I am a tried-and-true Black Dagger Brotherhood fan, and I have read every entry in the series, including the short stories, interviews, insider's guide, and anything else I can get my hands on. I read LOVER ENSHRINED on the day it was first published, back in June 2008. You won't regret it! An absolute must-read!. With over 700 Amazon reviews for this book, I am clearly late to this party. I don't get a chance to read very often, but I make time for her books because they are so vivid and evocative that I get lost in the scenes in a way that doesn't happen for me very often. Tied together by missing jewels, there is danger, romance and mystery-and also a wonderful paranormal element that, no surprise, really speaks to me. Suzanne Belperron, one of the great innovators of jewelry design, and a personal icon of mine, is depicted with painstaking accuracy (thanks to extensive research) in the forties- and our contemporary heroine, Violine Duplessi, carries the story into the eighties. Following two story lines, one set in 1986, and the other in occupied France in 1942, there is a expert interweaving of historical fact and the kind of fiction that is so well constructed and executed, that it feels like real life. Following two story lines, one set in 1986, and the other in occupied France in 1942, there is a expert interweaving of historical fact and the kind of fiction that is The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a book that resonated for me- and also haunted me. The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a book that resonated for me- and also haunted me. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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