Miranda’s idyllic spying must come to an end however, when her family falls on hard times with the death of her father. Not only are they penniless, but Miranda has younger sisters that need a Season in order to find a husband. Unable to finance their seasons, Miranda has no choice but to make a decision that changes her life. She goes to her virile next door neighbor and offers the only thing of value she has in return for helping her sisters—her virginity and three months of any sexual pleasure of his choice.  

 

Vowing not to let her heart get involved, Miranda enters into the relationship with Ethan having no concept of the sinful and sensuous times ahead. Slowly falling under his spell, Miranda knows that her time with Ethan is limited.   When he asks the one thing of her she can’t give, her sorrow knows no bounds. Denying herself the only man she will ever love, Miranda vows to continue on—if only she can convince her heart.

 

I can not stop thinking about EVERYTHING FORBIDDEN and the way the characters related to each other. I have always been intrigued by the English societal hierarchy and the laws relating to females. Women such as Miranda actually didn’t have a choice, heaven forbid, after their fathers and husbands were no longer around to provide for them.   While some might fault Miranda for her proposition to Ethan, I found her choice to be a no-brainer. She had watched this man make love and seduce women for years so she knew he would agree. She had guts and when she loved, she loved entirely.  

 

Ethan’s character is more complex. The product of a hell raising and promiscuous father who watched his mother drink herself to death, Ethan’s heart was hardened against finding a wife and love. That is, until he met a tiny sprite of a woman named Miranda.

 

EVERYTHING FORBIDDEN by Jess Michaels soothed my historical loving soul. Add in romance mixed with sensuous and forbidden pleasures and Jess Michaels now has a fan for life.   

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