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Missing Pieces: A Romance in Parts
Five years ago, Lazaro Dias, head of a multi-billion-dollar American electronics firm, was attacked by gangsters while heading home from a meeting in Mexico. They forced his car over a cliff, leaving him seriously injured and with a lifetime’s worth of scars.
But the greatest scar was on his heart – his assistant, and the unrequited love of his life, was killed in the attack. Ever since, he’d buried himself in his work, afraid to let his wounds show, afraid to love again … until a chance meeting with an old flame reawakens him to the possibility of romance.
However, she has scars of her own – more serious than he can imagine. And his old enemies south of the border haven’t all gone away. Will Laz be able to face his fears and hers, to not only triumph over his adversaries but over physical pain and heartbreak?
A suspense-filled romance, ranging from the skyscrapers of the Middle East and the glitz of Hollywood to the slums and factories of Tijuana – read and watch as the MISSING PIECES come together …
But the greatest scar was on his heart – his assistant, and the unrequited love of his life, was killed in the attack. Ever since, he’d buried himself in his work, afraid to let his wounds show, afraid to love again … until a chance meeting with an old flame reawakens him to the possibility of romance.
However, she has scars of her own – more serious than he can imagine. And his old enemies south of the border haven’t all gone away. Will Laz be able to face his fears and hers, to not only triumph over his adversaries but over physical pain and heartbreak?
A suspense-filled romance, ranging from the skyscrapers of the Middle East and the glitz of Hollywood to the slums and factories of Tijuana – read and watch as the MISSING PIECES come together …
235 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2015
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May 21, 2015
This first venture of the author's into the field of romance has, in my view, been a great success. The characters are well drawn and realistic, and each battles a self-image problem which in both cases is resolved with pleasing symmetry. The romantic tale is enlivened by a crime theme.
If I have one criticism of the book it is that the flow of events is a little too smooth - there's little dramatic tension until halfway through the book, and I'd have liked to see the tension ramp up a lot earlier in the work. A few chapters to introduce characters and set the scene is all very well, but I'd prefer to see the main antagonist make its appearance within at least the first quarter of the book.
Over against this, Anselmo's writing is, as always, smoothly competent and despite the move into the romance genre is characterised by his customary restraint. There is no porn in this book, nothing to offend or disgust the most prudish of readers, and I find this a very welcome change from the majority of writers in this genre.
This said, however, I don't believe this genre is where Mr Anselmo's strength truly lies; the book doesn't compare, for example, to the wonderful Slave Auction. In my opinion, the romance genre offers insufficient scope for the exercise of this writer's very considerable talent.
If I have one criticism of the book it is that the flow of events is a little too smooth - there's little dramatic tension until halfway through the book, and I'd have liked to see the tension ramp up a lot earlier in the work. A few chapters to introduce characters and set the scene is all very well, but I'd prefer to see the main antagonist make its appearance within at least the first quarter of the book.
Over against this, Anselmo's writing is, as always, smoothly competent and despite the move into the romance genre is characterised by his customary restraint. There is no porn in this book, nothing to offend or disgust the most prudish of readers, and I find this a very welcome change from the majority of writers in this genre.
This said, however, I don't believe this genre is where Mr Anselmo's strength truly lies; the book doesn't compare, for example, to the wonderful Slave Auction. In my opinion, the romance genre offers insufficient scope for the exercise of this writer's very considerable talent.
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