The Royal Muse

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

New Orleans artist, Melody Landry, looks forward to Thursdays when her trumpet-playing neighbor ignites her creativity with his haunting balcony performances. Her anguished muse has inspired six new pieces for her first-ever art gallery auction, but complications arise due to the Coronavirus social distancing order. With nothing but time on her hands, she sets out to learn more about her elusive and mysterious neighbor. Falling in love, however, was never part of the plan.

Reece Thomas hasn't fully recovered from a tragic, life-altering, French Quarter mugging, despite the efforts of his annoyingly-optimistic younger brother. He pushes everyone away and drowns his grief in his music and alcohol, owning isolation like a boss. That is until an artist with the voice of an angel moves in across the street and gives him a reason to wake up every day.

But in the midst of a pandemic, can she inspire him enough to find comfort somewhere besides the bottom of a whisky bottle?