Muse: Brown Skin - A Dangerous Kind Of Love
About
Muse
Brown Skin- A Dangerous Kind of Love
By Geri Cohen Biddy
What happens when the man you want only meets you in the shadows?
When your body is worshiped, but your worth is never claimed?
Muse is a raw, poetic memoir loosely based on real events from the author’s life—a story of falling for someone who could never love you fully… and choosing to rise anyway.
For six chaotic, passionate, and addictive years, Muse was entangled in a connection that blurred the line between pleasure and pain. Told in bold prose, journal-style reflections, and emotionally rich flashbacks, Muse captures the ache of almost being loved, the confusion of being desired but never prioritized, and the reckoning that comes with finally walking away.
This is not a conventional love story.
This is a testimony.
A testimony to the women who gave too much and got too little.
To the ones who stayed too long.
To the ones who loved deeply and lost themselves in the process.
Loosely inspired by Geri’s own experiences, Muse dives into the kind of love that’s intoxicating but unsustainable—and the strength it takes to let go.
Inside these pages, you’ll find:
- A visceral, unfiltered account of loving a man who loved music more
- Poetic snapshots of sensuality, heartbreak, and emotional survival
- The transformation that only happens when you finally choose yourself
- A behind-the-scenes look at being the woman behind the song—but never the story
You’ll cry.
You’ll rage.
You’ll nod in recognition.
And by the last page, you’ll remember just how powerful it is to become the author of your own healing.
Because Muse isn’t just about Brown Skin.
It’s about you.
It’s about us.
This is the last time you’ll beg to be chosen.
And the first time you’ll write yourself free.
Praise for this book
*ARC REVIEW*
Let me start with a thank you to the author for writing her story and choosing me as one of her ARC readers.
MUSE: Brown Skin - A Dangerous Kind of Love was an amazing read about the struggles of a young woman learning to love & choose herself when the person who should have, refused to love her out loud and would not acknowledge her worth.
I giggled and kicked my feet, blushing at the erotic bits (of which there were plenty).
I cried and had to take a break to breathe and reflect.
And I got angry. I mean really seriously angry, for Muse and the heartache she was experiencing. For every woman I know or have met who found themselves putting someone who didn't deserve it before their own needs.
When I decided to read MUSE it was with the knowledge that I have a preference for fiction and fantasy. However, Ms. Geri C. Biddy's writing style was so beautifully intimate that I didn't feel like I was just reading a book. I felt like I was reading the journal of someone close to me. Experiencing their highs with them and their lows. And most of all, having the pleasure of witnessing them learning their worth and finally choosing to love themselves the way they deserve.
MUSE is a romance, not in the story between Muse and Brown Skin. But in the story of Muse learning what love should be and choosing loving herself over toxicity.
It was so difficult for me to decide on a quote to share with you all. There were so many good ones and my copy is covered in highlights.
But I landed on this:
"Love doesn't leave you guessing. It doesn't hide behind music or silence or lust. It stands tall in daylight and says 'you are mine, and I choose you on purpose.'"