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Book Blurb

Two men, opposites in every way, have somehow found each other. The attraction between blond detective Thomas Fitzgerald and the sable-haired “Professor Burns” is instant and all-consuming.

Even cops and scholars take a holiday. When they bridge the physical distance between themselves and finally spend time together on Burns’ own turf, Thomas finds that his mysterious “poet” is a shadow behind another shadow.

There’s something about Burns’ past that hangs on him like a shroud. Always a cop, Thomas cannot help looking past his lover’s charms, delving into the heart of him. What he finds is chilling.

A tight-lipped Irish cop and an enigmatic Scot come together in a place of sorrow and hidden passion. Can a “red, red rose” from a poet named Burns solve the unknowable mystery of love itself?

 

Book Review

The enigmatic love story that began in ‘Burns Too Deep’ and captivated me in ‘The Dundee Law’ escalates to an out-and-out lovefest in ‘Red Red Rose’—much to my delight. Lush, haunting, and romantic, this is a highly erotic yet somehow ethereal tale of two lonely hearts gently unfurling to embrace their mated souls.

In this book, Detective Thomas Fitzgerald uses his vacation time to visit the home of his enigmatic lover. Burns’s fairy-tale abode is a far cry from Fitz’s roughshod apartment, and Fitz is initially shocked. But Fitz is a detective, and between passionate bouts of heated pleasure he slowly unravels the history, if not the mystery, of Bobbie Burns, the man he knows he cannot live without.

It is assumed that we have five senses and three dimensions, but Erin O’Quinn’s stories always hit me in some strange and wonderful way that make me certain that the supposed twenty-one senses do exist, and that there is indeed a fourth dimension. I love the characters of Fitz and Burns, but it is the way that the author has given them life that steals my breath away time and again. I ached at the dank chill of loneliness within each man’s heart and rejoiced as the heat of passion and trust chased that chill away.

What made this story a luscious feast of sensuality and fulfillment for me? Phrases like “He’d become a gray man, in a gray job, living on a street of gray buildings.” The author’s skill at wordplay sent a thrilling rush of recognition to my brain and a tap dance of anticipation somewhere in the region of my heart. I floated through cobbled alleys and misty, rain-scented streets blissfully ignorant of exactly when in Scotland I was, greedily turning the pages to see what answers Fitz could draw from Burns before the fire of their passion made words impossible. And passion? I’m talking sizzling hot, down to the bone, goose-bump-inspiring, and frequent lovemaking scenes.

On top of all that lovely, the story’s evocative feel of yesteryear perfectly captured the triumphant melancholy of the Robert Burns poem from whence the author took her title, while creating an ethereal ambiance that successfully conveyed the giddy, surreal headiness of deep romantic love. Part male/male romance, part thrilling erotica, Red Red Rose is an exquisite chapter in a series that is imbued with the eerie cadence of a romantic ghost story. Be prepared to have all of your senses light up… and remain aglow long after the final page has been turned… Uh-huh, afterglow.

Thank you, Erin O’Quinn, just… thank you.

“Smart, Hot, & Haunting!”

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 87 pages/23015 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	30-October-2015
Price	$2.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rose-Burns-Fitzgerald-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B017E2Y322