Despite an interesting plot and a gentle eroticism, the book is weakened by its predictability and the quotidian writing style. The repetition of some phrases is particularly distracting: 'nether regions' is just one such overused phrase. ( )

For centuries Alexei Romanov has been searching for her, for the Russian gypsy he'd fallen in love with the first time their eyes had met. Three times he'd found her over the years and three times he'd lost her, death having taken her away when he'd been unable to protect her.

Now at last, thirty years since her last incarnation, he has found her once again. This time Alexei is determined to never let the fates separate them again, and to claim her for all eternity.
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