The Guitar Player, TA Malone, TWB Press, erotica

Ella, struggling to regain her sense of self after a painful divorce, is not in love with the new man in her life. Oh, he’s a hunk, all right, and a sweet talker, charming when it suits him, but he’s also conceited, demanding, and worse, he’s married. Ella must bring herself to kick him to the curb and deny her wounded libido his carnal pleasures. She’s trapped in the dilemma of being the other woman until a handsome guitar player moves in next door. His strumming stirs deep emotions and visions of men who truly tend to her every need. Immersed in this mysterious and sensual journey, she allows her fantasies to shape her reality.

T A Malone’s “The Guitar Player” |Matt’s Smut Vault

I love reading all the smut that rolls into The Vault, but let’s take a second to consider something difficult to find inside the world of erotic literature: believable characters. The Guitar Player, by T A Malone is a unique erotic story that doesn’t bother treading along popular erotica tropes, yet still delivers a tense sexual experience for the reader. Who’d have thought a story this open to interpretation would take place in suburban Philadelphia? Hopefully this paranormal concept will get expanded in future works or with an extended series, because it’s too good an idea to leave behind in an admittedly brief novella.