Review: A Most Enjoyable Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
“Blue Damask” takes place three years after the end of the Great War. It is a beautifully told story of Elsa Schluss, and Austrian woman who is studying and preparing to become a psychologist, and war-damaged Henry Sinclair, Lord Sonnenby. Elsa has had first- hand experience working with the wounded men as a field nurse during the war and her studies as the protégé of Dr Engel have prepared her to treat their  emotional damage . When Lord Sonnenby is dumped on the floor at her feet, with the plea of the British government to prepare him for an important meeting in the Middle East, Elsa reluctantly agrees.But the trip to Damascus is anything but peaceful. As Elsa attempts to use talk therapy to reach Lord Sonnenby, she is met with resistance first from him, then, more violently, from someone who doesn’t want him to reach the meeting.  An attempt on his life in the train is thwarted by Elsa’s quick actions. But this is not the end to the danger these two face as they near their destination in Damascus.This book is a thriller as well as a romance. It also provides terrifying insight  into earlier techniques used on mental patients.  It portrays Elsa Schuss as a strong woman who uses her wits and occasionally her strength to overcome her patients resistance as well as the outside danger that threatens the mission and the very mind of Lord Sonnenby.