One nameless portrait. One best-selling author. A dark revenant. A chance for redemption? The gentlemen with the wicked, brown eyes, the beautiful young man, whose image had been immortalized more than two centuries before by the artist's brush, seemed much more than pigment and paint and can-vas. When best-selling author Rachael Lafferty sees the painting on the auction block, the beautiful young man captures her heart and her writer's imagination. She knows she has to have the painting-it would make the Victorian townhouse she was restoring complete... More complete than she ever could have guessed, for when she brings her prize home and lovingly hangs it on the wall, Dorian Gray's trapped soul steps out of the painting and into her life. Cold. Dark. His much-deserved hell. Those were the only things Dorian had known for more than a century. But, now, impossibly, he finds himself in his own home once more, though a century has passed. He feels warmth once more. And love-his love for Rachael makes him corporeal to her. A love that just might redeem his jaded soul, make him into a new man. Make him alive again. But his presence in the house stirs jealously. Someone dear to Rachael wants the ghost gone from Rachael's life, someone who knows just how to get the job done. And that person won't stop until Dorian Gray is again banished from this earth.
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Whatever happened to Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's classic literature `The Picture of Dorian Gray'? The Immortal Dorian Gray who could not be killed, suddenly dead and gone from the mortal world. In Beth A. Carpenter's follow up to this classic fiction, Dorian Gray is dead. Or is he?
Present day. Best selling romance author, Rachel Lafferty purchases a mysterious portrait of a beautiful young man at an auction and places it in her newly renovated townhouse. Soon she realizes to her delight that the painting is the long lost portrait of Dorian Gray. But strange things soon begin to happen within her home that leads her find a personal journal that mysteriously appears belonging to Dorian Gray himself. Rachel Lafferty is drawn into Dorian's personal world as she reads his journal to discover the true man behind the famous story Oscar Wilde wrote so long ago. Dorian Gray, trapped for more than a hundred years within his portrait, finds himself once again aware. Released from his personal hell, in his own home he finds it now occupied by a beautiful young woman who capture's his heart. Quickly, however, he learns that he is only a ghost, but no ordinary ghost. Dorian Gray is very much corporeal to Rachel Lafferty, the woman he loves. With his journal in her hands, he reveals who he truly was when his story was written so long ago, but Dorian Gray is still a very jealous man. One person, close to Rachel's heart learns first hand of the ghost's fury and jealousy. Best friend and literary agent, Tessa Falcon fear's for Rachel's wellbeing as she watches her most profitable client drift away from her as a violent ghost with a history of murder and evil deeds weaves his spell upon Rachel. Tessa's resolve is solidified as she is determined to get rid of Dorian Gray once and for all, at any cost. A tale of suspense and intrigue is woven into this story where a love is forged and friendships are tested to their very limits. Can a ghost with a violent past and imperious attitude be redeemed? Can a friendship survive jealousy? `Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray' masterfully weaves its tale of love and betrayal to its climatic conclusion. A story that should not be missed.
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By Mary Ritchie (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray (Hardcover)
Vociferous readers looking for light summertime entertainment will enjoy Ms. Carpenter's "sequel" to the literary classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ms. Carpenter's leading character, Rachael Lafferty, unwittingly sets free the body, soul and heart of that long-time villain, Dorian Gray, when she purchases first his family home and then the infamous portrait of the man himself. Unexpected discoveries lead to unexpected and unsurpassed pleasures as author and apparition learn to live together. References to Oscar Wilde's novel are rampant in the opening pages of the book, giving the reader just enough insight into the pre-existing storyline to appreciate the premise of newer story. Indeed, so intriguing is the initial concept (carried to an equally far-fetched conclusion in this novel), that readers will likely run to their local library to check out Picture for a further Victorian escape. Be the need to revisit high school English Lit as it may, Ms. Carpenter's presentation of the misunderstood Gray and his modern-day love interest teems with sexual tension and the obligatory suspension of disbelief. Readers will find themselves rooting for the star-crossed lovers, while booing those who would see the unlikely pair permanently separated. A pleasure to read, and startlingly refreshing look at love across time, space and place, Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray makes us believe in ghosts and the possibilities of loving them. About the author: Ms. Carpenter resides in the Ohio Valley with her husband and daughter. Together, the family rides horses, enjoys movies soundtracks and cheer on their favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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This review is from: Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray (Hardcover)
This book, behing the first I've read for pleasure in awhile, reminded me of the love that I have for reading. Welcoming you into a enchnating Victorian home in England, Rachael and Dorian's love story will melt you heart and having you racing through the pages to discover the outcome. Full of just the right amount of suspence, romance, tempers, and tea, "Behind the Eyes of Dorian Gray" is delightfully captivating!
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