Synopsis:
Lussuria
#1 in The Luminara Series.
An emotional erotic heart-wrenching story of lust, love and light.
File U for upside down. Lexi Robertson's carefully constructed life is about to be turned upside down.
Recently hired as Club di Energia's physiotherapist, the stunning yet insecure twenty-six year old finally thinks she has a handle on her physically and mentally damaging past. The only way Lexi can cope is by compartmentalizing her feelings with a unique, internal filing system. To maintain order, Lexi has a firm set of boundaries in place, and she never lets anyone too close.
File N for not happening. Lexi has no intention of giving in to the charming Lucca Caruso when he comes into her clinic for an emergency physiotherapy session. Despite his painstakingly handsome face and Italian that renders her speechless, Lexi is able to resist.
A Tuscany vacation with her best friend is just what Lexi needs to stop worrying about life and start enjoying it. A cooking course at a villa near the Chianti hills, just outside of Florence, will take her mind off a certain set of mesmerising azure blue eyes.
File F for fate. Lexi never expected to see the Italian god again, but they're staying at the same villa.
For someone that purposely refuses to feel, Lexi finds herself on a journey of self-discovery, helplessly folding, melting, and crumbling under the temptation of her heart's desire.
An emotional, erotic, heart-wrenching story of lust, love, and light.
Lexi struggles to confide in Lucca, slowly learning how to love and trust. Lucca is a gentle, patient lover with a heart of gold, but his need for Lexi is insatiable. He's the man we all want and can't get enough of.
Through the passion of lust and the sweetness of love, Lexi spreads her wings towards the light … until her past comes back to haunt her.
A hot and sexy story of survival, acceptance, learning to trust, and believing. One woman's destiny to find her light, and the one man who can take here there.
Welcome to the Luminara series.
DeAnna's Review:
**November 29, 2013**
**5 Stars**
What! I have to wait until February for the next book! What an amazing debut novel! I really enjoyed this book. It is a great start to what sounds like an awesome series. Lucca is everyone's dream guy and he makes Lexi feel so special even though she doesn't always feel that way about herself.
Like one of my favorite authors, SJ Molloy makes it so easy to feel like you are the actual character experiencing their emotions right along with them. These, to me, are the best type of books. I will try to wait patiently for the next book. I foresee a LOT of drama coming up and I'm excited to see what happens next. I recommend this one.
**April 3, 2014**
**5 Stars**
This is a review for the second edition of Lussuria. I read and fell in love with the first edition last November. Being a debut novel, I was very impressed. Few authors have debut novels that I just immediately fall in love with, but this was one of the exceptions. When I first heard that she was going to be making a few changes and adding some more background, I was initially scared. In the very next second though, I thought, you know what, the story is already great and SJ is an amazing writer. Adding to the story is only going to make it more awesome. Boy was I right!! Everything that was added brought so much more background and understanding to Lexi and the story, therefore, we the readers could get more out if it. We now understand more of Lexi's demons and where she is coming from when she reacts the way she does to certain situations.
SJ did a wonderful job making me feel so absorbed in the story. I was feeling Lexi’s pain and Lucca’s love throughout the entire book. The story flowed smoothly and the writing was beautiful. I cannot wait for the rest of this series and to see how Lucca and Lexi's relationship evolves. I still believe the is going to be one hot series!
About the Author:
SJ Molloy, first time British Author of ‘The Luminara Series’
SJ is a qualified Fitness Instructor and Health & Fitness Motivator of various fitness styles and disciplines. Music and dance aerobics have always been a pleasure and passion for her. SJ will sporadically make up dance style routines at any hour of the day when a move comes to her or piece of music moves or inspires her.
As a child, SJ loved to write in journals and make up short stories and has a flare for all things creative. With an overactive imagination at times, SJ adores to make notes, visualize scenes and settings to create characterizations.
While on holiday with her family one summer reading book after book, she had a flash of inspiration and has had various ideas whirling around in her mind ever since. It was not until she pulled back on teaching classes that she found the courage, time and insight into actually bringing these ideas to life.
In February 2013 she decided to bring that imagination to light by beginning her writing journey with ‘Lussuria’ the first installment in ‘The Luminara Series’ available from late October 2013.
Being a self-confessed book junkie, she loves nothing better than to get lost in an emotional and moving book. A true romantic at heart, her guilty pleasure is reading heart-warming, passionate stories and falling in love with her favorite fictional characters.
With five books already mapped out in ‘The Luminara Series’, SJ’s busy creative mind has already planned two more fictitious novels, both stand-alone romance books and very different in their own right.
When she is not writing or reading, spending time with family and friends or exercising and walking her dog, SJ loves all things practical and creative. Dancing, music, cooking, travelling, good food and wine and painting are her favorite past times along with laughter, lots and lots of laughter.
Author Links:
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