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Temptation and Surrender
Temptation and Surrender
This secret love child romance exposes illicit temptations—
A doctor-patient romantic encounter.
Complications compound.
The charismatic hockey player is married with children.
Fearing media fodder,
the conniving young doctor schemes to conceal her prize.
Indecision brings the unsuspecting athletic lover to his knees.
Despair tears him to his wit’s end.
He must choose:
To abandon his loving family
Or
To forsake his heart’s fathomless desire.
This secret love child romance exposes illicit temptations—
A doctor-patient romantic encounter.
Complications compound.
The charismatic hockey player is married with children.
Fearing media fodder,
the conniving young doctor schemes to conceal her prize.
Indecision brings the unsuspecting athletic lover to his knees.
Despair tears him to his wit’s end.
He must choose:
To abandon his loving family
Or
To forsake his heart’s fathomless desire.
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First published December 1, 2019
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Marlene F. Cheng
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I ran barefoot on the Canadian prairies in the dust that settled after the 2nd World War. That makes me an octogenarian, an oldie.
Thrust from the infinity of wheat fields into the warp of the Rockies, Selkirk and Purcell mountains, the light that defined a frightful, but interesting, high school life challenged me.
Our neighbors were all Italian, migrants to Canadian mining towns. With his Welsh-born farmers’ busyness, my father found strange their art of dolce far niente that is, the sweetness of doing nothing. They practiced it, “Come in. Come in. Sit down. Taste my homemade vino.” My father adapted.
And the flames of railway trestles burning and women parading nude colored life. Doukhobors (a sect that had fled persecution in Russia) settled in the Kootenays. They protested having to send their children to public schools.
Wearing a babushka and twirling spaghetti, not only did I survive those years, but I thrived.
Vancouver, the “big city,” where I discovered traffic lights and city buses, claimed me for medical lab training, and I worked the night shift in the blood bank to put myself through university.
I’ve worked in cancer research, taught at tech schools, become a registered massage therapist, taken up energy schooling in NY., married and raised two kids, and, at 73, published my first book A Many Layered Skirt, a biography about a young Chinese girl trying to keep one frightening step ahead of the soldiers, during the Japanese occupation.
My husband, of 56 years, was Chinese. Our mixed marriage was intriguing, and happiness was ours. Interests in people, cultures and places took us around the world. Many of those adventures find their way into my writing. He passed away, throwing my life into chaos. Now, I’ve picked up the pen, again. I have four books in the Love is Forever Series. Temptation and Surrender: A Secret Love Child Romance Novel; The Fallen Sniper Tears: A Sniper Romance Novel; A Mystical Embrace: A Mystical Romance Novel and The Madam's Friend: A Novel about Flawed, Textured, Vulnerable Soulmates.
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I ran barefoot on the Canadian prairies in the dust that settled after the 2nd World War. That makes me an octogenarian, an oldie.
Thrust from the infinity of wheat fields into the warp of the Rockies, Selkirk and Purcell mountains, the light that defined a frightful, but interesting, high school life challenged me.
Our neighbors were all Italian, migrants to Canadian mining towns. With his Welsh-born farmers’ busyness, my father found strange their art of dolce far niente that is, the sweetness of doing nothing. They practiced it, “Come in. Come in. Sit down. Taste my homemade vino.” My father adapted.
And the flames of railway trestles burning and women parading nude colored life. Doukhobors (a sect that had fled persecution in Russia) settled in the Kootenays. They protested having to send their children to public schools.
Wearing a babushka and twirling spaghetti, not only did I survive those years, but I thrived.
Vancouver, the “big city,” where I discovered traffic lights and city buses, claimed me for medical lab training, and I worked the night shift in the blood bank to put myself through university.
I’ve worked in cancer research, taught at tech schools, become a registered massage therapist, taken up energy schooling in NY., married and raised two kids, and, at 73, published my first book A Many Layered Skirt, a biography about a young Chinese girl trying to keep one frightening step ahead of the soldiers, during the Japanese occupation.
My husband, of 56 years, was Chinese. Our mixed marriage was intriguing, and happiness was ours. Interests in people, cultures and places took us around the world. Many of those adventures find their way into my writing. He passed away, throwing my life into chaos. Now, I’ve picked up the pen, again. I have four books in the Love is Forever Series. Temptation and Surrender: A Secret Love Child Romance Novel; The Fallen Sniper Tears: A Sniper Romance Novel; A Mystical Embrace: A Mystical Romance Novel and The Madam's Friend: A Novel about Flawed, Textured, Vulnerable Soulmates.
https://marlenecheng.com
https://authorcentral.amazon.com/auth...
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October 18, 2021
A beautiful story from Marlene Cheng of the parallel lives of twins Geneva and Venice who, although identical in appearance, are anything but in the directions which their lives take. While one has to overcome physical disability, the other has psychological issues which need to be addressed, and they look out for each other whilst supported by a strong and loving family base. While lawyer Venice finds a partner in Cloud, a member of the First Nations, doctor Geneva finds an a more difficult partner in Y, a Swedish ice-hockey player who she treats for a sport-related injury.
The prose is graceful as the relationships between the characters are explored, with a surprise at the end which you won’t see coming. The book is the first of four, and I’m waiting for the next to be released in a few days’ time to see what happens next.
The prose is graceful as the relationships between the characters are explored, with a surprise at the end which you won’t see coming. The book is the first of four, and I’m waiting for the next to be released in a few days’ time to see what happens next.
March 19, 2022
Temptation and Surrender follows the lives of twins Venice and Geneva. The author describes their lives in great detail, which often makes you think you're reading a joint memoir. Happiness, sadness, joy, I decisions and challenges bring along circumstances that keep the reader engaged. Through the characters eyes you're drawn into their world. And whether you agree or disagree with their lifestyle choices, you see the relevance they have to them. The sisters lives are full and emotional, experiencing love, loss, heartache, addiction and illness. The relationships around these two really pull the story together, interweaving whilst remaining seperate enough to be realistic. If you enjoy getting to know characters and riding the path with them, as though you're really there, then this is the book for you.
October 24, 2021
Geneva and Venice are identical twins in looks but that is where it ends. They are different in every way.
Geneva is doctor and Venice is a lawyer. The story will draw you in and keep you there until the very end.
Thank you NetGalley, and Marlene F Cheng for the copy of Temptation and Surrender: A Secret Love Child Romance. This is my personal review.
Geneva is doctor and Venice is a lawyer. The story will draw you in and keep you there until the very end.
Thank you NetGalley, and Marlene F Cheng for the copy of Temptation and Surrender: A Secret Love Child Romance. This is my personal review.
November 4, 2021
Geneva and Venice are identical twins, one of whom involves herself with a married man with children. The psychological aspect and moral conflict is well written. A really great read of emotions, cultures and responsibilities.
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