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From the outside, Bliss Sinclair's life seems very glamorousâ€”a high profile job with a publishing house, a fashionable boyfriend who looks good on her arm, and ultra-chic parties where the come-ons are as hot and thrilling at night as they are empty as an air-kiss greeting the next day. It's a world Sinclair moves blindly through, all the while craving more. And she finds it in the most unlikely of places.

Embarking on a series of carnal adventures with a notorious bad girl as her guide and playmate, Sinclair opens herself to every new experience and every taboo. In abandoned warehouses, private fetish clubs, even her own office, Sinclair is skating on the thin ice of desireâ€”until her world comes crashing in.

Now, broken and abandoned, Sinclair decides to spend a summer in her birthplace, Jamaica , where she hopes to reconcile with her estranged father and rediscover herself. There, in a land of lush ripeness, Sinclair will discover what she didn't know she was missing. It's a journey that will awaken every one of her senses and take her to the edge of known pleasure and far beyond it, to a love that is as sexy as it gets, and more surprising than even she can imagine. This is her journey to total bliss.

Bliss is a 2005 Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Reviewer: OOSA Online Book Club "O.O.S.A" (World Wide Web, USA)
Fiona Zedde delivers the sexually erotic story of Bliss Sinclair, also known as Sinclair. Sinclair has what a lot of women dream of having - a wonderful and beautiful boyfriend, a stable career, and options of being whatever she wants to be in life. Sinclair soon finds out this dream is not hers. She falls for a beautiful writer, Regina, and leaves her boyfriend to venture into what she feels is something that has to be done. After a whirlwind romance, Sinclair is left feeling lonely, abandoned, and insecure.

Sinclair begins her healing process with a four week trip to her roots of Jamaica. After rekindling her relationship with a father that she hasn't seen in over twenty years and his new family - her much younger stepmother Nikki and her stepbrother Xavier, Sinclair also learns that she has a sister, Lydia, from an affair that her father had while he was with Sinclair's mother. Feeling as though she has embarked on yet another wave of turmoil, Sinclair meets Lydia's girlfriend Hunter. There is an attraction that each woman feels is mutual but because of the circumstances, they try to settle on just being friends. After what seems like a lifetime span only equals to days of Lydia and Hunter separating and opening the door for Sinclair and Hunter to see what their attraction will eventually lead to.

Fiona opens your mind and heart to the lesbian lifestyle showing not only the love that two women share with each other but also how modern day time still has a closed mind to anything other than heterosexual commitment. Fiona did an excellent literary job of capturing the love of both women; but for me skimming through the more erotic scenes kept me interested in reading from beginning to end.

Reviewed by: LaDonna

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OOSA Online Book Club

Fiona Zedde delivers the sexually erotic story of Bliss Sinclair, also known as Sinclair. Sinclair has what a lot of women dream of having - a wonderful and beautiful boyfriend, a stable career, and options of being whatever she wants to be in life. Sinclair soon finds out this dream is not hers. She falls for a beautiful writer, Regina, and leaves her boyfriend to venture into what she feels is something that has to be done. After a whirlwind romance, Sinclair is left feeling lonely, abandoned, and insecure. Sinclair begins her healing process with a four week trip to her roots of Jamaica. After rekindling her relationship with a father that she hasn't seen in over twenty years and his new family - her much younger stepmother Nikki and her stepbrother Xavier, Sinclair also learns that she has a sister, Lydia, from an affair that her father had while he was with Sinclair's mother. Feeling as though she has embarked on yet another wave of turmoil, Sinclair meets Lydia's girlfriend Hunter. There is an attraction that each woman feels is mutual but because of the circumstances, they try to settle on just being friends. After what seems like a lifetime span only equals to days of Lydia and Hunter separating and opening the door for Sinclair and Hunter to see what their attraction will eventually lead to. Fiona opens your mind and heart to the lesbian lifestyle showing not only the love that two women share with each other but also how modern day time still has a closed mind to anything other than heterosexual commitment. Fiona did an excellent literary job of capturing the love of both women; but for me skimming through the more erotic scenes kept me interested in reading from beginning to end. Reviewed by: LaDonna

An PeoplewholoveGoodBooks Review

Bliss Sinclair appears to have it all. Beauty, successful career, and a boyfriend who adores her. Life is good but yet Sinclair feels "something" is missing......then she meets Regina--a woman with whom she shares an unexpected attraction. Surprised by how she feels with Regina, she breaks up with her boyfriend and embarks on a new and thrilling experience until Regina drops a bomb on her. A bomb that shatters Sinclair to the core. Unable to let go or concentrate on her work, she decides to take a vacation to Jamaica to visit her father and new, much younger stepmother. While in Jamaica, Sinclair discovers old family secrets and a sister that she didn't know she had. She also meets Hunter, a beautiful woman with whom she shares an immediate attraction with but Hunter is dating her sister Lydia. Lydia unable to deal with Hunter's past, breaks up with her clearing the path for Hunter and Sinclair. Sinclair finds herself falling for Hunter and must ask herself, when it comes to love, happiness, and finding your soul-mate, does gender truly matter? Bliss is the kind of book that will have you thinking long after you put it down and it will open your eyes to the type of violence and prejudice these ladies must endure; you come away with an better understanding and hopefully an open mind. Kudos to Fiona Zedde for tackling a "taboo" subject that is not openly embraced with style and finesse. I give this book 4 stars. Reviewed by Shay C of PeoplewholoveGoodBooks

The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

BLISS by Fiona Zedde chronicles a few months of Bliss Sinclair's life as she fights through heartache, discovers herself and finds love. Bliss has a great job as an accountant with a major publishing house. She has a very attractive boyfriend and life seemingly could not be any better. However, for Bliss something is missing. She craves more, but she just doesn't have a clue to what it is. When Bliss thinks she has found the missing link, she finds herself in situations so carnal and taboo that she is unprepared when things come crashing down. Bliss returns to her childhood home in Jamaica at the invitation of her father to lick her wounds and rediscover herself. Not only does she reconnect with her father, she finds out she has a sister who introduces her to Hunter Willoughby. Bliss is immediately drawn to Hunter; in fact, the sparks appear immediately. The couple takes their relationship slow, but there is no denying their chemistry. From their innocent sightseeing adventures, subtle brushes against one another and lingering looks, there is no way the two can stay away from each other. Yet, they must be prepared to deal with the conflicts involved in their unconventional relationship. The novel is rich in texture due to the author's ability to bring the lushness, beauty and culture of the Jamaicans to life. Her breathtaking descriptions of the landscape, food, weather and the ocean are vivid and vibrant and help to make this novel standout with a Caribbean flair. Fiona Zedde has written an astonishing account of a woman who discovers who she really is and how beautiful finding true love can be. The story is fresh and well written. The plot is well structured. The characters were ones you could never forget because the author allows readers to connect with them on a very honest and emotional level. At the beginning, the sexual trysts were a bit too taboo and later the intimacy between the main characters was described explicitly; however that is just a portion of the novel. The real story is the discovery of true love by our main character. Readers will have to put their judgments aside and see love from a different point of view. If they are able to do so, they will find this story will resonate long after the novel is finished. Reviewed by Cashana Seals of The RAWSISTAZâ„¢ Reviewers

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