A Greek God at the Ladies' Club

December 15, 2003
When his tryst with a beautiful queen is interrupted by her angry husband, the Greek god Darius changes himself into a statue. Suspecting that there is something fishy about his wife's new piece of art, the king breaks off a key body part, and has the statue tossed out the window. For the next three thousand years Darius is unable to return to his human form, forced to wait until the statue is restored. Luckily sculptor Alexandra de Marco is creating an exact replica of the statue to auction off at a benefit for the orphanage where she grew up. At the unveiling, Alexandra's statue receives all the attention she ever could have hoped for when, instead of bidding on a beautiful but cold marble statue, the ladies of the social club find themselves competing for the very real Darius. Greek mythology gets a fresh and clever twist in McKnight's witty and sexy contemporary comedy that is pure fun for readers who like a bit of fantasy with their romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)