Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The gentlemen with the wicked, brown eyes, the beautiful young man, whose image had been immortalized more than two centuries before by the artist's brush, seemed much more than pigment and paint and canvas. When best-selling author Rachael Lafferty sees the painting on the auction block, the beautiful young man captures her heart and her writer's imagination. She knows she has to have the painting—it would make the Victorian townhouse she was restoring complete...
More complete than she ever could have guessed, for when she brings her prize home and lovingly hangs it on the wall, Dorian Gray's trapped soul steps out of the painting and into her life.
Cold. Dark. His much-deserved hell. Those were the only things Dorian had known for more than a century. But, now, impossibly, he finds himself in his own home once more, though a century has passed. He feels warmth once more. And love—his love for Rachael makes him corporeal to her. A love that just might redeem his jaded soul, make him into a new man…
Make him alive again…
But his presence in the house stirs jealously. Someone dear to Rachael wants the ghost gone from Rachael's life, someone who knows just how to get the job done.
And that person won't stop until Dorian Gray is again banished from this earth.
Customer Reviews
Oscar Wilde would have approved
I love the origin book “ The Picture of Dorian Gray” and I enjoy stories of redemption so I was excited to read this book.
Pros:
- I think Oscar Wilde would have approved.
- I think the author captured Dorian well.
- It was hard to put the book down.
- Watching Dorian adjust to life in the 21st century.
Cons:
- I wasn’t a fan of how the situation with Tessa was portrayed after her first encounter with a corporeal Dorian. Her feelings were valid and I also think she had some valid concerns.
- Some elements in the romance/intimacy were darker than I would have preferred.
- At moments, Dorian was not good at having a healthy relationship with Rachael. I was uncomfortable with the way he treated her sometimes.
- The price for the happy ending was a bit steep.
Surprising Elements:
- Witchcraft/Neipaganism/Sorcery, including tarot cards and spells
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via Voracious Readers Only.