New Release: Duet for Three Hands

I started DUET FOR THREE HANDS when my youngest daughter, Emerson, was two after hearing a story about my great-grandmother while at a family reunion. Emerson is now eight. I worked on it on and off for all those, but did not feel it was truly ready until recently. It is a true testament to never giving up on something you believe in, even if it takes what feels like a lifetime. I couldn’t have done it without the support of several friends who believed in it even more than I. Without their encouragement this book would have remained in a drawer.

Although quite different from my other novels, I hope it will resonate with my current readers, as well as pick up a few more along the way.

DUET FOR THREE HANDS is available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I can’t wait for you to read it, and would very much appreciate your leaving a review once you’ve finished.

A story of forbidden love, lost dreams, and family turmoil.

The first book in a new historical series from bestselling author Tess Thompson, Duet for Three Hands is equal parts epic love story, sweeping family saga, and portrait of days gone by. Set against the backdrop of the American South between 1928 and 1934, four voices blend to tell a tale of prejudice, fear, and love. The Bellmonts are the epitome of the rich and elite in Atlanta society, but behind the picture-perfect façade are hidden moments of violence and betrayal.

After marrying into the Bellmont family, Nathaniel, a former concert pianist who is nearly ruined by his wife’s unrelenting ambition and unstable mind, finds hope in the promise of his most recent protégé. His brother-in-law, artistic Whitmore Bellmont, and the maid’s daughter, Jeselle, have a secret relationship despite their drastically different circumstances and shades of skin. Unfortunately, most of the world disagrees with their color blindness.

All four lives intertwine on a collision course, threatening to destroy, or liberate, them all.