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In Your Eyes

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Laura Moore's new novel - her fourth I believe - gripped my attention from the first page to the last. I wished there had been more; in fact, I would like the heroine, the delicious young painter, Gen, to return in another Laura Moore work.

This story of love that is almost foiled by misunderstandings takes place in two milieus that Moore obviously understands perfectly: the world of painters and art dealers, investment bankers and elegant Hamptonites, as well as the world of salt of the earth Boston Irish middle class. The characters are well drawn. Even the villain of the novel, the terrible femme fatale who stands in Gen's way commands our sympathy.

The sex is terrific! See for yourselves. This is the only novel I have read that starts in the middle of a prolonged climax.

I especially recommend In Your Eyes to those who, like me, care about language as well as plot and character development. Moore is a real writer!

This novel follows Ride a Dark Horse as
it develops Alex, brother to Dark Horse's
heroine Cassie. An alpha male with a soft spot
for his family, Alex is a strong irresistible
hero. Bored with the grasping, money hungry women he
dallies with, Alex is overwhelmed with his attraction
to sensitive artist Gen hired to create artwork for
Alex's new hospital.

Moore's characters are three dimensional people with
myriad emotions, not necessarily conforming to stereotype.
This is a romance novel with heart and more depth than
expected. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

Before this book I had never read one by Laura Moore. This particular novel showed up in "My Recommendations" and I decided to give it a try. I thought Laura Moore did a wonderful job with the novel. There couple as superb chemistry, which add lots of emotion. Alex and Gen come from backgrounds of economical and social difference. Gen, a witty artist, and Alex, a money mogul, learn that sometimes differences are what make everything all the better. I don't want to give the plot away because I think it would ruin the book. The basics is that Alex and Gen clash at first, but their desire for each other is too much to bare. Hiring Gen to do artwork for his foundation is the start to their relationship.

Financial genius Alex Miller ends his relationship with Sydney Raines, who refuses to believe it is over. Though he was honest from the start, she thought they would marry. Now he regrets hiring her firm to oversee a gala he is throwing although she and her partner Harry Byrne are excellent at it. Instead, Alex looks forward to seeing "roller blades" skate in Central Park.

Grace Miller hires artist Gen Monaghan to paint a mural at Children's Hospital in Boston and even offers the young artist the use of her late husband's studio in Long Island. At the same time, Alex buys a painting done by Gen. When he finds out that his aunt is allowing an artist to use the studio, he has Gen investigated. However, when he meets Gen he is attracted and soon learns she is his fantasy roller blades woman. As they fall in love, her mentor currently in the Czech Republic wants her to join him and Sydney tells Gen she is pregnant; thinking that Alex is the father; Gen plans to join Jiri in Europe.

This is a fun contemporary romance starring a wonderful lead couple and some zany support players. The fatal attraction seems weak and unnecessary as Alex and Gen have enough to keep them at arm's length in spite of the obvious magnetism. Still the audience will appreciate this fine tale of love between a patron and an artist with his aunt as the matchmaking grandmaster fostering the relationship.

Harriet Klausner

I really liked this book and can only say that I have one problem with it. It's the ending....I would have loved to see a wedding with the twins and the entire Monaghan family attending....just ended too abruptly for me....

I liked the book, but I didn't like how it ended. I think that Gen should have told Alex about Sydney's phone call and confronted him on it, and at least heard what he had to say. Instead of lying to him and then leaving. Overall, the book was fairly good.