Love Inferno by Desiree de Cleaves

Love Inferno by Desiree de Cleaves
Publisher: Extasy Books
Genre: Contemporary, Thriller
Length: Full Length (208 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 3 Cherries
Review by Oleander

Grady McIntosh seems to have it all. Fed up with his upper class, educated American life, Grady heads to his ancestral birthplace and claims the Scottish inheritance. Hoping to find a renewed passion for his existence, and perhaps to meet his one true love, Grady really wants to marry and have a family. He was, after all, not getting any younger and besides that, did the woman of his dreams actually exist? Could she be the source of his discontent?

Destined for destruction, the sinister Nero Anderson loves Willow Muldoone. Nero’s insane fantasy starts with his desire to marry the beautiful goddess and lose himself entirely in her charms. Willow represents all that is good, and becomes his perverse hope to live for another day.

Willow Muldoone, the prize sought by both men but claimed at a price. The race was on, even though no one realized just how difficult the race would be. Charming Willow, winning Willow, will be one of the hardest games Grady has ever played. Even if it costs him everything, he’s willing to give that and more for the love he never dreamt he’d find. Grady McIntosh is playing to win.

In the small northern village of John O’Groats in the Highlands of Scotland generations of magical prophecy are in the air and about to take hold on young Willow Muldoone. She is a beautiful young woman who has sworn off men, all men, saving all her passion for her love of books and history, making time only for her family: a twin sister just as beautiful and her small twin niece and nephew. Little does she know that her life is about to be turned upside down with the arrival of American Grady Macintosh. Grady has come to the small village as his grandfather Malachi has passed on and left him his home. Giving up his job and his life in America, he is eager for some peace while he mourns the passing of his parents only four months prior.

One look at Willow and Grady is in love, and sets out to spend time with her, starting by asking Willow, since she is a book and history buff if she would like to scavenge through his granda’s collection. His ingenuity in getting her to spend time with him was very endearing to me.

Willow finds she is excited and eager to take advantage of the opportunity. More that than, she is overwhelmed with a magnetic pull towards Grady that she can’t explain. An attraction she never thought she would have for a man. Little do either of them know that a prophecy has foretold their love. I could definitely relate to Willow’s confusion at her sudden attraction to Grady.

Through magical twists and turns it is somewhat hard to find a bond with the characters as the story jumped around quite a bit with summed up storylines and quick endings. Although the two lead characters were adorable in their love for each other, this whimsical read just felt as though the happy ending was rushed. Despite these sometimes confusing plot twists, I did find Grady and Willow’s love engaging and a very touching read.

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