Her Eyes by Jennifer Cloud and Regan Taylor
Written by Alisha   
Tuesday, 26 February 2008

 

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Title: Her Eyes
Author: Jennifer Cloud and Regan Taylor
Publisher: Amira Press
Genre: Paranormal/Suspense
Publication date: December 2007
ISBN: 978-1-934475-34
Pages: N/A
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Reviewer: Alisha


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Catherine is an unhappy woman. Her youth in a rusty trailer has convinced her that she deserves a life better than her mother's. Her mother was a woman who would sell her body to all comers for twenty dollars a romp. Catherine is beautiful and knows it. She sets her eyes on Frank White, planning a seduction that will take her far from trailer park grounds. Her plan is to tell him she's pregnant, then pretend to miscarry after they are wed. Marriage to Frank isn't what she expected, however—monogamy is the same as monotony, from her perspective. Careless of his feelings, she assuages her dissatisfaction with lovers, until she considers the consequences of getting caught. A divorce would leave her penniless. She decides to shoot Frank instead, leaving herself free. Frank's dog has other ideas, and stops her in the act, by biting her in the face.

Frank White's dreams of marriage were very different from the kind of union he's experiencing now. He wanted the kind of love his parents had, and has attempted to give Catherine everything she wants to make her happy. His wife is both hateful and promiscuous, however, to the point where Frank moves out of their bedroom, and into the den. When he awakes to a gun shot in the dead of night, it's to find his dog, Win, ripping Catherine's face off. It is then he realizes that Win has saved his life! That gun shot was meant for him!

Her Eyes is a blend of suspense, intrigue, and hot sex that grabbed me from the first page. Catherine doesn't particularly want Frank any more, but she doesn't want any other woman to have him, either. Frank is a good man, and stays by Catherine's bed throughout the series of cosmetic surgeries needed to restore her beauty. Win's bite cost Catherine an eye, but a fortunate transplant from a donor gives her back full vision. When Catherine complains about the eye, rather than expressing gratitude for her gift of sight, Frank has had enough. His hopes for resurrecting affection between them are replaced by plans for divorce. With Her Eyes, Jennifer Cloud and Regan Taylor have created a wonderful tale that will keep a reader riveted! This is a story you carry with you long after the final page is read. A definite must read!

 


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