Friday, March 7, 2008

Secret Obsession


Book Title: Secret Obsession
Author: Leigh Wyndfield
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, LTD
Publisher URL: http://samhainpublishing.com/
ISBN: 1-59998-104-1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Nymph Rating: 3 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs reviewer: Sphinx Minx

Clemant Taylor has been called home because of her aunt’s ill health. She has a six figure income on the mainland and has not visited in three years. She is reluctant to return, because she will have to face Wade Tawes.

Clem and Wade cannot resist each other. They have been sleeping together since both were seventeen. The physical attraction is intense and irresistible. But their families have been feuding since 1939. Both try to end the affair, feeling their passion can only lead to disaster. They have kept their secret for more than 15 years.

The action takes place on Blue Island in Chesapeake Bay. Four clans rule the island, with little outside interference. It’s an unusual setting with a complex social structure. Episodes of sabotage and interest in the property from Japanese investors threaten the island’s way of life. The feud, started by Clem’s grandmother, is heating up again. Clem and Wade are both determined to stop it -- and to avoid each other.

But both have changed over the years and more than physical passion connects them. Wade is troubled by discoveries within his own family and Clemant rediscovers the pull of her roots. Both realize how much their secret has isolated them.

This is an interesting story with a fascinating setting and intelligent, likable characters.

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