Can a couple overcome a murder? (The Perfect Lover - Stephanie Laurens)

Member Name: linzeelou

Product:	The Perfect Lover - Stephanie Laurens
Date:	08/06/09 (16 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Steamy and intriguing

Disadvantages: Would have liked more of the murder to be involved

Stephanie Laurens is one of my all time favourite authors and i have not found a book by her that i havent fallen in love with. The above synopsis says this book is about Amelia Cynster but its wrong.

This one is actually about Simon Cynster and Portia Ashford.

Simon doesnt like having all these women thrust upon him by meddling mothers. He's known Portia since she was a child and has never considered her to be wife material and shes also known to be disinterested in marriage.

Simon starts his search for a wife..on his own terms at a party at Glossup Hall and a heated kiss between him and Portia starts him thinking she isnt the child he once knew. They've always been friends but now they fight to spend time alone together away from prying, meddling eyes.

When they are starting to get closer a murder is committed and without ruining the story their relationship is under threat.

Although something always happens to threaten the relationship in the story, i found this one more exciting than most. Im always waiting for the twist in a book but this one kind of threw me. It was a very welcome change to the normal twists and probably kept me more glued to the book than i would have been otherwise. There's only so many times i can read about someone's upbringing being the problem. It gets old very quick. It was really nice to read about an exciting problem and introduced some new, interesting characters for Laurens to expand on.

Give this passionate Laurence novel a chance, its just as great as every other she has written.

Summary: One of Laurens great stories