Essence of My Desire - Softcover

Jones, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312964153 ISBN 13: 9780312964153

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Simone LeFevre, determined to avenge the destruction of her father's perfume empire, meets her enemy--and her greatest love, Nick Rutledge--in the sensual netherworld created by a mysterious, nineteenth-century essence where the two lovers find ecstasy and unmeasured danger

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Review:

Imagine a perfume that would be arousing to people after just breathing its aroma. This is what master perfumer Simone Lefevre hopes to concoct as her very first "Grande Perfume." She has found a rare vial of an ancient scent that has just such a magical effect, and she is desperate to discover its chemical solution. But the perfume does more than simply excite those who indulge: it acts as a hallucinogenic drug, and literally transfers lost and separated lovers to another place where they can act out their sexual fantasies. As she works to make the perfume hers, with every breath, Simone is carnally reunited with Nicholas Rutledge, her mortal enemy. The two were lovers as young adults, but were torn apart when Nicholas betrayed Nicole and her father by stealing the family's secret perfume formulas. Nicholas, too, has discovered a sample of this rare and unusual scent, and hopes to uncover the formula as a last-ditch attempt to save his floundering family business. Although Simone and Nicholas are sworn enemies, the two feel such intense sexual attraction that when they are exposed to the rare perfume's powers, they are united by their darkest and most erotic fantasies.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312964153
• ISBN 13: 9780312964153
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310