"This debut book really rocks!"

There's just something about alpha Greek males that make me either want to melt in a puddle on the floor or whack their stubborn heads. Luckily the hero in this book redeemed himself very nicely!

Savannah Marie Kiriakis ran away from her brutal immoral Greek husband in the middle of the night taking their two daughters with her. Now Dion is dead in a car crash and he's taken his cousin Leiandros' wife with him. There are many secrets that Dion's family doesn't know about her but there are also secrets that she doesn't know as well. Dion had told his family so many lies that nobody knows what the real truth is. Savannah only knows that she and Leiandros shared a deeply moving kiss shortly after she and Dion married before Leiandros knew who she was. Neither she nor Leiandros could ever forget that kiss.

Leiandros only knows that he must extract unwarranted retribution from Savannah because it was her husband that killed no only his wife but their unborn son. Leiandros comes up with the perfect plan. He's cut off Savannah's monthly stipend and forces her to come to Greece with her two daughters. Savannah needs that stipend to keep her Aunt Beatrice in the private nursing home in her last days. Aunt Beatrice took Savannah in when her mother died and her father abandoned her so it's the least Savannah can do. So what can Savannah do but capitulate to Leiandros' demands?

Savannah cannot know that Leiandros has much more in store for her and for her daughters. What will she do when she finds out exactly how much retribution he actually wants?

I read this book in a matter of a couple of hours. I was simply fascinated with this story and couldn't wait to see if and when Leiandros would finally redeem himself. Lucy Monroe's debut book couldn't have been any better!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted October 12, 2003