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Scandalous Lovers
by Robin Schone
Beautifully Written Victorian
Erotic Romance!
Fans of Robin Schone
have been waiting patiently for her next release and with Scandalous
Lovers it was worth the wait. In this beautifully written Victorian
Romance a middle-aged widow and widower find more than passion, and
discover that true ecstasy is obtained only when the heart is engaged.
The country-bred Frances Hart has spent her forty-nine years as an
obedient wife and perfect mother and grandmother. Upon her husband's
death, she travels to London, changes her appearance by purchasing a
lovely wardrobe and dying her hair, and finally obtains the freedom to
see the sights and do whatever her heart desires without having to
answer to anyone. During her outing at the famous Crystal Palace she
looks for a water closet and instead enters a meeting room where The
Men and Women's Club of London are meeting to discuss social, moral and
philosophical views of Victorian Society. There she meets the handsome,
over fifty year-old, barrister James Whitcox. He sees Frances, is
immediately drawn to her, and longs to ask her the question he had
never asked his wife before she passed away; "What does a woman
desire?" and "Does a woman desire to touch a man?" Frances, never
having been asked those questions by her husband, answers honestly and
frankly. From there she is asked to join "the society" and she and
James are drawn closer to each other and eventually come together in
intense passion, ecstasy and love. This is a hauntingly beautiful story
that is well-researched and written in one of the most romantic periods
of history. The imagery of the beauty of the Victorian Era, together
with the well-written passionate erotic love scenes, makes for an
intense, descriptive, pleasurable read. The story is as intense as the
love scenes and has a powerful ending. James defends a woman accused of
murdering her husband with the dreaded disease of the time, syphilis.
He then finds himself defending Frances, as her eldest son, David, upon
discovering her affair with James, her attendance at The Society
meetings and free life in London, attempts to get her committed to an
asylum, as the family does not understand her newly found freedom,
believing she is going through a woman's change and is hysterical. This
is a romance written for the mature, experienced adult, comfortable
with their sexuality. Very few writers have the capability to address
mature love and sexual matters, but Robin Schone has done it in
Scandalous Lovers to perfection. If you have the pleasure of real, true
ecstasy in your life, you will come away from this book recognizing it
and being thankful that you have it. If you had it and lost it, you
will be plagued with fond memories of those moments. If you have not
yet had the pleasure to find it, you will yearn for it. A hauntingly
beautiful story destined to be on the bedside tables of many women to
be read again and again for years to come.
Publisher: Kensington - Brava (January 2007)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
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