Product Description

It might sound like a man's favourite fantasy - to live forever, destined to be the lover of thousands of women. But for Julian of Macedon, it's a nightmare. Once he was a proud Spartan general; now he's a love-slave, his essence magically held captive in a book, cursed to spend all eternity pleasing women. Then, one day, Grace Alexander summons Julian to fulfill her passionate dreams - and sees beyond the fantasy to the man himself. Long years as a sex therapist, listening to other people's bedroom problems, have taken a lot of the fun out of the physical side of love for Grace. But with or without sex, the rules of the enchantment cannot be changed - Julian is hers for the next month. And, as their time together slips by, Julian and Grace find more to share than sympathy and conversation and they begin to wonder if love might be within their grasp. That leaves only one question. Is love enough to break a 2,000-year-old curse?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19509 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"'By turns funny and touching, FANTASY LOVER is a compelling story that will make you laugh out loud. The gods haven't been this much fun since Xena!' Susan Krinard"

About the Author
Writing as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Kinley MacGregor, she is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and award-winning author of several series: the Dark-Hunters; the Lords of Avalon; and the League. She lives with her husband and three sons in Nashville, Tennessee.

Customer Reviews

Entertaining, and a lot more to it than I'd expected
Grace is given a present of an ancient Greek book by a friend; the book contains a picture of a *very* handsome man - a Greek god in appearance. Her friend insists that if Grace performs a very strange ritual, the Greek god, who is apparently a love-slave, will come to life and be Grace's personal love-slave for a month. Drunk and disbelieving, Grace performs the ritual... and Julian appears in front of her. As large as life, and very, very naked. And ready for action, in whatever way Grace wants him!

Grace, however, isn't a believer in casual sex; her only previous experience was with a man who hurt her very much and then made fun of her publicly afterwards. She's not, therefore, about to jump into bed with a perfect stranger, no matter how attractive he is or how sexily he talks to her. Julian, on the other hand, is compelled to want her as a result of the curse which put him inside the book, and he also recognises that she needs someone to teach her to enjoy sex. And he's determined to do just that!

I thought at this point that the book was going to be a pure romp. But in fact it ended up being very much deeper. Julian is a tortured soul; he had a loveless life before being cursed, and ever since he's been treated abusively by the women who summoned him, in some cases chained to their beds, never allowed anywhere except their bedrooms, and frequently having to plead for food as a reward for sex. To them, he was a body, not a man.

Grace is determined to treat him better than that; he is determined to help her overcome her distrust of men. But even if both manage to achieve their objectives, there is still the hard fact that at the next full moon Julian will disappear back into the book, to be trapped there until the next time someone summons him. Can they treat this as a short-lived relationship? Or is there a way to break the curse?

The book's poignant as well as funny, and I thoroughly enjoyed it - enough to keep an eye out for the second in the series.

wmr-uk

What a great idea!
Pretty Bizarre this romance by Sherrilyne Kenyon; it opens with the recounting of the ancient Greek legend of Julian of Macedon, brother of Cupid and beautiful Son of the Goddess Aphrodite. Priapus, his half brother, jealous of his prowess manages to have him cursed for all eternity to a fate worse than death - sex. He is trapped in the dark pages of an ancient book unable to move or speak until summoned by whoever happens to possesses the magical literature and utters his name three times under a full moon. When summoned he is driven by an irresistible force make mad passionate love to his temporary mistress for one lunar month at the end of which, his is recaptured in the dark pages immobile, for perhaps centuries until called again. Yes, you guessed it, love god became sex slave.

Kenyon keeps her tongue firmly in her cheek as we watch thoroughly modern, hopelessly cynical Grace Alexander, stumble through said procedure to please her superstitious friend and accidentally find a naked Spartan demi god in her living room. Of course from their on in we have every woman's fantasy unfurling before our very eyes. Julian is incredibly attractive and sensitive, firm and of course is... how shall I put this delicately? Constantly ..ehem ... at the ready to fulfil his obligations as a sex god. The story lies in Graces desire not only to have his body but free him from the pages of the book that denies him his liberty.

Kenyon certainly can rival Johanna Lindsey for coming up with ideas that make her storytelling refreshingly unusual. I can't say she has as much talent, though the humour is there, the situations and responses are a tad too predictable to surprise a genuine laugh out of you, but you certainly smile. The plot gets a bit tangled as greek god and goddesses pop in and out of thin air but it does make you want to brush up on your greek literature. The sex or rather the foreplay (you'll see what I mean when you read the book..) is pretty darn hot but lacks perhaps the sensuality of say Karen Robard or Julie Garwood (historical). Nevertheless, this book is entertaining and sexy and certainly pricks your imagination (no pun intended)... sex god in my living room, humm ... what a great idea, the possibilities are endless!!

Great characters, sexy story. What more could you want?
The best read I've had in a while. Julian is from ancient Macedonian. Who has been trapped in the pages of a book for the last two thousand years. His only release is to be used as a sex slave for a month and then sent back between the pages. Grace is the modern miss who aims to rescue him. This book is a keeper. I can't wait for the next book by Sherrilyn Kenyon. If you like something different in a romance give it a try.