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Book Blurb

What would you do if your whole settled life would be turned around in one single moment, by one single person?

College-student Melissa has it all: wealthy parents, a handsome boyfriend, good friends and the safety of already being fully settled in the middle of her twenties. But when Melissa gets to know her friend Tom’s new girlfriend, it changes everything. Laila, a stunning beauty with emerald eyes, seems to be able to show her that there are many other ways of living than the one seemingly hewn in stone for Melissa. The girls fall head over heels in love – but sometimes it's hard to follow one's heart when you have everything to lose.

 

Book Review

The wondrous foundation and essence of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been morphed into an extraordinary love story starring Laila and Melissa. The play itself becomes one of the scenes in this current tale, it is also Melissa's favorite Shakespearean work, and the balcony is given  gloriously re-designs several times over but none better then near the finale! The majority of events occur at Bringston University and the major players are all students. It took me a few chapters to start to savor things. For me, the book hit its stride after some mingling/party stuff, classes, and doodah incidentals were properly presented. Then WOW! Please give this book a chance and enjoy what follows the environmental/people underpinnings, because after that you'll get to savor a modern day Romeo and Juliet type adventure like none I have ever encountered! This is almost beyond spectacular!

Melissa West is a delightfully enhanced and personified college Barbie-doll person with her cultured British accent when she initially appears on the scene with her Ken-doll boyfriend named Greg. Picture-perfect! Melissa and Greg have a storybook life just waiting for them. They are already beautiful people, from rich families with prosperous businesses. However, Melissa is also a serious and talented student, so she isn't just a plastic person at the start. She is actually the key element and central energy force that empowers not only her transformation, her blossoming, her overwhelming and blistering love for Laila, but elevates this book by leaps and bounds as she transfigures before my eyes. Magnificent! 

Laila-Josephine Evans with the mesmerizing emerald-green eyes is a cornucopia of talent, mystery, intrigue, power, and the embodiment of gorgeous. She appears at dawn to pick up her new boyfriend, Tom, who is another member of the beautiful people and a best friend to Greg, in her drop-dead spectacular black motorcycle driving duds. Laila is technically not a member of the 'beautiful' people as she is a Bringston scholarship student. Only a few snippets of Laila's past and family are presented, but that adds to her allure, mystification, and her painful history. I adored Laila and fell under her spell, too!  

The multi-faceted evolution of Melissa and Layla's passion felt as if it were being sculpted by Heaven and Hell itself. The trauma and the ecstasy of their love was nonpareil! The heat generated by these two was so palpable but primarily fueled by my imagination. That was brilliant! I might add, too, that the book was awesome. Please do not miss it!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 112785 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	03-April-2013
Price	$2.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-shecameatdawn-1163328-182.html