Fifteen years later, Gavin was devastated; he had hired a private investigator that had not been able to locate Daisy. His two friends from the orphanage, Harry Stone and Patrick O’Rourke (Rourke), were trying to take Gavin’s mind off his disappointment when they went to The Palace Song and Supper Club to hear Delilah du Lac. When Gavin realized that Delilah was his Daisy, he covered her with his suit coat and carried her off stage! The rest is what made Enslaved the successful novel it is today.

Daisy re-entered Gavin’s life with a tainted past; Gavin, of course, only wanted to keep her close. He talked her into staying with him for one month and he, in turn, would get in touch with the producer of “As You Like It,” by Shakespeare in which Daisy wanted to perform. The characters are all very strong and, regardless of their pasts, they each had goals and resilience which enabled them to experience a myriad of incidents without giving up. Daisy still held secrets; Gavin was unsure whether she would ever care enough to trust him with her problems.

Ms. Hope Tarr has done a good job keeping the readers’ interest and covering a lot of territory without boring or rambling. That is sometimes very hard to do, but she has succeeded. There are some surprises within the story; the ending is a real plot pleaser. Parts of this story are really emotion-grabbing; sometimes, you just want to shake up the couple. The one thing you will not want to do is put the book down!

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Brenda Talley
May 16, 2007