No spoiler here, the story is too good for that. It's about a very alpha male Greek who falls in love with a woman he thinks committed a fraud by greed. He will blackmail and manipulate her ruthlessly into having an affair with him. She will accept because she has no choice, but soon will be as passionately addicted to him as he will be addicted to her. The passion between them, oh my! Scorching, mind-blowing, I felt like there was an active vulcano each time they just looked at each other. The reader can see how their feelings gradually move from passion to love.
The most beautiful part of the story for me is a scene where they went to a small restuarant together, far away from the tourists zone. I won't tell what happened, I'll just say I've rarely read a scene with such an intensity, with such a depth, with such a love.
Once again, Michelle Reid delivers, and beautifully.
What I like about Michelle Reid's books is that they are about people with a certain emotional maturity, even though they are as young (twenties and thirties). Her stories are always very well written, one can tell she takes her time writting something worth reading.
Being a fan of the Mills and Boon Modern or Harlequin Presents stories (it's the same), I like her alpha male heroes and strong heroines.
Her heroes are alpha males true and true, but they are all decent guys with likeable characters, and you can see in their behaviour that they love the heroine. Her heroines are strong and very feminine at the same time. Her love stories are not about only fighting each other the whole story and suddenly saying "I love you" at the end. No, her love stories are about loving each other and showing it every way possible, while at the same time fighting over issues that have to be resolved for the relationship to be satisfying.
I cannot tell how much it is enjoyable to read about two people that actually love each other and you can feel it. She tells the story from the hero and the heroine's point of view. You feel so connected to them, you feel their love, their pain , their pasion, their fights. From those stories, one can tell Michelle Reid is an author that understand what real love really is, and that is why she writes so beautifully about it.
Big Thanks to Michelle Reid for being such a good romance author!