I’ll let you in on a little secret about me that you have to promise not to tell anyone if we ever meet. I’m an easy date—if you have the knowhow. And I mean easy. To get me undressed, a boyfriend or girlfriend doesn’t have to buy me things or take me to dinner or to say just the right thing. All they need do is to find the music that touches my buttons, that tickles me from the inside out, and I’m theirs for the night…or a good hour and a half anyway.
I’ve always been a believer in the idea that music is the great aphrodisiac—and so have societies throughout history. (Why else would certain religious groups ban it if not for the fact that it causes the sort of behaviour that could bring one to orgasm?) There’s a reason the idea of music and narcotics go together in popular culture; just like a drug, music can get into your system in no time at all and make you act in ways you wouldn’t otherwise.
For me, it’s metal or alt or grunge that will do it. I’m a rock music nut. Give me a song with a dirty vocal and deep bass and drums and I will move to its rhythm in tandem with a lover. Right now, the Pixies’ new song Magdalena is hitting me in all the right places; the Queens of the Stone Age and anything Mike Patton involves himself in both have the power to do strange things to my mental state also.
So why does music have this effect on me—and so many other people? Is it because the noise it produces is primal and reminiscent of the sounds we make when we’re truly enjoying ourselves? Or is it because the rhythm makes us move our hips in a way we do when we’re throwing ourselves into a sexual encounter? To tell you the truth, I try not to think about it too much. The mystery of the effect, for me, is part of the magic.
Are you the same as me—a prisoner to a sultry solo or beat—or does music leave you cold? If it’s the former, what’s your drug of choice? What songs get your pulse racing? Give me your best recommendations in the comments below.
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Excerpt:
The big leather armchair was as comfortable as it had looked, Susie noted, as she allowed the soft padding to mould to her weary frame. The café was warm too, a balm to the heavy rain beginning to dash against the windows. The torrent of the raindrops, together with the hissing of coffee machines and the rumble of a dishwasher beat a rhythm in Susie’s ears. She leaned on the arm of the chair to better tune into the sounds and as she did, she heard quietly in the background someone humming. She strained to place the tune but it was not one she recognised. The humming was soft and sweet but Susie thought she caught a sadness in it, a faint but distinct longing. She scanned the room to find the source and her gaze settled on a short woman wiping down tables.
Susie moved the hand she was leaning on to hide her eyes, splaying her fingers to peek out and watch unobserved. The woman was foreign, Susie thought. Latina maybe. Her skin was dark and smooth—not freshly tanned, but a world away from Susie’s own pale skin. As the woman moved to another table, the curve of her hips moved too under a pencil skirt, her ample breasts heaving slightly as she swiped the cloth from edge to edge of the table.
Susie closed her eyes to listen to her humming a little while until her coffee came…
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Blurb:
Surrounded by one million people in Dublin city, two women feel very alone. One a university student from a small town in the Irish countryside, the other an adventurous spirit from a city in Brazil, they’ve both been searching for the other among the irritations and noise of everyday life…
Available from: Amazon UK | Amazon US
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Lucy Carey, Lesbian and Bisexual Romance and Erotic-Fiction Writer
I am a 30-year-old bisexual author who writes the kind of fiction I think other LGBTQ women want to read.
As someone born and raised in Ireland, let me assure you: our country is beautiful…and so are its women.
I aim to introduce you to the best of both—the stunning scenery of the Emerald Isle and its funny, complex, gorgeous, lesbian and bisexual women. I hope you enjoy it.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8565141.Lucy_Carey
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucy-Carey/1432435577012573
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