Flesh Tones

by M.J. Rose

Book Overview

In such erotic thrillers as In Fidelity and Lip Service, acclaimed author M. J. Rose took readers to the darkest edges of desire. Now, in her most riveting novel yet, she leads us across the fine line... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034545104X
• ISBN13: 9780345451040
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A POWERFUL, PICTURESQUE STORY!

A real page-turner! I stayed up most of the night to finish it. Ms. Rose "paints" a superb, riveting story, with strong, complex, and fascinating characters. She is a great storyteller and the first-person narrative works very well with the detailed descriptions of scenery and feelings alike. Courtroom settings and dialogue are first-rate, with very thorough research, as is all the minute details about art and the art world. FLESH TONES is also a great love story, with a once-in-a-lifetime love, devotion, passion and desire. It is high drama, love, suspense and intrigue, with intricate characters and relationships.Ms. Rose is a real winner with FLESH TONES. It is a sophisticated, intelligent, highly entertaining and very well written novel.

erotic and haunting love story

Although Genny knew at seventeen that her thirty-seven year old lover was married and had a child, it didn't matter. His intense need for her fed her love for him until it threatened to consume her. When artist Slade Gabriel learns her true age and that she is the daughter of the gallery owner where he exhibits his paintings, his discovery makes the decision to return to his wife and child that much easier.Genny's love turned to hate and then to indifference. She got married and divorced, made a successful career as a producer, winning two Emmys in her career. During that time Gabriel becomes a legend in his own time, his paintings selling for $200,000 and more.Twenty years later Genny is reunited with Gabriel when a freak accident puts him and her father in a hospital. Their passion reignites and they have one grand and glorious year together before Genny goes on trial for his murder. Numb from the pain, she is almost unable to defend herself on the assisted suicide story her lawyer is trying to convince the jury is true.FLESH TONES is an erotic and haunting love story about a man and a woman who have a connection that transcends age, society and morality. Told in the first person narrative within the framework of a murder trial, author M.J. Rose uses the flashback technique smoothly so there is no disruption of the prime plot line. Once started, this novel will prove impossible to put down until the reader reaches the end.Harriet Klausner

Page Turner

Flesh Tones is the kind of book you carry around with you for days and keep reading... while you are waiting for a meeting to start... while you are waiting for someone to arrive at a restaurant... while the kids are watching tv... in the bath... while the pasta is boiling. I couldn't put it down. And was very very sorry when it ended. What a book!

A smart and sexy page turner

This courtroom drama drew me in quickly. Rose examines love and obsession, focusing on romantic, passionate unions as well as familial, parent-child relationships, and she does it all within a tight and gripping plot. A perfect summer read and a step above the average beach book.

Fabulous read!

What a novel! I could not stop reading--for the page-turning story, for the psychological insights, and for the depth of the characters. The prose is astonishing: clear, clean, and yet packed with an emotional punch. I've loved all of M. J. Rose's novels, but this one is the most brilliant yet.