By Emma Darcy
Had she dreamed him up -- this man, this fantasy? Her fiance's betrayal and her frenzied flight to a secluded beach near Sydney had been for Eve a nightmare - until the moment a stranger held her in his arms and revealed a lotus land where love was possible... For a while Eve gave herself up to the joy of loving and being loved for herself and not as the money-making image her fiance had devised with his camera. She wanted the fantasy to go on forever. Surely to stay would be like trying to prolong a dream...
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.