What if the truth about a famous painting was not what it's been told to be? What if it was not even the original work and a different painting had inspired its creation? The story of a painting... The motivation behind the work, Flaming June--Romanticist painter, Lord Frederic Leighton's magnum opus--a woman sleeping in a chair. Hauntingly beautiful, but with its inspiration locked away in the mystery of times past.
1812...
Burdened with family skeletons and agonizing guilt, an unwilling Lord Rothvale, one Graham Everley, returns from a long sojourn in Ireland to attend to the obligations awaiting him in England. The last thing he imagines to find is his destiny, but find her he does. Imogene Byron-Cole, a girl as lovely as her past is tragic. Graham can't walk away from her, and so he marries her instead, in spite of an increasingly tangled web of troubles that threaten to destroy the very foundation of his entire existence.
As Graham and Imogene start out on their journey together, they express their love through a series of portraits. The art ensnares them completely, and in the end, becomes their salvation, bearing them through their deepest pain of loss, and inspiring a masterwork.
[Book ONE of the Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel series.]
1812...
Burdened with family skeletons and agonizing guilt, an unwilling Lord Rothvale, one Graham Everley, returns from a long sojourn in Ireland to attend to the obligations awaiting him in England. The last thing he imagines to find is his destiny, but find her he does. Imogene Byron-Cole, a girl as lovely as her past is tragic. Graham can't walk away from her, and so he marries her instead, in spite of an increasingly tangled web of troubles that threaten to destroy the very foundation of his entire existence.
As Graham and Imogene start out on their journey together, they express their love through a series of portraits. The art ensnares them completely, and in the end, becomes their salvation, bearing them through their deepest pain of loss, and inspiring a masterwork.
[Book ONE of the Rothvale Legacy Historical Prequel series.]
I love historical stories and I love Raine Miller and all
the books she has written so far and was so thrilled to receive The Muse ARC
for an honest review.
There is so much in this book, not only is the story
historically correct it is full of love, emotion, depth and angst and I loved
it.
The whole history of the Everley family and the Mallerton
paintings and the inspiration behind it all was fascinating to me and left me
wanting more from Raine Miller about the whole family.
The way Raine Miller has written this book and all her other
books is inspirational to everyone and I love to read all her writing and I am
sure you will also.
Words actually fail to tell how much this book captured me
and no matter how I try to write it I know I will not do it justice.
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to know more of the amazingly talented Raine Miller then this is a book for
you. You will not be disappointed.
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wondering what on earth is in this review all I can say is that YOU MUST READ
THIS BOOK, you will not regret it one bit.
This book is more than a 5 star review but in order to give
you some indication of what I would rate this book, then it would be a 10 Star,
so all I can say is ENJOY
Raine Miller has been reading romance novels since she picked up that first Barbara Cartland book at the tender age of thirteen. And it's a safe bet she'll never stop, because now she writes them too! Granted Raine's stories are edgy enough to turn Ms. Cartland in her grave, but to her way of thinking, a hot, sexy hero never goes out of fashion.
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