Title: Midnight Duet
Author: Jen Comfort
Publisher: Montlake, January 10, 2023
Pages: 347
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Self-professed diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on Broadway, legions of fans, spectacular natural talent. But after an accident on stage leaves her face scarred and her career in shambles, Erika retreats to Paris, Nevada, where she’s inherited a ramshackle opera house in desperate need of some TLC.
Erika pours her savings into the building, but it’s not enough to stave off casino developer Raoul Decomte’s avaricious gaze. With foreclosure imminent, she leases the space to some unexpected tenants: a German hair metal band, fronted by glam rock god Christof Daae.
Erika is tempted by Christof’s low-slung leather pants—and even more so by his ambitious drive to make Nacht Musik international superstars—but he’s off-limits. The rest of his band thinks he’s still dating their beloved keyboardist, who is conveniently not present on this jaunt to the American Southwest. When Erika finds out Christof’s been unceremoniously dumped and is trying to keep it under wraps, she makes a deal to keep his secret…for a price, of course.
Christof is desperate to hold the rest of the band together after his keyboardist’s departure, but he can’t maintain the charade forever. Nor can he resist the opera house’s mysterious proprietor, who tempts him with midnight singing lessons. It isn’t long before sensuous nighttime interludes turn into smoldering backstage encounters.
But can their newly ignited passion survive the searing light of day? Or will their beautiful duet turn into a brokenhearted power ballad for one?
Erika pours her savings into the building, but it’s not enough to stave off casino developer Raoul Decomte’s avaricious gaze. With foreclosure imminent, she leases the space to some unexpected tenants: a German hair metal band, fronted by glam rock god Christof Daae.
Erika is tempted by Christof’s low-slung leather pants—and even more so by his ambitious drive to make Nacht Musik international superstars—but he’s off-limits. The rest of his band thinks he’s still dating their beloved keyboardist, who is conveniently not present on this jaunt to the American Southwest. When Erika finds out Christof’s been unceremoniously dumped and is trying to keep it under wraps, she makes a deal to keep his secret…for a price, of course.
Christof is desperate to hold the rest of the band together after his keyboardist’s departure, but he can’t maintain the charade forever. Nor can he resist the opera house’s mysterious proprietor, who tempts him with midnight singing lessons. It isn’t long before sensuous nighttime interludes turn into smoldering backstage encounters.
But can their newly ignited passion survive the searing light of day? Or will their beautiful duet turn into a brokenhearted power ballad for one?
I am so glad that I read this. Phantom of the Opera had such a chokehold on my high school experience. I know. You're shocked. The show choir nerd was obsessed with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Well this book is absolutely everything that my high school self deserved.
Erika is the most dramatic b*tch I've ever read. I love her so much. She is a diva and I only wish she were a little less apologetic about it!
Christof is a glamorous German hair-band lead singer. What a description. What a man. He is hilarious. He has a budget spreadsheet, but wears leather pants for the sake of the fit in the Nevada heat!
The characters in this hair band. I would one million percent listen to Nachtmusik right now. They started out as a Scorpions cover band and it's not ironic at all. It is glitzy and glamorous and everything a rock opera requires it to be.
In all seriousness, the best part of this book aside from the epic love between Erika and Christof, is how many song lyrics from the stage production of Phantom of the Opera were worked into the text. It's masterful. And every time I heard one, I squealed and giggled to myself.
The audio production was SO GOOD. Meg Sylvan does a very attractive accent for a German man! And Hunter Millbrook provided the perfect comedic counter point. I highly recommend listening!!
Ratings
Stars: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
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