Disclaimer:
I paid for and downloaded this eBook from Amazon
UK. Although April
Vine is a fellow writer, no favours have been exchanged for this review. In
fact, I have long awaited this book after I read her previous eBook The Midnight Rose and loved it.
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The Blurb:
Staid and
straitlaced Michelle Stein has two thoughts fuelling her mind…
1. Floor
the first man to walk into her antique shop.
2. Throttle
her three witch-practicing aunts.
They
promised her a tiny spell to fix her ridiculous inhibitions, but instead
mischievously delivered a full-blown, sanity-squashing lust spell. The
temporary curse apparently has no boundaries either…since the first man who
walks through her door is the same man who broke her heart ten years ago.
Despite Michelle’s vociferous resistance, Sebastian becomes the only man who
can appease her unending physical hunger.
Thirty,
heirless and restless, Sebastian Gray is drawn back home to Cape Town to claim
the only girl he ever loved. What he finds in her place is a hotly bewitched
erotic seductress. Now with the reparation spell her aunts cast gone awry,
Sebastian might be on the losing end of a futile battle against a
strength-ascending hex, no matter how hard he tries to keep Michelle satiated,
alive…or even just human.
My review:
Gosh! Where
do I start with this book? I’m not normally used to writing long reviews. And I
promise you this won’t be long either. But I still need to convey how brilliant
this book is in a few words, so here goes.
Right from
page one, this story grabbed my attention and held it to the very end. I
started reading it late on Friday night, went to bed, and woke up at 5am on
Saturday morning to continue reading it.
Here’s how
the story starts:
Michelle leaped from the
floral-embossed Victorian chair, gripped the edge of the walnut desk and
dropped her chin to her chest. Labored breaths somersaulted from her mouth. Her
heart beat with swift speed. Her skin screamed under a raging fire.
She was having an attack.
Not a panic attack.
A sex attack.
Anyone who
knows me well knows I’m a huge fan of first
paragraphs that hook. This start grabbed me by the cajones (Well, if I had
cajones, they’d have been well and truly clamped. LOL)
The
language is compelling, the actions intriguing. I wanted to know why Michelle
was having a sex attack and what would happen next. Luckily enough for me,
Sebastian Gray walked in. Oh, I loved Sebastian, how I loved him. He is the
epitome of the modern day hero. Tall, dark, handsome, honourable and
accommodating—boy, was he accommodating. I’m going to read this story again
soon just to experience him all over again. *Sighs*
This story
also had some noteworthy secondary characters. Michelle’s three loveable kooky meddlesome
aunties (who are witches, by the way) and a black cat with a personality
disorder made for a very hilarious read. Plus, Sebastian’s two hunky friends
also made me think there was a possibility of a series. Please let there be a
series. I’d love to read more about those two in their own stories.
This story has
no whips or chains in it but still sizzles with eroticism, from start to
finish. The author delivered, totally. Just when I thought she would run out of
sexual positions to use, she ramps it up a notch. I really have to acknowledge
her skill on this note. She wrote a truly erotic novel without kinks. Not many
authors manage it. I haven’t learnt that skill yet.
Ultimately,
though, this story is about unrequited love, old friends reunited, a struggle
to overcome personal demons and unconditional love. These are what made me love
this story so much. I believed every emotion felt by the characters as they
struggled to come to terms with what was going on. By the end, I certainly
believed that they would be having a credible happy future together.
My verdict:
Loved it!
Loved it! Love it! A keeper.
My rating:
My recommendation:
Buy it,
read it, keep it.
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Bio: April Vine
April Vine writes erotic romance
by night and is a professional dreamer by day. She has two precious sons who
keep her sharp and one very tolerant husband who chivalrously and bravely
defends her honor daily.
