Title: Psyche Unbound
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Author: Zenobia Neil
Genre: Erotica
Published: August 30, 2016
Publisher: Tule Publishing – Eros
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:
The celebrated beauty of Roman princess Psyche has enraged Venus, the Goddess of Love and Beauty. As punishment, Psyche is left naked on the beach to be sacrificed to a monster. When Cupid, the God of Love, swoops her up and flies her to the monster’s palace, Psyche mistakenly wraps her legs around his waist, looks into his eyes, and falls in love.
Blindfolded and tied to a bed, Psyche awaits the monster, vowing to be brave as she faces death. Yet when the monster arrives, he marries her on the condition she never see his face. As she grows to love her shadow husband, she can’t stop thinking about the God of Love. Consumed by curiosity, Psyche breaks her promise by lighting a lamp. Awaking in a rage, and furious with her betrayal, her husband banishes her from the palace.
Psyche begs Venus for another chance at love. Unmoved, Venus demands Psyche perform three impossible tasks. If Psyche succeeds, her husband will return. If she fails, she will be condemned to death.
Can Psyche satisfy Venus and win back her true love?
Mature Contend – Readers Over 18+
Stand Alone Title
As a long time lover of mythology, I went into this story knowing a bit about the tale of the beautiful Psyche and her rather amazing adventures. This version is definitely for the more mature audience, even though this mythological tale has always been somewhat sexual – Zenobia Neil’s interpretation of this romance definitely captures the sensuous and forbidden side of this classic romance.
Psyche Unbound gives us a fascinating, sensuous re-telling of this classic tale of love, jealousy and betrayal. You have enough of the basics in the Cover Description of this novel to know if you want to pick this one up or not.. and I sincerely hope that you will. It is a well written, enticing and thought provoking story.
Tule Publishing has rather recently introduced their Eros line of erotic romance. I am definitely looking forward to what Zenobia Neil offers us next time.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this novel. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this story.*
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