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Name of Book:  Trust: Pandora's Box Author:  Cristiane Serruya ISBN:  9781489524508 Publisher: CreateSpace Part of a Series: Trust Trilogy Type of book: Erotica, marriage, trust, issues, England, realism, 2010-2011, plot, spy, Pandora's Box, philosophy, maturity, surprises, infertility, legends, family Year it was published: 2014 Summary: TRUST: PANDORA'S BOX, the last installment of the TRUST TRILOGY, follows Ethan, Alistair and Sophia as each one of them strives to live happily ever after. But a greedy man, who has uncovered the many secrets and wrong deeds committed by Ethan, Alistair and Sophia, realizes they could be worth millions. Many are invited to join his team. Each one has an agenda. Each one has a target. Things get out of control when Pandora's Box is opened and the demons are let loose. With so many enemies out for revenge, what will the future bring to Ethan, Alistair and Sophia? Eventually, wishes and nightmares come true... Will hop...

Name of Book: The Modern Man Author: Cristiane Serruya ISBN: 9781489524553 Publisher: Createspace Type of book: Poetic, philosophic Year it was published: Originally 1988 Summary: A philosophical divagation about the evil banality of daily acts. With this subtitle, the author dedicates herself to dissect a few hours of a man's thoughts, feelings and life, in his non-functioning world, which is habitually regulated by tic-tacs, and the consequences of his previous acts. Awarded with Honors by the Law School, PUC RJ. This work was originally published in Portuguese, in 1988. It was translated by the author herself in 2013. The ebook and paperback is bilingually written in English and Portuguese. Opinion: I honestly have difficulty in deciding where to place this book, or rather what outline to use. It may be fiction, but its a sparse story that reminds me of reading The North China Lover by Marguerite Duras. The story is poetic and somehow when I was readi...

Name of Book: Trust: Betrayed Author: Cristiane Serruya ISBN: 9781482586473 Publisher: Createspace Part of a Series: Trust Trilogy Type of book: relationships, trust, past, 1980s, 2010, love triangle, history, possession, sexuality, wealth, Scotland, Brazil, "Avenging Angel", BDSM, vanilla sex Year it was published: 2013 Summary: In BETRAYED, the second installment of the Trust series, Sophia, Ethan and Alistair will face and revisit their past dark deeds. Each one of them will need to overcome their guilt, fear and pain and learn to see themselves through forgiving eyes. Or succumb to their misery. Alistair Connor MacCraig, a powerful banker, and Ethan Ashford, a steel tycoon, are both in love with Sophia Leibowitz, the ravishing owner of Leibowitz Oil. Sophia fells for Alistair's seduction. She is determined to have a relationship with him but a dark and terrible secret lurks beneath the surface she presents to the world. When she regains her ...

Name of Book: Trust; A New Beginning Author: Cristiane Serruya ISBN: 9781480236295 Publisher: CreateSpace Part of a Series: Trust Type of book: 2009-2010, England, elegance, domination, erotica, adult, wealth, luxury, amnesia, secrets, strong female heroine Year it was published: 2012 Summary: They are beautiful. They are rich. They are strong willed and successful. They have everything, but love. And each one of them has a dark secret looming in their past. Sophia is a 25 year old Brazilian widow. Intelligent and ravishing, she flees from her own country after a tragic incident. Hiding from everyone and everything, she remains alone, torn between the love for a dead man, the torment of living without part of her memory and the fear of moving on. Ethan is one of the most important tycoons in the steel industry. As the memory of an awful evening in his adolescence haunts him night and day, he keeps looking for an elusive woman whom he could love - and who would ...