OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE - Artiste C. Arthur
Genesis Press/Love Spectrum
August 2003
SYNOPSIS: Artiste Arthur makes her debut in a story of suspense that will take readers from New York City to the mountains of Sicily.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE: (3) Leslie Cannon
REVIEW: Mystery and intrigue allow Artiste Arthur’s debut novel, OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE, to make a good and lasting impression in the literary world.
OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE could not have been any more appropriately titled. The book’s hero, billionaire Blake Jordan desires attorney Macy Glenn so much that he manipulates her firm into assigning her as his personal attorney, an assignment that also means Macy must leave her home in New York and relocate to Los Angeles.
After learning of his brother’s murder and expecting a mafia connection, Jordan and Macy travel to Sicily where Jordan goes in search of the person behind his brother’s death. It is in Sicily that OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE takes readers on a wild and adventurous ride, as one exciting event after another unfolds.
Though the mystery is well laid out in OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE, it is the romance that does not hold up its end of the bargain. Macy and Jordan’s romance stretches readers’ imagination far beyond the expected stretch of the imagination that accompanies reading. In the book’s beginning, we see Jordan as an arrogant, rich boy used to getting his way. This fact is quite evident in the way Jordan asks Macy to dance during their initial meeting. His just short of a demand approach, being readily pointed out by Macy. Though I could initially believe and even respect Macy’s character, both are short lived. It is difficult to believe that a woman would resist sharing a dance far more than she would resist having to totally uproot and relocate. It is equally difficult to believe that Macy would spend an inordinate amount of time obtaining her law degree and building a career to accept the type of career Jordan’s offer will ultimately mean for her.
Despite the lack of believability of the romance aspect of the novel, OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE shows Ms. Arthur’s knack for depicting scenery and weaving together a tale so suspenseful that readers will have no trouble building that ‘let’s see what happens next’ hunger.
Ms. Arthur’s potential for success in the literary field is made apparent with her debut novel. I look forward to seeing future works by the author, fully confident that her story telling abilities will only continue to refine over time.
Readers will not be sorry for the time spent perusing OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE. I do indeed recommend the read.
10th October 2003