Aptly titled ABOUT ADAM, Ms. Cameron takes us on a journey of self-discovery for a man whose past is as dark as his artistic talent is renowned.  His life before he came to live in the attic, marked 7C Mayfair Square is a mystery, filled with shady characters and dangerous liaisons. But even as Adam battles a foe from his past, he must fight to keep his heart safe from the lovely Princess Desiree, though he knows it's already too late. She owns his heart, but Adam refuses to allow it. Desiree is years younger than the scarred, jaded Adam, and he is well below her station. He can't let her girlish desires for him, an older man, cloud her thinking and destroy her chance at the life to which she is accustomed. The only problem is that every time he and Desiree come in contact with each other, Adam doesn't think of the Princess as a girl. She's all woman, and her intentions are anything but childlike.

Princess Desiree has been in love with Adam for many of her twenty years, and while she went away to heal her broken heart, she's back at 7 Mayfair Square. But she didn't come without a plan! She poses as Adam's platonic friend, but her compromise is as hard on Adam as it is on her, much to her delight. Will Desiree's ardor wear Adam down enough to see that she is the only woman that he will ever truly love?

Danger from Adam's past lurks around every corner. Will he be able to protect her when every glimpse of her is a distraction that he cannot afford? Their lives are at stake, but Adam's heart is in peril as well. Will he lose it to a woman he is determined that he can never have? And will Desiree lose her love if Adam fails to keep them both safe and dies in the process?

Join Adam and Desiree at Mayfair Square as we visit with old friends from previous stories and see them conspire to ensure that this couple meets their destiny…in each other's arms. But in this "hold-your-breath" read, don't rule out those evil forces that also seek to destroy them. And rely on Spivey to keep us informed, as he plots a resolution of his own.

Ms. Cameron's ability to paint a picture with her words is the very reason she is an auto-buy for this reviewer. She never disappoints. The sexual tension escalates all throughout ABOUT ADAM, and readers will be entertained to the very last page!

Reviewed by Morgan Arce -- watch for Morgan's first release in the Brava Anthology WILDEST DREAMS, as Morgan Leigh.

March 24, 2003