The Unraveling
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Narrated by:
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Summer Morton
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By:
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Melanie Hamrick
About this listen
Jocelyn Banks has always felt like an outsider in the ballet world. She was raised in rural Louisiana, taught to scrap and hustle for the life she wanted. And ever since Jocelyn found ballet, she has been able to take her life into her own hands. After years of success at the North American Ballet, she is now on a hiatus to enjoy life in London.
But in an instant, Jocelyn’s world is turned upside down and she’s forced find a way back into the ballet world. But the ballet scene in London is completely different from the one in America. It's not just talent and drive that will move you forward; if you don't secure a sponsor to pay your salary, you will go nowhere. Jocelyn manages to score a donor, which is crucial at the Royal National Ballet—but the hardest part is yet to come.
Jocelyn is unable to break through her emotions, afraid that if she does, she’ll be flooded with feelings she can’t afford to have. But something about her sponsor, the charismatic Alastair Cavendish, sets a fire in her. What she feels when she’s with him is raw and real. If she goes down this precarious path, she knows she’s doomed to fall into an intoxicating spiral of self-sabotage. But the lust and magnetizing lure of power and prestige keep clawing at her, ultimately forcing her to choose between desire and duty.
Critic Reviews
A Good Morning America's Buzz Pick
"Choreographer Hamrick follows up First Position with another seductive tale of the ballet world’s glamour and darkness. Hamrick satisfies with her twisty drama, where bad actors get their just desserts, and she delivers fine character work, as in her portrayal of Jocelyn’s reckoning with the sacrifices Brandy made for her. Readers will be swept off their feet."—Publishers Weekly
"I was wowed by Melanie's first offering, First Position, but this story absolutely consumed me on another level. It was hot, dark and provocative in the most sophisticated, beautiful way. I lived through Jocelyn's journey... The Unraveling is a triumph, packed full of erotic angst, gut-wrenching loss, conflict and merciless ambition. Wildly good!"—Jodi Ellen Malpas, international bestselling author of This Man and the One Night trilogy
"Choreographer Hamrick follows up First Position with another seductive tale of the ballet world’s glamour and darkness. Hamrick satisfies with her twisty drama, where bad actors get their just desserts, and she delivers fine character work, as in her portrayal of Jocelyn’s reckoning with the sacrifices Brandy made for her. Readers will be swept off their feet."—Publishers Weekly
"I was wowed by Melanie's first offering, First Position, but this story absolutely consumed me on another level. It was hot, dark and provocative in the most sophisticated, beautiful way. I lived through Jocelyn's journey... The Unraveling is a triumph, packed full of erotic angst, gut-wrenching loss, conflict and merciless ambition. Wildly good!"—Jodi Ellen Malpas, international bestselling author of This Man and the One Night trilogy
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