Reviews for Grave Suspicions

The average rating for Grave Suspicions based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-11 00:00:00 Sergey Malanich This is a rather odd story of a young woman from a rich background who blames the money for the breakup of her parents marriage. The constant pursuit of wealth leading to neglect of his wife and family cost the heroine's father, first his wife, then his daughter who left home rather than submit to his matchmaking plans with the rich young men he kept pushing at her. When Katherine's aunt brings her step-son to England from Madeira, claiming he was in need of money to rebuild the family business, Katherine is overwhelmed. Luis is everything she ever wanted i a man and even better, he isn't absorbed by the pursuit of riches like her father. The marriage that follows is full of passion but when Katherine learns she was tricked into marrying an extremely wealthy young man, her rather confused principles make it impossible for her to accept the new situation. I should mention that Luis is rather a rapey hero when crossed but on those couple of occasions, the heroine wakes up extremely satisfied and she acknowledges it. I've read this a couple of times and apart from a little niggle at the heroine's immaturity over her 'principles' I enjoyed it.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-26 00:00:00 George Hofstetter Location: Madeira, Portugal Holy sh*tsnacks! This book. Just no! It’s a perfect example of first world problems where you can be born into wealth, decide that you have principles and want to be more like the poor working class. You move into a poky flat with used furniture and take a “job” volunteering without worrying about how to pay your bills, buy food, or survive. Cause you have a rich daddy and once you’re done with your principles you can run back to the lap of luxury and move on with your wealthy ass life! So yeah, that’s the h in a nutshell. The H pretends to be a guy in need of money. The H offers him the money she inherited from her aunt on one condition, he marry her. The b*tch buys a husband. Principles?!?! The H is actually a millionaire from Madeira, Portugal. He marries the principled witch and takes her home with him, after a week’s honeymoon in her poky flat living like a poor person. When she gets to Madeira she learns that her husband is really wealthy and she was tricked. She swears she loves him, but her principles will not allow her to accept his wealth and luxurious lifestyle. So she makes his life as complies she can. Mind you, the H is no catch either. He’s obnoxious, arrogant and abusive. He wrapped his hands around her neck quite a few times, forces her to have sex with him (almost rape) and when she is curled into a ball afterward, he digs his fingers into her and forces her to uncurl her body, leaving scratches. Then there’s the way he tracks the h’s movement every where she goes. He barely lets her out of the hotel they are living in and the entire staff is spying on her for him. It’s so bad that he actually puts a tape recorder in the taxi taking her around so he can record her conversation! WTF?! So these two winners really do deserve each other. She treats him like poop and justifies it with “I love you but my principles” and he is just nasty as f! The h is immature, the H is abusive and the best part of the book was learning about Madeira. It seems like a lovely place but if the men from there are like him, I’ll stay away, thanks!