Review: I discovered Ancient Civilizations in 6th grade and a new love for Egyptian myths
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2013
Okay, I will admit that when I was growing up in Los Angeles I was a nerd. I discovered Ancient Civilizations in 6th grade and a new love for Egyptian myths,and artifacts emerged. On Saturday mornings my father use to drop me off at the L.A. Museum of History and I would wander around for hours looking at all of the Egyptian exhibits. Anyway, I received "Private North" from Tess Oliver, I was excited to read this story. Can you imagine a story about an Ancient History college student, an Egyptian artifact and wounded war veteran? That is a plot that I could devour in one setting!August Stonefield, a.k.a "Auggie" has been looking forward to flying home to California preparing for Christmas with her family. She wants to back cookies, decorate and cook Christmas dinner with her mom since this something her mother usually delegates to one of the members on her staff. Unfortuntely, Auggie's mother has accepted a last minute invitation for the family to spend Christmas in the south of France with a family she can loathes. Auggie is extremely disappointed and decided she would rather catalog ancient Egyptian pottery for her favorite professor than be a victim of her mother's attempts to set her up with the "right guy."On the road to Professor North's home, Auggie almost hits a pedestrian with her car. Although he is not hurt, Auggie feels badly. Once she reaches the Professor's home she is not surprised to see his handsome graduate student son, Ethan. On her first night in the house, imagine her surprise when she is awakened to someone having a nightmare in her bed. When she gets the chance to look at the intruder, she realizes it is the stranger she ran off the road and he is Professor North's older son, Dalton. Dalton walks with a cane due to injuries he suffered in Iraq but that does not stop him from being a womanizing manwhore.As Auggie begins her work cataloging the artifacts, she realizing Professor North and Ethan are hiding something from her and Dalton. It seems that while on a University sponsored trip, Professor North purchased an Egyptian artifact that it suspected to belong to Cleopatra. He just lost a court case with the University that require him to turn over this treasure. Unfortunately, the University is not the only ones wanting this artifact and others have no qualms at resorting to violence in order to secure it.This plot was rich in mystery, intrigue, suspense and my all time favorite, sizzling hot sex. Of course, I also enjoyed all of the Egyptian history references as well. Tess Oliver continually amazes me with her ability to create great stories on various and unique topics. Where does she get all of these ideas? One minute we are thrown into the 18th century, the next we are in the throes of young summer love. Then, we are reading about 'Girl Friday' whose boss is gathering medicines for countries in need, a tattoo artist and race car drivers, and now ancient artifact thieves. Wow! my head is still spinning with her creative mind. All I can say is, if you love intrigue, Egyptian history and some "Ah, sookie, sookie hot love," "Private North" is definitely the book for you!!!!!