These friends each had unique experiences during their trip. This amazing storyline was able to impart to the readers these distinctive encounters which promised to change the lives of these five clerical workers. It was important that they arrived in Havana, the playground of the rich, on June 17, 1937. That was the exact date that Eve’s former fiancé had left her standing at the altar. She attracted the eye of a man named Victor Posadas, who owned the resort.

Dahlia pretended she was sick. She didn’t want the others to know she’d encouraged them to come here where her life’s love, Rafael Velazquez, owned a nightclub named The Blue Dahlia. What would he think when he saw her for the first time in three years?

Marianne was still running from her father’s pick of her life mate, Thomas. She won thousands of dollars in the casino and attracted the attention of Richard Pomeranz.

Nora came to Cuba looking for a husband. She was critical of everyone and, the one man who was interested in her, she shunned. She had her eyes on a bigger-influential person. Would he be interested in her?

Alice was the shy one who was a virgin who had never been kissed. The one man who noticed her and pursued her was the hotel gigolo, Gabriel Velazquez. What could possibly come from that?

As you can tell, there is a lot going on in this story. Ms. Mueller has a unique style so that she can give lots of information in a way to not bog the story. Her characters were so realistic it was as if I were at the resort. She wrote a unique tale which will attract many readers. I highly recommend this.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Brenda Talley
January 28, 2008