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The Passionate Ones: A Novel Inspired by the Pop Opera Super Group Il Divo [Paperback]

Kellie Tayer (Author)
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March 13, 2006
When a writing assignment for Passion magazine sends American journalist Antonia Taylor to a tiny island off the coast of Spain, she finds much more than a travel story. While covering an annual festival dedicated to dead lovers, she meets two sexy opera singers, Javier and Lars, who are members of the world famous opera group Les Passionistes.

While on the island, Antonia has occasion to be alone with both Javier and Lars and falls in love with each one. A love triangle ensues that threatens the friendship between the men as well as the very existence of Les Passionistes. A passionate confrontation on the beach results in a fight and a near drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. This public incident, as well as scandals involving the other two members of the group, threatens to destroy Les Passionistes. But the group’s creator, Samuel Bowles, will never let that happen. He orders them to return to London to begin work on their new album and to face the press as a unified group.

Antonia returns to New York confused but definitely in love with one of them. But which one is it?


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Kellie Tayer lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and has three children, including one who was born in Spain. She plans to return to Spain to make the famous pilgrimage across the region of northern Spain called “El Camino de Santiago de Compostela.”

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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (March 13, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595382371
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595382378
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,069,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars run away, very far away, April 20, 2006
This review is from: The Passionate Ones: A Novel Inspired by the Pop Opera Super Group Il Divo (Paperback)
It would take a lot to discourage a true Il Divo fan like myself from a story that presented an intruiging premise. But I wasn't a chapter into this before I wanted to toss it, unfinished. The writing is incredibly amateurish, a high-school style at best. The plot, characters and conversation are all wooden, canned and full of cliches. The story is less "inspired by" and far more "ripped off from," with the characters' names and backgrounds mirroring almost exactly the members of the actual singing group. Don't waste the money on the book or the download, and let's hope these talented young vocalists don't "inspire" any more such insipid tales.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Reading, April 5, 2008
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If you're pro-family and, let's face it, just in the mood to read a good book, don't look for it here. As a great fan of Il Divo, I could hardly pass up anything remotely connected with them. I don't mean to bash the author, but I kept thinking throughout The Passionate Ones that it sounded like something I could have written when I was 10.
Also included in this book are some pretty graphic sexual scenes. I was shocked-this book has already left my library. Yes, that's money down the drain (that, as a college student, I can't afford to do), but better that than a book that's not an edifying read in any way.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Passionate Ones, January 9, 2007
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Being a fan of IL Divo and romances in general, I enjoyed reading this because it was so easy to picture Urs and Carlos as the main male characters. Urs is my favorite IL Divo person. If it weren't for that influence, I might have rated the book slightly lower. But if you are a fan of that group, by all means, read it!
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Kellie Tayer, The Passionate Ones, Les Passionistes, Isla Marta, New York, Samuel Bowles, Mediterranean Sea, Juan Garza, Lars Kohler, Dos Passos, Javier Garza, Good Morning America, Uncle Javier, Four Seasons, Happy Birthday, Antoine de Cadenet, Tom Booth, Festival de Los Amantes Muertos, Ted Taylor, Cassie Kendall, Antonia Taylor
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