Virtual Heaven (Perfect Heroes Series) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ann Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Series: Perfect Heroes Series | Publication Date: May 1999

When a beautiful woman steps into a virtual reality game, she finds the ideal man, in this second novel in Love Spell's new "Perfect Heroes" series.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505523078
• ISBN-13: 978-0505523075
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,195,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Camelot with a new twist of virtual unreality, August 7, 1999

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[e-mail] (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtual Heaven (Perfect Heroes Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book because the cover was like a Kathleen Nance cover and she recommended it. What luck!. This book is a winner. I have just finished reading the 6 Merlin legacy books by Quinn Taylor Evans and this book really struck a chord. How clever to connect fantasy - time travel - and todays Virtual reality games together. I think you are the first author to do it. As readers can read in the other reviews, this is a story of Maggie(heroine) being transferred thru a vertual reality game into the world projected by the game and falls in love with Kered (the hero). Maggie is strong and courageous and saves Kered's life plus helps him find "excalibur" and the "holy grail", however the story line refuses to let Kered have her as a wife because of that country's beliefs and Kered has another agenda also, to save his country and establish peace. I refused to read the end of the book until I reached it as I knew it would ruin the book for me, and I was right. I knew the heroine and the hero would get together but could'nt figure out how and that HOW is very clever. Does th story end with everyone staying in the virtual reality game country or does it end with everyone back in modern times, and if so, what about Kered? It was also clever to see how TODAY was entwined in the plot of the game. Ann Lawrence, you are very clever and imaginative and write very well. I read at least 3 books a week and really enjoy good writing. Please, please continue this story. Figure out a story for Tolemac II wars and I would also like to see Vad's own story. There is still so much more to continue on with. Thanks again for this book, I read til 3 this am to finish it and now will re-read it. Keep those books coming, Sincerely, Barbara

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good, September 30, 2004

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M. A. Bechaz "bookaholic" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virtual Heaven (Perfect Heroes Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

If this weren't a romance book, I might only have given it 4 stars, or 4 and a half, because I'm a picky, finicky reviewer. But for the romance genre, I must admit, this was actually incredibly good! It had a wonderful, intriguing plot, a compelling storyline and characters that were utterly believable. I have to confess, I couldn't put it down--it was a real page turner.

The heroine was amazing, the hero was cute and adorable in a very manly, smouldering way, and even the minor characters were three dimensional. Moreover, the author's attention to detail was meticulous, giving the reader a true sense of--as the title suggests--virtual reality.

If you like a book with simmering sexual tension and adrenaline-pumping adventure, then this is for you.

My only real qualm was that I thought the cover art on the back of the book was a bit tacky, but maybe that's just me.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Series, May 17, 2003

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MooncatX "aka lunafelis" (the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virtual Heaven (Perfect Heroes Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

I expected fluff and found a series with tons of original, well developed world building depth. Though a romance series, the Virtual books could stand as straigh SciFi Fantasy. I actually read them backward in order, so book one I found to be a 'set up' book that paves the way the even more detailed and enjoyable 2nd and 3rd book in the series.

Maggie, a silversmith, is urged by her friend who runs a game shop to try out a hot new virtual reality game. Because of a mix of a storm, cosmic alignment, and the celtic pattern of her pendent, all the things necessary to send Maggie to the world the game is based on are in place.

All Maggie wants to do is get home again, but from the moment she appears she finds her fate is tied to the quest and well being of fantastic warrior who believes she's a runaway pleasure slave.

On the surface it's a fluffy premise, but the book is fraught with gritty situations a real sense of peril and a rather disturbing and grim realism of the horror of being a slave and a female in a world where the life of either is held in casual contempt by those in power.

Great characterization. Great world building. I enjoyed it as a scifi fantasy fan as much, if not more, than as a romance fan.