The Honey is Bitter

The very best thing for an author is not only having someone read your books, but having someone re-read them over 30 years later has to be the ultimate compliment. In the 70s I read The Honey is Bitter by Violet Winspear, and the title of the book and the heroine’s name, Domini, have stayed with me ever since. I remember it as a fabulous Mills and Boon, and curious to read it again I recently bought some Violet Winspear books off eBay.  

Shackles that bound her to a man who had forced her into a loveless disaster of a marriage. 

The story was originally published in hardcover in 1967 and up until 1980 it had been reprinted 29 times throughout the world. The writing style was very much of the 70s, with a lot of narrative, description and melodrama the whole way through, never letting up on that intense emotion, culminating in a dramatic black moment before the happy ending. In other words, a vintage M&B.  

They say you should never go back, but I’m so very glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed the love story of Domini and Paul Stephanos a second time round.

Maxine
"Mistress & A Million Dollars"
Silhouette Desire Mar 08
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