Acts of Love | Roberta Latow | Kindle Edition
Acts of Love | Roberta Latow | Kindle Edition
When they meet in the elegant splendour of Chessington House, love is the last thing on the minds of Ben and Arianne- both are vulnerable and emotionally scarred by their erotic pasts.
Arianne must come to terms with the cruel ending of a happy marriage and an obsessive ménage à trois that was as compelling as it was corrupt- and abandon a lover who takes her dangerously beyond the boundaries of sexual excess. The suicide of Ben’s wife left him with a legacy of overwhelming guilt which he seeks to expiate in the arms of passionate, soulless women.
But where love chooses, lovers follow.
Ben and Arianne embark upon a sensual quest that takes them to the dark secret heart of their innermost desires. Only then can they banish the shadow of the past and choose to love.
ROBERTA LATOW
Everything about Roberta Latow was larger and more exotic than life. She was born in Westchester, New York but escaped her suburban background for Manhattan, where she was at the heart of the dynamic ‘pop art’ scene in the 1960s. She was a noted art expert and gallery owner and has been credited with giving Andy Warhol the original idea to paint Campbell’s soup cans.
In the early 1970s she went to Europe and moved around different exotic parts of the Mediterranean, which form the background for many of her novels. She particularly adored Greece and lived there for many years, earning her living as an art dealer and interior decorator. Later she moved to London and in the early 80s wrote Three Rivers, the first of her 21 novels. It caused a storm and became an international best-seller.
Roberta was famous for her generosity and the wild parties in her Mayfair apartment. The carpets were of fur, indoor trees reached to the high ceilings, from which canaries sang in cages and Roberta herself looked magnificent in extraordinary jewelery and eastern garments. She eventually settled in the English countryside, where she created another magical home, wrote her novels and was much loved by her neighbours. Roberta lives on in our memories through her exquisite writing, immense talent in the arts, and her loving spirit.