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Bliss
by Fiona Zedde
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Sep 12 2016
| Archive Date
Feb 17 2019
Description
Bliss Sinclair's life of dull routine and unhappiness makes her imagination the only place she can find fulfillment. Until she meets Regina, a provocative writer who pulls her out of her head and into a sensuously real world alive with flavors and sensations beyond any she’d ever imagined. This real world is exciting and rich with irresistible pleasures, but Sinclair quickly learns these pleasures are not what they seem.
She discovers that lust can simply be another illusion, and passion without love can poison just as easily as it redeems. To cleanse herself of Regina’s poison, she escapes to Jamaica, the place where she was born, in hopes that the sun and ocean breezes will heal both old and new wounds. But among the brilliant flowers and crystal waters of the island, Sinclair finds ghosts from her past as well as strangers who challenge her very understanding of life and love.
From hidden grottos bubbling with desire to dangerous streets where violence is just a breath away, Sinclair must fight for the love she deserves, fight for herself, and for the life of satisfaction that was meant to be hers all along.
Bliss Sinclair's life of dull routine and unhappiness makes her imagination the only place she can find fulfillment. Until she meets Regina, a provocative writer who pulls her out of her head and...
Description
Bliss Sinclair's life of dull routine and unhappiness makes her imagination the only place she can find fulfillment. Until she meets Regina, a provocative writer who pulls her out of her head and into a sensuously real world alive with flavors and sensations beyond any she’d ever imagined. This real world is exciting and rich with irresistible pleasures, but Sinclair quickly learns these pleasures are not what they seem.
She discovers that lust can simply be another illusion, and passion without love can poison just as easily as it redeems. To cleanse herself of Regina’s poison, she escapes to Jamaica, the place where she was born, in hopes that the sun and ocean breezes will heal both old and new wounds. But among the brilliant flowers and crystal waters of the island, Sinclair finds ghosts from her past as well as strangers who challenge her very understanding of life and love.
From hidden grottos bubbling with desire to dangerous streets where violence is just a breath away, Sinclair must fight for the love she deserves, fight for herself, and for the life of satisfaction that was meant to be hers all along.
A Note From the Publisher
Jamaican-born Fiona Zedde is the author of over thirty novels, including the Lambda Literary Award finalists, Bliss and Every Dark Desire. Her novel, Dangerous Pleasures, received a Publishers Weekly starred review and was winner of an About.com Readers’ Choice Award for Best Lesbian Novel or Memoir. Under the name Lindsay Evans, Fiona also writes novels of romance and recklessness for Harlequin and other publishers. Using her real name, she's also written for young adults. Find out more at FionaZedde.com and LindsayEvansWrites.com.
Jamaican-born Fiona Zedde is the author of over thirty novels, including the Lambda Literary Award finalists, Bliss and Every Dark Desire. Her novel, Dangerous Pleasures, received a Publishers Weekly...
A Note From the Publisher
Jamaican-born Fiona Zedde is the author of over thirty novels, including the Lambda Literary Award finalists, Bliss and Every Dark Desire. Her novel, Dangerous Pleasures, received a Publishers Weekly starred review and was winner of an About.com Readers’ Choice Award for Best Lesbian Novel or Memoir. Under the name Lindsay Evans, Fiona also writes novels of romance and recklessness for Harlequin and other publishers. Using her real name, she's also written for young adults. Find out more at FionaZedde.com and LindsayEvansWrites.com.
Advance Praise
“Fiona Zedde…has created an excellent summer read. The landscape and people of both New York and Jamaica are vividly described, and the reader is bathed in the warmth of a colourful, sometimes dangerous, vista, and the excitement and heat of an erotic awakening – or is it love? Great stuff.” - DIVA Magazine
"Fiona Zedde is a culinary artist with words, cooking up spicy, flavorful tales [to] satisfy the appetite of a malnourished audience." -Washington Blade/Southern Voice
“Fiona Zedde…has created an excellent summer read. The landscape and people of both New York and Jamaica are vividly described, and the reader is bathed in the warmth of a colourful, sometimes...
Advance Praise
“Fiona Zedde…has created an excellent summer read. The landscape and people of both New York and Jamaica are vividly described, and the reader is bathed in the warmth of a colourful, sometimes dangerous, vista, and the excitement and heat of an erotic awakening – or is it love? Great stuff.” - DIVA Magazine
"Fiona Zedde is a culinary artist with words, cooking up spicy, flavorful tales [to] satisfy the appetite of a malnourished audience." -Washington Blade/Southern Voice
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781534756557 |
| PRICE |
$14.99 (USD)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781534756557 |
| PRICE |
$14.99 (USD)
|
Average rating from 6 members
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 507547
I ARC received via NetGalley and in exchange for an honest review.
Bliss life is full of unhappiness and boring routine. A chance meeting with a provocative writer name Regina makes her realize she not as straight as she thought.
When Bliss decide she need to escape from Regina she goes to Jamaica where she was born to reconnect with her estranged father and her family. The first part of the book was very erotica and second we learn more about Bliss and her family and different things about Jamaica. It had two homophobic violence that made me cringe it sad to say that we still have homophobic in this world today.
Joc A, Reviewer
In the beginning this novel feels like it’s pure erotica with Bliss Sinclair’s meeting and total infatuation with Regina making her realise she’s not as straight as she thought. Then in an effort to escape from herself she decides to return to Jamaica for a holiday to see her father whom she hasn’t seen in 20 years. This part of the novel is much more of an exploration of Sinclair’s relationship with her family and Jamaica itself. It settles into what ends up being a good romance surrounded by a lot of realism.
I enjoyed both parts of the book but I’m struggling to connect them as one in my head. Regina is a powerful character and has a marked impact on Sinclair and the reader (in this case, me). Hunter has a much longer and far steadier appearance but not the same presence and for much of the novel I felt like Hunter was temporary or even worse, second best.
I am a fan of Zedde’s writing, so even when I’m not sure where I stand on the story line, I still enjoy the way it is written; the directness, the explicitness and pushing of boundaries. Hunter and Sinclair appear in a short story in “Language of Love – A Flirty, Festive Anthology” and I would have had a much greater appreciation for that story if I had read this first.
(Note: there are two instances of homophobic violence in the novel.)
Book received from Netgalley and Red Hills Publishing for an honest review.
Cristie U, Book Trade Professional
Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 507547
I ARC received via NetGalley and in exchange for an honest review.
Bliss life is full of unhappiness and boring routine. A chance meeting with a provocative writer name Regina makes her realize she not as straight as she thought.
When Bliss decide she need to escape from Regina she goes to Jamaica where she was born to reconnect with her estranged father and her family. The first part of the book was very erotica and second we learn more about Bliss and her family and different things about Jamaica. It had two homophobic violence that made me cringe it sad to say that we still have homophobic in this world today.
Joc A, Reviewer
In the beginning this novel feels like it’s pure erotica with Bliss Sinclair’s meeting and total infatuation with Regina making her realise she’s not as straight as she thought. Then in an effort to escape from herself she decides to return to Jamaica for a holiday to see her father whom she hasn’t seen in 20 years. This part of the novel is much more of an exploration of Sinclair’s relationship with her family and Jamaica itself. It settles into what ends up being a good romance surrounded by a lot of realism.
I enjoyed both parts of the book but I’m struggling to connect them as one in my head. Regina is a powerful character and has a marked impact on Sinclair and the reader (in this case, me). Hunter has a much longer and far steadier appearance but not the same presence and for much of the novel I felt like Hunter was temporary or even worse, second best.
I am a fan of Zedde’s writing, so even when I’m not sure where I stand on the story line, I still enjoy the way it is written; the directness, the explicitness and pushing of boundaries. Hunter and Sinclair appear in a short story in “Language of Love – A Flirty, Festive Anthology” and I would have had a much greater appreciation for that story if I had read this first.
(Note: there are two instances of homophobic violence in the novel.)
Book received from Netgalley and Red Hills Publishing for an honest review.
Cristie U, Book Trade Professional
Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.
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