8 Mar 2010
By sunmeilan
In Fiction Books, Romance
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
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Leo Deakin, who has been travelling in South America, wakes up in hospital to find out that his beloved girlfriend, Eleni, died in the same coach crash in which he was injured. Devastated, he arranges for her body to be flown home to her native Greece, but her loss forces him to fall into a deep depression and he pushes his family and friends away. 75 years earlier, Moritz Daniecki is in Siberia, after surviving the Great War, and is desperately trying to make his way to his home in Poland to find the love of his life, Lotte. Yet the conditions suggest that he will never finish his journey. Will Leo eventually get over the grief of Eleni’s death? Will Moritz ever be reunited with his love? And do Leo and Moritz have more in common that being separated from the loves of their life?
Romance is not a genre that I enjoy, but in this case, the historical aspect of Moritz’s story appealed to me.
Danny Scheinmann
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25 Feb 2010
By sunmeilan
In Fiction Books, Romance
Love for Lydia by H.E. Bates
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In the 1920s, Lydia Aspen moves to Evensford after the death of her father to live with two elderly aunts. She leads a solitary existence until a local lad, Richardson, introduces her into Evensford society. She loves her new life, especially when Richardson falls in love with her. However, the path to true love doesn’t run smoothly – Lydia flirts with two of Richardson’s closest friends, Alex and Tom right in front of him, and others outside the group of friends. Then it appears that Alex is going to ask Lydia to marry him. Richardson is devastated by this news and the way he responds is completely out of character. Life for the friends will never be the same again.
H E Bates
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