LOS ANGELES -- After years of being heartbroken and disappointed by musicians, Laura Warrell finally added them, alongside bartenders and skateboarders, to her list of "Off Limits Men."
"These are the guys that are never going to commit," said Warrell, 51. Her last long involvement with a musician ended around 2013, just as she was beginning to write her debut novel, "Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm."
Out in late September, the major fall release tells the story of jazz musician Circus Palmer and the many women he charms and devastates, including his teenage daughter. It was the first book Lisa Lucas acquired after she assumed leadership of the storied Pantheon and Schocken Books.
