Designer Rosalind Hughes's task is to create a perfect wedding, not to fall in love with the groom, a South America aristocrat who holds all things American in contempt, especially American women. She is mesmerized by black eyes and overwhelming sensuality, unaware that they belong to the bridegroom. From the moment he sees Rosalind, Julio is a man in torment. He wants her, but she represents everything he abhors. How can he separate lust from love and remain faithful to his family's traditions and the pledge made years ago by his father to join two powerful families?
Erotic contemporary romance. Conservative New England dress designer, Rosalind Hughes, dispatched to South American coffee plantation to create the perfect wedding to united two aristocratic famlies, is ill-prepared for the impact of sudden sexual attraction that overwhelms her when she meets the groom, Julio de Vega. He holds American women in very low esteem, believing to be immodest verging on brazen, but his passion for Rosailnd throws him into turmoil. As an honorable man and obedient son, he struggles mightily to remain true to his family traditions and his promise made years ago to his father, whose wish had been to unite the two families. Can he sort out his feelings and proceed with the wedding,or will his passion destroy two famlies?
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His eyes, black under dark aggressive brows,holding her in the grasp of something almost unknowable. Her heart fluttered like a bird caught in her ribcage. Feral heat in the depths of those eyes sent shivers skipping throughout her nervous system. He probed her hotly, forcing her to hold his gaze, touching her as surely as if his hands were moving slowly over her body, seeking secret place and discovering hidden desires.
She tried to move away, but her legs were water. Sitting astride the horse, he held the animal absolutely still between strong thighs while he slowly, deliberately replaced the hat on his head and tugged it over his brow. Still gazing into Rosalind eyes, he touched his gloved fingers to the brim of his hat in a silent salute as the corner of his mouth lifted in a half smile. The booted heels touched the horse's flanks, and the animal set off at a winged gallop, raising torrents of dust in its wake.
As Rosalind caught sight of herself in the mirror, a flush crept over her shoulders and neck. She had forgotten to put on her robe. She was standing naked at an open window!
Professional Reviews
Passion's Design
Carol Kaufman Segal for The Tolucan Times, March 2011
Sharon Noble is a prolific author who lives in the San Fernando Valley. Passion's Design is her second published novel. (She has already completed and sold her third book.) She has a Master's Degree in Communication, a minor in English, and teaches English grammar and ESL. It is no wonder that she has command of the language in order to write novels with such depth and creativity. Passion's Design is more sensuous than her first novel, her characters, imagery, and plot are fascinating.
Top Designer Rosalind Hughes arrives in Columbia, South America to create the gowns for the wedding of a young woman whose marriage has been arranged by her father to the son of another aristocratic family. On arrival,Rosalind accidentally meets Julio and is immediately attracted to him. She becomes like a sister to the bride, Margarita, and the Fernandez family treats her as one of their own. When she discovers that Julio is the groom-to-be, her life becomes tormented by her infatuation, but she knows she came to do a job. Rosalind is unaware that Julio is tormented as well be cause he cannot get Rosalind out of his mind. Since years ago he made a pledge to his father to join the two wealthy families, he does his best to stay the course. Will this dilemma ruin the lives of all involved?
Passion's Design is very different from Autumn Desire, but both exemplify sudden, irreversible, overwhelming romantic charge in situations that seem insurmountable. But, as we all know, love conquers all, and this is the all-consuming truth in romance novels. Julio and Rosalind are meant for each other. But how to get there is the question.
Angela Calminetti, mother of five, New Age practitioner and gifted psychic and telepath, is proud of her family ties and does everything she can to make sure that all of her younger siblings are as happy in love and marriage as she is…whether they wa
