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Essence of My Desire
Essence of My Desire
Author: Jill Jones
A Mysterious Elixir ... Simone LeFevre has two burning ambitions: to become one of the world's leading perfumers -- and to exact vengeance on the man who destroyed her father, her heritage...and her heart. Her key to both is a fragrance, a potent, alluring, powerfully erotic scent; a mysterious elixir from the 19th century that produces heady, s...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312964153
ISBN-10: 0312964153
Publication Date: 3/1998
Pages: 310
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3.1 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Imagine a perfume that would be arousing to people after just breathing its aroma. This is what master perfumer Simone Lefevre hopes to concoct as her very first "Grande Perfume." She has found a rare vial of an ancient scent that has just such a magical effect, and she is desperate to discover its chemical solution. But the perfume does more than simply excite those who indulge: it acts as a hallucinogenic drug, and literally transfers lost and separated lovers to another place where they can act out their sexual fantasies. As she works to make the perfume hers, with every breath, Simone is carnally reunited with Nicholas Rutledge, her mortal enemy. The two were lovers as young adults, but were torn apart when Nicholas betrayed Nicole and her father by stealing the family's secret perfume formulas. Nicholas, too, has discovered a sample of this rare and unusual scent, and hopes to uncover the formula as a last-ditch attempt to save his floundering family business. Although Simone and Nicholas are sworn enemies, the two feel such intense sexual attraction that when they are exposed to the rare perfume's powers, they are united by their darkest and most erotic fantasies.
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The battle to create the ultra perfume! Secrets from India, snarky competiors. Beautiful talented heroine on her last dime re-encounters young, misguided lover now a repentant perfumer. Nice characters, well written story.
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