Judith Reece is blind and needs a great deal of money to save her home! Wealthy fashion designer, Sebastian Calderon grieves the late Isabelle, but needs a temporary wife. Meeting through a personal ad, they achieve their immediate needs and discover a future hitherto blocked by the pain of abandonment and loss. However, secrets from the past are motivating others. Behind the scenes they wait, manipulate and watch Judith and Sebastian’s love unfold!
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My God, she thought, if that's him and he's only half as gorgeous as he sounds I might be in real trouble here.
Voices were important to Judith. Over the years she had learned to read voices in much the same way she had once read the look in someone's eyes. While still in doubt as to his appearance, she knew the voice she heard belonged to a man of authority and style.
Professional Reviews
A Living Heart
A LIVING HEART by Judith E. Vido
http://www.lulu.com/vido
Reviewed by Michael LaRocca
"Single, Hispanic male, mid-forties, attractive, financially independent, seeks single Hispanic or white female for business arrangement, contractual marriage.
Duration three to four months. Ample financial compensation for right applicant."
Judith Reece decides to answer this personal ad. She's an insulin-dependent diabetic who is blind. She needs a great deal of money.
Sebastian Calderon is the wealthy fashion designer who placed the ad. He is handsome, sophisticated, charming and witty. He grieves the late Isabelle, but
he needs a temporary wife.
Judith and Sebastian achieve their immediate needs and discover a future hitherto blocked by the pain of abandonment and loss. However, secrets from the
past are motivating others. Behind the scenes they wait and watch... and manipulate Judith and Sebastian's unfolding relationship.
Romance is not my genre of choice, but I found this highly readable. In fact, I don't especially like classifying books by their genres. It's akin to dismissing
them. And that, incidentally, is why I love ebooks. We cross genre lines at will.
(This book is available in both paperback and ebook.)
To define a person as "blind" and then to stop your definition right there is just plain wrong. Perhaps you already knew that, but I've never met you. Judith
lost her sight, but not who she is. She's still the girl who rebelled against her parents, who fell into the bad marriage, who has other regrets about
her past. She's still the survivor she always was, though, and a good person who you would enjoy meeting and knowing. She loves singing, walking in the
park with her wonderful dog... In short, she loves life, and she has the ability to remind the reader to do the same.
Author Judith Vido does a wonderful job of showing the reader how the blind function in our sighted world. She shows us ordinary things we all take for
granted from her perspective. Newspapers, telephones, getting dressed, a walk in the park.
Oddly enough, I saw parallels. Judith can't see. I live in a country where I can't talk. But we can accept help without losing our independence.
You probably know that I have a soft spot for authors who can make the animals in their writing "real." In this case, it's a Seeing Eye dog, Tiki. Of course
we know the relationship between a Seeing Eye dog and her person is special. But I feel like I understand it now. And of course I love Tiki.
Who knew the Wright's had a trunk full of hidden family secrets? Searching for treasure and hidden family secrets is one way to fuel the flames of passion.
Falling to a rare sentinel illness and separated from her charges during a retrieval mission Xevera Nanay encounters the biggest threat to her survival but more importantly her autonomy when paramedic Michael Constantine recognizes and imprisons her
