caique (Greek fishing boad)
★★★★½ Loved this one. Why did I wait so long to continue this second in the Blades of the Rose series? It is a wonderful paranormal-romance action-adventure set in a stunning local: Greece! I enjoy a good “road trip” story, and this is one that takes place on the ocean. Seems to me to have more romance this time around than the first one did, or is that just my imagination? There’s certainly magic in the air, as well as on the sea. A delight!
I was as enchanted with the heroine, London, coming awake and aware of the world, as much as with the superhero, Bennett, realizing there really can be just one woman for him, especially if it is London. Bennett sure painted himself into a corner with his philosophy on the “three little words” and it was neat to see how Ms. Archer was going to get him out of it. Here is a hint:
Regardless, here are more pictures of the beauty that pertains to this story:The narrow streets of Athens, Greece, where we first meet Bennett Day, ladies man extraordinaire, recreating his own version of the Olympics.
Poseidon's Temple
(Credit: by madux)
Temple of Hephaistos #1
(Credit: by logios)
Ancient agora, Athens.
Monastiraki Square, Athens, Old Mosque in marketplace.
"Portara", the emblem of Naxos, overlooks the port's entrance on the Palatia islet. Built on such a site which stares at the sacred island of Delos.
(Credit: Portara Naxos by nbournas)
Demeter: Greek goddess of harvest, grain, fertility of the earth, the sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death. Marriage! Well, no wonder Bennett didn't stand a chance -- after what he and London did in her temple!
dolphins
sea Nereid
Drawing of Colossus of Rhodes, (considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), illustrated in the Grolier Society's 1911 Book of Knowledge.
Looking forward to reading the next in the series:
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