Can a man with an all-consuming drive to achieve success in his art make room for a spectacular love? In The Preludes he goes for both, risking for the win. The woman in question - strong, smart and as driven as he - fights the worthy fight. They tangle over twelve days. It is beautiful to watch. John Caedan puts you in the front row for the spectacle, and has even composed music for the show. This novel might seem 'short' in length, but its reach is very long. One reader put it another way: the unfolding is "fast ... and deliciously slow."

We want love. It's better than breathing. We want sex. It's better than ice cream. Sometimes love and sex end up in the same bed. I actually believe it happens in reality, and I'm out to prove it in this book, so this is both my warning and promise: the writing is explicit. About both love and bed. At the same time. Please enjoy, John Caedan Details: Click on "look inside" to read a generous excerpt. Thirty-four episodes with a new couple in each, no violence, cheating, betrayal, or boredom. Just risking, with everything at stake, naked.