widowed, she meets her idol Arie De Voss and … finds him...more
I was teetering on how to rate this one. On the one hand, for Carrie Lofty's elegant prose and lovely flow, I wanted to give it five stars. For the story, I leaned more toward a 3.5 or 3.75. I settled on four, and I do think it's a solid four.
Arie De Voss is complicated and strange, and yet he's a respected composer in Salzburg. Even those who know him don't know him well. Mathilda Heidel holds him in the highest regard. She's a young widow, quiet and unassuming. But she loves music, and she's n...more
Arie De Voss is complicated and strange, and yet he's a respected composer in Salzburg. Even those who know him don't know him well. Mathilda Heidel holds him in the highest regard. She's a young widow, quiet and unassuming. But she loves music, and she's n...more
3.5 Rating. The writing is lovely – often mellifluous, complementing the musical themes of the story -- but it does grow a bit thick in places after the couple becomes intimate. So much of the action is internal, exploring the relationship between artist and muse, student and idol. Much of the plot hinges on the personal demons the two lovers must exorcise and seek atonement for before committing to one another, but the resolution for both of them felt a little anti-climactic to me, partly becau...more
Austria, 1804. That right there tells you this is going to be a unique story. It gets better, though. Eight years previous, Dutch composer Arie De Voss has become a music icon through his symphony Love and Freedom. However, this is a lie, Love and Freedom was written by De Voss' dying mentor and he has claimed it as his own. And now, in 1804, Arie is trying to prove to himself that he can write his own symphony, but the guilt and fear of discovery has halted his ability to do so.
Mathilda Heidal...more
Mathilda Heidal...more
There were so many things I loved about this book. So so many. It's going to be tough going to write an objective review since all I really want to do is squee all over the place and make everyone I know read this book. So, with an attempt at coherence and objectivity, here's what I liked:
1) The setting: Salzburg, Austria 1804. (This books is set just before Portrait of Seduction.) Its mostly winter and damn, Lofty can pick a great setting. It's fresh, new and interesting. She made me feel as th...more
1) The setting: Salzburg, Austria 1804. (This books is set just before Portrait of Seduction.) Its mostly winter and damn, Lofty can pick a great setting. It's fresh, new and interesting. She made me feel as th...more
Mar 30, 2011
Hilcia
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Hilcia by:
Won copy on DIK Holiday Giveaway
(A-)
What is there not to love about Song of Seduction by Carrie Lofty? There's love, passion, angst, a different and gorgeous setting, excellent historical details and beautiful writing to top it all off.
In Song of Seduction, Lofty weaves a story where both main characters are flawed and in need of redemption and/or forgiveness in one way or another. They need to be accepted and loved as they are, for whom they are and forgiven for past injuries to others. I've always thought that flawed charact...more
What is there not to love about Song of Seduction by Carrie Lofty? There's love, passion, angst, a different and gorgeous setting, excellent historical details and beautiful writing to top it all off.
In Song of Seduction, Lofty weaves a story where both main characters are flawed and in need of redemption and/or forgiveness in one way or another. They need to be accepted and loved as they are, for whom they are and forgiven for past injuries to others. I've always thought that flawed charact...more
i did try my best to finish the book. i was not really interested in the musical aspect theme in a book because i am not familiar with it. the story between arie and mathilda were quite good and indeed they do have the chemistry when they are together. i was in awe of how these two are so physically attracted to each other.
As someone who spent the first 25 years of her life immersed in music, as a performance major, this read like a homecoming to me. Giving life not only to Arie and Tilda, but to Beethoven and Haydn (albeit the younger), I was riveted by this story of love, betrayal, acceptance, forgiveness, and redemption.
I've always been fascinated by musicians - true musicians, who live and breath musical notes. My brother is the type to always have some kind of music running through his body - his hands always moving in some strange, unconscious rhythm.
The book encompasses everything I find fascinating about musicians and wraps them in a beautiful melody of angst, pain, betrayal, acceptance and love.
The book encompasses everything I find fascinating about musicians and wraps them in a beautiful melody of angst, pain, betrayal, acceptance and love.
Jun 15, 2013
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RITA-nominated author Carrie Lofty writes for five publishers, under four names, in three genres. Her latest releases from Pocket include the WWII-era romance, HIS VERY OWN GIRL, described by Dear Author as “one of the strongest historical romances I’ve ever read,” and the RT Reviewers’ Choice-winning STARLIGHT as “richly nuanced characters and a superbly realized Scottish Victorian setting come t...more
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