"Can Narcissus find someone else to love besides himself?"

When Narcissus was a youth, he rejected the favors of a nymph who was one of Aphrodite's favorites. He was cursed to fall in love with the next person he saw -- unfortunately he looked in still water and fell in love with himself. He wasted away by the pond staring at his image in the water. He had never even learned to make love to a real woman. Aphrodite made him into a statute and put him in the park. For years, he has watched Violet Jones. When he realized all the trouble she was going through he asks Aphrodite to give him two days with Violet to learn about love and to try to make her happy.

Violet Jones feels the world is against her. Her cat got run over, she lost her job, then her no-good boyfriend left because she could no longer support him. When he left he took some of the things she loved that they had bought together. Since Violet was a little girl, she had told all her problems to the statute that she called Nick. Here she was again, sitting on a park bench right by Nick getting ready to unload once more. When a handsome man in a short garment sits down next to her, she can't understand why he seems so familiar.

Aphrodite has granted Narcissus' wish. Can he find the love he wants? Will Violet be able to let him go when the two days are up? What about Violet's old boyfriend -- will he really just let her go?

I haven't laughed so much just by reading a book. This was a delightful twist on the old myth. I loved that Violet is Narcissus' teacher in bedroom. Their attraction for each other makes a great love story. If you like mythology or the paranormal as well as a really great story, this is the book for you.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted January 17, 2004

Summary

Three thousand years ago Narcissus was too self-absorbed to love anyone but himself. Trapped in a statue in a public park, he never expected this to change...but then a little girl named Violet stared into his face and called him "Nick".

Now a grown woman whose boyfriend dumped her after she lost her job, Violet is in serious need of a friend—and lover— and Nick wants to be both to her. The goddess Aphrodite has made him human for two nights and a day. Will that be long enough for Nick to learn the true meaning of love, so he can earn his freedom and a place by Violet's side?

Sexual Content: S-ensual. Genre: Contemporary Fantasy.