Review: Stroke of Genius
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
This book was hard to rate for some reason; in one aspect I liked it but in another way I  found it boring. The book is filled with erotica so if this type of thing offends, then I wouldn't recommend it. Crispin Hawke is a sculptor whose talent is widely sought after; he is the typical successful artist,  he is somewhat moody and very frank; being wealthy, he is able to pick and choose his clients. He opts to do a sculpture of Grace Makepeace's hands, yes her hands. Grace and her parents are Bostonians, her father is wealthy but in trade. Her mother is determined to find Grace a titled husband. Hawke is enthralled with Grace; he has dreamed about her before even meeting her. She has possessed his mind so much that he had painted her portrait. He daydreams about her and conjures sexually explicit scenes that he would do with her. When he sees her for the first time he is taken aback.  Grace is out of her league with Hawke but she doesn't care; she is too wrapped up in the sensations that she experiences with him. Hawke's past comes out some during the book; he had a bad childhood, which explains some of his personality. Grace's supposed large dowry  has her rat of a cousin coming after her and he attempts blackmail to get her to accept him. Parts of the book are predictable and parts are unexpected.