Synopses & Reviews
If true love can travel across time, can true evil be far behind?
When the beautiful Dr. Nina Winston's patient Bucky Buckingham reveals his secret to her, she has to doubt him. Reincarnation? True love across four centuries? But Nina is fascinated and lets herself be drawn into the charming and vulnerable Bucky's tale and into his life. Through hypnotherapy, she meets his former identity, and in real life, she meets his former paramour. If Bucky did live before, is Constance Rawlings his reincarnated lover? A dangerous search begins for the truth behind predestined love, and Nina is caught in the middle of soaring passions and raging jealousies.
Peter Paul Rubens's painting, Venus and Adonis, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the inspiration for this fast-paced thriller set alternately between the seventeenth century in Antwerp and the present day in New York. A novel of intrigue and suspense, The Other Adonis is a tale of true love and murder, a mystery that takes the reader back in time to another world, with a resolution that will delight romantics and turn skeptics into believers.
Review
"Cynics may quibble with his characters' ease at coping with their dual world, but they will admit that Nina, Bucky, and their predicament are intriguing. A light, enjoyable read." Library Journal
Synopsis
Peter Paul Rubens's painting "Venus and Adonis" is the inspiration for this fast-paced thriller set alternately between the seventeenth century and the present day. The novel addresses the question of reincarnation as Bucky Buckingham and Constance Rawlings, with the help of psychiatrist Nina Winston, travel into their memories to discover and reconnect with the passion they once shared.
The Other Adonis is a novel of intrigue and suspense, a tale of true love and murder, a mystery that takes the reader back in time to another world, with a resolution that will delight romantics and turn skeptics into believers.
About the Author
Frank Deford's work can be found across a broad range of genres.