Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book and Album on the Shelves – #Contemporary #Romance – Venetian Rhapsody by Tonya Penrose #Music by David Bazo

Today I am not only delighted to share the news of the latest release by Tonya Penrose, but also of the unique collaboration with David Bazo who has created the music to accompany the book. You can listen to a wonderful trailer for the album later in the post.

About the book

In a glancing moment, Eduardo and Sofia experience a chance encounter that alters how they see their world and ignites a grand love. A romance where the barriers of time’s constraints fall away…leaving them with an unfolding mystery around their powerful connection. Two encounters a year apart bring plenty of complications, smiles, and undeniable love.

A companion album, Venetian Rhapsody, by award-winning composer and musician David Bazo highlights the story’s unfolding.

One of the early review for the book

Joy Shelton-York 5.0 out of 5 stars This love story is a unique experience.  Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 27, 2023

Venetian Rhapsody is not an ordinary love story. It is an experience. Tonya Penrose allows us to take an emotional journey along with the characters into the birth and rebirth of a timeless romance. Venice, the City of Love, provides the perfect ambiance for this story. From the initial meeting, I was instantly intrigued and drawn to these charismatic characters, Sofia Martin and Eduardo Diaz. They are both successful, levelheaded, and likable people who find themselves drawn to each other in inexplicable ways. Neither are looking for love and both have other important commitments, but fate seems to have a hand in continuing to put them in each other’s paths despite their resistance. The beautiful companion original music written and produced by David Bazo enhances the mood, heightens emotions, and tantalizes your senses. Venetian Rhapsody Prelude and Venetian Reverie especially were so hauntingly beautiful I was brought to tears.

Sofia Martin is a doctoral student who is finishing up her program and will be returning in two weeks to Boston to become a museum curator. Eduardo Diaz is an olive grower from Spain who is in Venice to meet with his uncle. Her first glance of Eduardo Diaz in an outdoor café sparks a feeling of familiarity Sofia can’t identify. A second brief accident between the two is both charming but contentious. After a third meeting at Sofia’s professor’s home, the two decide to spend some time together. They both soon realize they know personal things about each other they call “unexplainables.” Trying not to look too closely at their growing feelings, the two get to know each other by exploring Venise.

Tonya Penrose is a master of humor, quick wit, and snappy dialog. This makes the journey fun, entertaining, and gives us insight into the characters personalities. It also worked especially well as Sofia and Eduardo continued to keep things light and deny their feels, minimizing their connection. Ms. Penrose also has a way of creating such vivid descriptions that you can almost feel the breeze, taste the Italian delicacies, see the sunlight dancing across the canals, smell the fresh bread wafting from the bakery below Sofia’s flat, and of course, with the assist of Mr. Bazo, hear the mandolin/guitar players serenade the patrons and tourist. I felt as if I was physically drawn into the page and wasn’t released until the last page.

I highly recommend this beautiful love story and the accompanying music. 

Head over to read the reviews and buy the book: Amazon US –  And: Amazon UK

Also by Tonya Penrose

Read the reviews and buy the books: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – Read more reviews: Goodreads – Website: Tonya Writes – Facebook: Tonya Penrose – Twitter: @TonyaWrites

About Tonya Penrose

As an author, Tonya’s moved by the effect humor and inspiration-driven narratives can have on readers. She is enthusiastic about crafting stories with beguiling characters, adding dashes of snappy humor, and engaging dialogue that leaves her fingerprint on each page.

When Tonya relocated to the mountains, she found fresh writing ideas waiting. From her favorite porch chair gazing at a tranquil lake, the nudge to scribe her first novel, “Old Mountain Cassie: The Three Lessons” came calling.

And from her beach chair, the idea for the cozy series, Shell Isle Mysteries presented. “Baubles to Die For” and “Red, White, and Boom.”. “Murder by Numbers” is the new release for the series.

“A Secret Gift” is a romantic romp that promises smiles, sighs, and secrets.

“Charm” a multi-genre novel that’s a new release. It’s available for a movie/series option.

Tonya confesses new respect for a chair’s ability to motivate writers.

Her fiction and non-fiction stories are published in numerous anthologies, e-magazines, local press, and literary magazines. She’s listed in the Poets and Writers Directory. She chooses to write multi-genre fiction under the pen name Tonya Penrose.

Here is the delightful trailer for the album

The soundtrack album for the book is available: David Bazo Bandcamp – Venetian Rhapsody

About David Bazo

David Bazo is a versatile musician with a background of more than 30 years, more than 100 songs published internationally and more than a hundred live performances behind him, as a soloist and integrating different musical formations. Producer, arranger and music performer for singers, soundtracks, New Age, Pop, TV, Theater and much more.

Connect to David Bazo on his website: David Bazo – Twitter: @davidbazo – Instagram: David Bazo Music – Facebook: David Bazo Music – YouTube:David Bazo Music

 

Thank you very much for dropping in today and it would be wonderful if you could share the news of this unique and delightful collaboration by Tonya Penrose and David Bazo.