THE BEGUINE.

"The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like — she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her." –  Harlan Coben

THE BEGUINE
A novel that follows the earliest moments of the climatic and almost enigmatic life of Athena whom, many have known from her previous time as being a fellow artist Prince's dancer, and frequent muse. She was adamant about making it in the industry on her own and wanted to prove herself to her peers and deep down inside herself. But when the hungry twenty-four-year-old woman on the verge of worldwide success crosses paths with a seasoned twenty-eight-year-old superstar in an unknowing search for his next muse, a story built on love, lies, fame, and controversy begins to write itself.

AZIZI JOHARI
athena joelle monroe | twenty — four.