Unforgivable Love, Sophfronia Scott
Unforgivable Love, Sophfronia Scott
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Unforgivable Love
A Retelling of Dangerous Liaisons

Author: Sophfronia Scott

Narrator: Adenrele Ojo

Unabridged: 16 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/26/2017


Synopsis

In this vivid reimagining of the French classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses, it’s the summer when Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball’s color barrier and a sweltering stretch has Harlem’s elite fleeing the city for Westchester County’s breezier climes, two predators stalk amidst the manicured gardens and fine old homes.Heiress Mae Malveaux rules society with an angel’s smile and a heart of stone. She made up her mind long ago that nobody would decide her fate. To have the pleasure she craves, control is paramount, especially control of the men Mae attracts like moths to a flame.Valiant Jackson always gets what he wants—and he’s wanted Mae for years. The door finally opens for him when Mae strikes a bargain: seduce her virginal young cousin, Cecily, who is engaged to Frank Washington. Frank values her innocence above all else. If successful, Val’s reward will be a night with Mae.   But Val secretly seeks another prize. Elizabeth Townsend is fiercely loyal to her church and her civil rights attorney husband. Certain there is something redeemable in Mr. Jackson. Little does she know that her worst mistake will be Val’s greatest triumph.

About Sophfronia Scott

Sophfronia Scott hails from Lorain, Ohio. She was a writer and editor at Time and People magazines before publishing her first novel, All I Need to Get By. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ann Marie (Lit·Wit·Wine·Dine) on October 09, 2017

I'm running a giveaway for this book through 11:59pm EST 10/13/17. Enter here! You can read this and all of my reviews at Lit·Wit·Wine·Dine. Though I have never read the original version of Dangerous Liaisons or even seen a film or theater adaptation, I was intrigued by this book’s description and cou......more

Goodreads review by Sophfronia on October 21, 2017

This is my work of historical fiction and I'm grateful for all who take it up. Hope you enjoy it. :-)......more

Goodreads review by Gaele on October 02, 2017

Pierre de Laclos’s original Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the machinations and struggles for power, position and upward mobility, full of sex, rumor and backbiting were emblematic of the courts of many European Kings - the real inspiration of modern day Survivor-like reality shows. Sophfronia Scott h......more

Goodreads review by Erica on April 25, 2017

Sophfronia Scott has created a truly inspiring retelling of the 18th century novel -Dangerous Liaisons. Never sacrificing the heart of the story, Sophfronia has brilliantly unraveled the deeply woven and intricate relationships between the main characters set in 1940’s Harlem. She has seamlessl......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on September 27, 2017

I felt so lucky to receive this novel as a Goodreads Giveaway. What a sexy, compelling, powerful, deeply absorbing read. I love Sophronia Scott's writing. Everything: time, place, characters, was so vivid to me because of her gifted storytelling, a winning combination of precision and lyricism. I wo......more