"Roberts, Nora - Once More With Feeling" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberts Nora)

a bad spring.

It was a strange hodgepodge of cultures and tastes and uniquely Raven's
own. She would have thought eclectic a pretentious word. She had
allowed Julie her exacting taste everywhere else in the house, but here
she had expressed herself.

Raven needed the room the same way she needed to drive her own car.

It kept her sane and helped her remember exactly who Raven Williams
was.

But the room, like the drive, hadn't calmed her nerves. She walked to
the piano.

She pounded out Mozart fiercely. Like her eyes, her music reflected
her moods. Now it was tormented , volatile. Even when she'd finished,
anger seemed to hover in the air.

"Well, I see you're home." Julie's voice, mild and unruffled, came
from the doorway. Julie walked into the room as she had walked into
Raven's life: poised and confident. When Raven had met her nearly six
years before, Julie had been rich and bored, a party-goer born into old
money.

Their relationship had given them both something of importance:
friendship and a dual dependence.

Julie handled the myriad details attached to Raven 's career. Raven
gave Julie a purpose that the glittery world of wealth had lacked.

"Didn't the recording go well?" Julie was tall and blond, with an
elegant body and that exquisitely casual California chic.

Raven lifted her head, aqd the smile fled from Julie's face. It had
been a long time since she'd seen that helpless, ravaged look. "What
happened ?"

Raven let out a long breath. "He's back."

"Where did you see him?" There was no need for Julie to ask for names.
In all the years of their association only two things had had the power
to put that look on Raven's face. One of them was a man.

"At the studio." Raven combed her fingers through her hair. "He was
up in the booth. I don't know how long he'd been there before I saw
him."

Julie pursed her lightly tinted lips. "I wonder what Brand Carstairs
is doing in California."