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Title: Love's Illusions
Author: Jolene Cazzola
Narrator: Hilarie Mukavitz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-04-16
Publisher: Jolene Cazzola
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Romance, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Chicago, 1971. A marriage broken. A second chance at complicated love.
Jackie Moretti always believed in fairy tale endings. A promising art student in Chicago in the early 1970s with a happy marriage to her childhood sweetheart points to a bright future, until Jackie's world cracks in two.
Six months into the marriage, it becomes alarmingly clear that Jackie's husband Stephen is not the man she thought she married. Even when confronted with overwhelming evidence, her husband cannot admit the truth and blames Jackie for the destruction of their relationship. She tries to cope with the pain by taking on a new job at a local bar, diving into a series of one-night stands, and numbing herself with drugs.
Sexy mechanic Michael Nowak grabs Jackie's attention from their first encounter. The small-time dealer provides both sex and drugs to distract Jackie from her downward spiral. When their feelings turn from lust to something more, Michael gets roped into a larger-scale criminal operation than he ever thought possible. Can their love survive depression, regret, and struggles of the heart or will the second city swallow them whole?
Love's Illusions is the first installment in a series of women's modern historical fiction novels. If you enjoy books set in the early 1970s with compelling characters and immersive writing, then you'll love Jolene Cazzola's debut novel.
Members Reviews:
A Painting In Words Of Life As We Know It
I was invited by the author to read "Love's Illusion's" before it was released. However life got in the way and I only just finished the book this evening (a month or so after the book's release date). Since I read the book in installments,I found myself thinking about the story each time I put the book down. Sometimes my reading of "Love's Illusions" was put 'on hold' for three or four days. But this story feels very real and so it attached itself to me and I continued to think about the characters as if they were real people.
Here's a thought I have: I think that, since I am a man, the expectations for me would be that I wouldn't "relate" to the inner struggles that Jackie goes through in "Love's Illusions". However, I think that is mostly a myth in our society. We all go through the roller coaster of emotions which are so skillfully illustrated in this story. I'm guessing I don't speak for all men but, for me, I got it. Not just from Michael's point of view but even from Jackie's.
Some of the other reviewers seem to be focusing on the 'depression' aspect of the protagonist, Jackie. I didn't see it in such a clinical way. For me I saw a human being struggling with the same tugs and pushes that most of us dealt with in our early twenties.
This is well written, with authentically developed characters, and lends itself wonderfully to one of those movies with cool music from the early 70s.
Sexy & Seductive, Complex & Vulnerable
A complex story of love and betrayal, Love's Illusions tells us a tale and causes us to think as we become enthralled in the loves of Jackie, Michael and Stephen. We identify with them. The chemistry these characters have keeps you turning the pages to see what will happen next. It's sexy and seductive.
