Review: Greek playboy meets his match
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2012
Will the heavens align for the grandchildren of thwarted lovers? Attorney Ashley Sheppard comes to Greece to fulfill the wishes of her ailing grandfather. He wants her to do everything she can to save the Pink Villa, a house he jointly owned with his lost love.Playboy Stephano wants to destroy the crumbling villa where his late grandmother lived. For so many years, it brought her only heartache. He wishes to build a resort on the property.But first, he wants to check out the opposition before he faces her in court. Using his middle names, he arranges an introduction and convinces her to take a sunset ride on his yacht.Their physical attraction is strong. He aims to seduce her, and Ashley is in vacation-mode enough to let herself be seduced. The next morning when she realizes she's slept with the enemy, she's ready to shred Stephano like lamb and serve him up with mint jelly.One feature I liked best about this character-driven story was the authenticity of the Greek setting, the food, and the culture. It felt familiar to me because of the Mary Stewart suspense novels I'd read in my teens were also set on Greek isles. So reading this story was like going on vacation at a favorite spot. Risk is making quite a name for herself in the international romance field.