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| The cover was too suggestive for NRC |
May 2014, Graylin Rane, 51 pages, ebook, Review copy
Themes: grief, family bonds, tragedy, accidents, gods,
chocolate
Content: traffic accident scene, strong adult romance
scene x1, tissues needed
Summary from Graylin's website
Julia is getting ready for work, her camerawoman and best friend Amy
by her side, when a notice is left at her door. She’s been chosen to
receive a sculpted chocolate man picked personally by Eros to fulfill
her romantic and sexual needs. While other women would jump at the
offer, Julia is torn.
It’s been three years since she lost her beloved Jorge after
twenty-five years of wedded bliss. How would she explain a chocolate man
to her six kids? Anteros is carved perfection, luscious, and gorgeous
with a surprise for her. He loves books and discussing history, he backs
away when she feels a loyalty pull to her lost husband, respects her
devotion to family. Time and patience pay off as Julia slowly opens her
home, her body, and her heart.
Nayuleska's thoughts
I know I'm starting this review biased
because I know Graylin online and, despite the mature content, I love the
themes explored in her books. However, this truly is her best book ever!
There's so much love for Julia from her family. They all care for her
happiness, which hadn't had a chance to shimmer since her husband died. I loved
the close-knit friendship she has with her best friend Amy, who is sometimes
inappropriate but pushes Julia when Julia won't push herself. She learn how
much stronger she is since her husband died, something that others knew but it
took a near tragedy for her to realise that.
I cried so much in this book, both for happy
and sad reasons. I enjoy books that make me cry because they strike a chord
with me somehow. I enjoyed how Julia was 50 rather than in her 30s, how she
wanted to take things slow and get to know her new guy - that's sort of
something every heroine in this series shares, they all have an issue to
overcome that makes the end sweeter - but Julia wants to spend time with him
and really know him before doing anything vaguely intimate. I think it's partly
because of her age and life circumstance, and I respect her for making that choice.
I'm eagerly awaiting the next in the series!
Find out more on Graylin's website.
Suggested read
Make sure you check out the others in the
series including Irish Cream Dreams (Paranormal romance, 8/10E)
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| Again cover a bit too suggestive for NRC so this is meant to be an irish cream (non-alcoholic version!) |
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