Helpful Score: 3
While the title of the book leads you to believe there might be some juicy erotica, this book is really about the art world, two star-crossed lovers (yes, there are a couple of sex scenes, but nothing too explicit), the intrigue of forgeries & politics. Even though I am an artist, I found myself skimming through the book just to be done with it. The basic story line was really pretty good, but it just didn't hold my interest.
Helpful Score: 1
Frustrated by the world's indifference to her haunting, sensual paintings, Mason Caldwell boldly fakes her own death. The results are as brilliant as the colors imbuing her art. Now disguised as her surviving "sister" Amy, Mason enjoys the fruits of her deception - fame, wealth and entry into the glittering halls of haute Paris.
It's a perfect deceit until art expert Richard Garrett enters the picture. For something about the Mason Caldwell myth doesn't sit right with him, and he intends to uncover the truth...if a shadowy past or his own heart doesn't betray him. But a woman of Mason's talents isn't easily undone, and a dangerous game of truths and lies can reveal hidden desires, igniting a passion beyond their control...
It's a perfect deceit until art expert Richard Garrett enters the picture. For something about the Mason Caldwell myth doesn't sit right with him, and he intends to uncover the truth...if a shadowy past or his own heart doesn't betray him. But a woman of Mason's talents isn't easily undone, and a dangerous game of truths and lies can reveal hidden desires, igniting a passion beyond their control...
