Quietly readjusting her own dreams and hopes, investing all of her happiness in his children and her daughter: she’d dreamt of happiness for herself, and quickly assumed those dreams were futile. These two are wonderful –Graciela is so beaten down by her life and the censure her Spanish birth has brought her during the years in England, she’d faced that while married, and then her husband never quite assured her she was enough. Through simply being himself, coaxing and questioning Graciela, always allowing her the opportunity to truly make the choices, she comes to rely on his company, but still can’t see a way past the censure from society that she is certain will come.
Now he has to deal with her reticence, her worries of the age difference, what more will drop from society’s lips regarding her, and her questions about his actual intent. Just a few years younger than she, he’s surprised by her appearance at Sodom, and while once is marvelous: he wants more. To that end, she seeks to fulfill her fantasy of wild abandon, one night at Sodom – where names and identities are hidden in pursuit of every carnal desire.Įnter Colin, best friend to Graciela’s step-son, and one who has always found her exotic, exciting and attractive. But, just once she deserves a chance: to find her own joy and live just for herself, even if only for a night. Since his death, however, she has thrown herself into being the perfect mother and step-mother dedicating her life to her 3 children, and making their needs her priorities.
He was a stickler for things done his way: and to that end, near every utterance toward his wife ate away at her own self-confidence, sense of lightness and joy for life. Graciela has lived her life for her family and children, particularly since her overbearing husband’s death. Sophie Jordan turns that around with an older, widowed heroine who has lived a private life of deprivation, a foreigner in the strange land of England, attracted to her step-son’s best friend, and heretofore disallowed from following a path that would bring her happiness. We are used to the age differences in historic romance, but rarely is the December element the woman. May December romance with a twist, heart and plenty of moments to love (again) from Sophie Jordan
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