MIRAGE
Monica Burns
Samhain (eBook)
ISBN: 1-59998-615-9
November 2007
Historical Romance

MIRAGE is the newest release from author Monica Burns. Set in the Victorian period, mostly in Egypt, this is a story about love and trust between two people who have been burned in the past. Ailtar is half Bedouin, half English peer. Having gained no acceptance in England, snubbed and ridiculed, he has always felt more at home in the dessert with his mother’s people. He has promised his English grandfather that he would spend half his time in England, and honor bound to do so, he has had a difficult life.

Alex Talbot is an American archeologist who is following her father’s dreams. She has worked long and hard and knows Egyptology and archeology better than most men do. After her father and uncle’s unexpected deaths earlier in the year, she is determined to continue on their quest. Trying to gain respect of her peers has been neigh on impossible, but she is resolute in her quest to lead an expedition into the dessert to find Per-Ramsses. This is an ancient site of the Pharaoh Ramesses and burial place of his murdered queen Nourbese. Nothing will stop Alex, not even repeated attempts on her life nor idiotic museum curators.

MIRAGE is an interesting story that digs into character’s behaviors, and not just skimming over their descriptions. The plot, though with only one logical conclusion, kept me wondering if that was indeed what was going to happen. I kept turning the pages to see what actually was going to take place. I have been following the career of Ms. Burns for quite a while now and still have not figured out why her books have not garnered more enthusiasm or following in the romance genre. Here is an author who is willing to take chances with her characters and plots. I have yet to be disappointed in anything that I have read from Ms. Burns.

Reviewed by Sarah Silversmith
Rating: 4