Review: Love & more
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
I had just finished Love's Revenge,also written by Ms. Burns,and went off in search of other books written by the author. Although I had no intention of reading another book by the author immediately,since it had already been downloaded to my computer,I thought-why not?There seem to be two common themes in both of Ms. Burns's books. One is the theme of abuse suffered by the heroine from someone in her life pre-hero and the theme of the older heroine.In Love's Revenge, our heroine was 41 and had been both physically and emotionally abused by her father and her sister. In this book, our heroine is also older although her age is not specified,but she is a widow who had been married for ten years, so she should logically be in her late 20s to early 30s and she too has suffered abuse,both in and out of the marriage bed.In Love's Portrait, our heroine, Julia Westgard decides to shake off years of being under her husband's thumb by sitting for a nude portrait,an act of rebellion for her eyes only.Our hero though,Morgan St.Claire, being in the right place at the right time,gets a sneak peek at the portrait and is fascinated by the woman who has posed for it.A second act of rebellion will soon bring our lovers much closer together, and although there is passion between the two practically from the very beginning, Julia's fear of letting herself become another man's property keeps the two lovers apart, until she can come to grips with her fear and allow trust in herself and in Morgan to reign.Sophie and Devlyn, our hero and heroine from Love's Revenge also make a cameo appearance here.Although I felt that this book was a bit slow to get started,once it took off, it was a very enjoyable read.I wouldn't recommend this book to those of you who prefer more wholesome fare since Ms. Burns can be very descriptive.