Review: Arouse – Nina Lane

Posted May 5, 2013 by Shannon in Blog Tour, Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

“One day I’m going to touch you in a thousand different ways and show you how to touch me,” he said.

And he did.

Struggling with a tormented past, undergraduate Olivia Winter once led a practical but isolated life. Then she met Professor Dean West, a brilliant scholar of medieval history who melted Liv’s inhibitions and taught her the meaning of both love and erotic pleasure. But after three years of a blissful, lusty marriage, Liv and Dean now face a crisis that threatens everything they believe about each other…and sex might not be enough to save them.

Series: Spiral of Bliss #1
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Publisher: Snow Queen Publishing
Source: Literati Literature Lovers
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

If you ever wondered what happened to that spectacular book couple after their happily ever after, this book will show you. Β Nina Lane does a fabulous job of depicting real marital issues and how one thing can snowball into many, making a couple fight for their relationship and themselves.

The story picks up three years into the marriage of Dr. Dean West and his wife Olivia. Β Olivia is struggling to find her place in their small Wisconsin town. She volunteers at the library and the museum, she works a the local bookstore and she’s Dean’s wife. Β But Olivia wants more. Things she didn’t think she wanted when she and Dean first got together. Β But those wants cause the solid foundation that Dean and Olivia have built to suddenly become very unstable. Β Do they both have what it takes to fight for their marriage?

I really enjoyed Dean and Olivia, both together and apart, but it became very clear that Olivia gave much more of herself in their marriage than Dean did. Β When she started to want more, Dean accused her of wanting something to occupy her free time. Β Olivia clearly changed her mind about what wanted in the family she and Dean had created, thinking the change would be an extension of their love. Β But for Dean, it made him face secrets he had kept from Olivia. Β More importantly, it made Olivia question just what kind of relationship she and Dean have.

This isn’t a story that gets tied up with a nice pretty bow at the end. Β Dean and Olivia have to fight for themselves and each other. Β It’s erotic, gritty and emotional, but it’s a journey that gives an honest portrayal of what it takes to make a relationship work.

My only issue with the story was the cliffhanger ending. Β I know anxiously await Allure to see what journey Dean and Olivia must make to get back onto solid ground.

4

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