Review: Truly Wonderful!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
In the second grade Calandra (Callie) Dahl was asked, “What is the most important thing in the world?” Her answer, “Money.” In A Bird Without Wings, (a romance about two people from very different worlds and the mystery that brings them together) Callie figures out that money is not the most important thing in the world. Callie is the daughter of gypsies, who grew up with love but not enough money to sometimes feed, clothe and house them. With all the self-doubt she has, Callie grew up to be a beautiful and intelligent woman. Lucius Randsome (Luscious as Callie calls him) is the golden boy of the wealthy Randsome lineage. He is handsome, intelligent, a financial wiz. His life would be different if he didn’t have to always fix his family’s problems. Rachel, Lucius’ long-time friend, puts the two on the path for romance when she suggests Callie to head up a special research project for Lucius.Callie hates to be the center of attention but isn’t afraid to speak up when something isn’t right. Lucius barely pays her any attention, even after her disastrous entrance and exit into his office. That is, until Rachel gives Callie a makeover and pretty much pushes her and Lucius on each other. When she is on the case of the HRF, Callie is confident, vibrant. Lucius desires her, and first, can’t figure out why. But putting his mind to getting her and coupling it with close, secretive work is an explosive combination.I really enjoyed this story, though I could have wrung Callie's neck several times for selling herself short so often. It drove me nuts. Her constantly doubting herself and putting herself down started to wear thin and made me want to skip those pages. The sex was understated but worked well for the story. What I didn’t like was the constant use of acronyms. There were way too many thrown in throughout the story.All-n-all this story was well written with an excellent plot and characters. The people are real and honest. They exhibit real emotions with past and present shortcomings. The message behind the ugly bird painting was a lesson most people could use. A wonderful story, Ms. Pearce. A wonderful story indeed.