Christine Anthony is a cellist who wants nothing more than to play with a major symphony orchestra. Until then, she works in a clothing boutique and spends her weekends playing with a string quartet at a museum.<br><br>When a stylish, rich woman named Car Weldon asks Chris to deliver a purchase to her, Chris finds the world she knows thrown into a spin. Suddenly she’s doing things that would have scandalized her a few weeks previous. When Car takes her to St. Lucia on vacation, she meets new friends and a booking agent who offers her a job that changes her life.<br><br>And when she draws the attention of a well-known gossip columnist and a handsome TV actor, Chris suddenly has a fame she isn’t ready for. With the right choices, her cello could take her more places than she ever imagined ... but what must she leave behind?

All the Right Strings

People came over to shake my hand and tell me how much they enjoyed working with me. It became so crazy, that I was shaking hands and smiling without hearing anything. But someone held onto my hand longer than the others. I looked at the hand, then up into Car’s eyes.


“Ryan and I will be in the suite, when you can get away,” she whispered as she gave me a hug. 33


It was only noon when Mimi knocked on the door.


“Up and showered,” I said as I walked out of the bedroom in the white terry-cloth robe the hotel provided.


“You’re going to have a hard time walking through the lobby. I hope Wilson’s ready for it. There are photographers and media people everywhere. Now, I’ve got to dress you to meet your subjects.”


I sighed. “I can’t wait for Monday.”


Mimi frowned. “Shut up, Chris, and enjoy it while you have it.”


“Sometimes I hate having to be nice to people,” I groused. “I just want to slap them and say, ‘Hey, I’m human, not a goddess.’”


Chapter 57