Review: A certified page turner!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
This is one of the best of Sandra Ross's stories I have read so far.  Once, I started reading it, I can't put it down!When Iliana "first" met Nickolas, she felt utterly perturbed by his uncharacteristic attention.  How can a suave, gorgeous, and rich business mogul - who could have any women in just a snap of a finger - be interested in her?  But he is undoubtedly interested in her and she couldn't deny the attraction she also felt for him.  Then their relationship slowly develops into the culmination of giving themselves to each other in a hot, steamy and eventually uncontrollable, wild sex!  But it is not `just' sex.  It is a passionate and feeling lovemaking between two people - a deep lovemaking which made them feel they are soul mates.But this is just the start of their story.  There is more to it, a hidden twist unveiled in the end of the book - a twist that creates the real conflict for the two.  This is something to watch out for in her next series.I appreciate how it was craftily written and how the back story was carefully placed into the story's structure.  I am also pleased on how Ms. Ross is able to create a riveting prose and good character description.In here, I can see the humanness of Iliana.  Her doubts in her physical appearance, the hardships she faces in her day-to-day life and her tragic past when she lost her parents.  I am also intrigued in Nickolas's character.  Ross always points out that there Nickolas is hiding something and it is BIG.  Until I reach that stage and I am expressively wowed.Ms. Ross left me on a cliff-hanger and I can't wait to read  Book 2.  As always, she's able to capture my interest and has never let go of it until the end of the book.  She also never fails to gradually ease me out into the lives of her protagonists and somehow portray her characters as people I can relate to.  Ms. Ross is able to build a strong beginning for a story that became obviously very interesting by every second I read it.However, I worry if she can deliver to the end.  She already has a good build up and the real conflict is coming into light.  I am just wondering if she can sustain readers' interest in the next books and satisfy our expectations on the conclusion part of the story.If there is something I somewhat dislike about the book is that the story seemed to lead to a melodrama like as if I am watching a soap opera.  I am not really a fan of melodrama so I just hope that she maintains the kind of writing prose and style she employed in this book and do not go overly dramatic.  I also have some issues on the dialogues of some characters as they seemed unnatural but they are minor characters only so this did not really put me out of the story's focus.Looking forward for Book 2.