Based on vreelands book, the author presents us with the idea of a lost vermeer painting. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and looked forward to reading this one. An account of how i painted the girl in hyacinth blue. The story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the centuries. With ellen burstyn, glenn close, thomas gibson, phyllida law. The film was based on girl in hyacinth blue, a novel by author susan vreeland, and starred glenn close and ellen burstyn. Everything about this contemporaryromantic erotica piece of fiction was exciting. Based on the bestselling book by susan vreeland, this is an excellent. Crazy love by sila long is the secondbook in longs a brush with fate series. Crazy love a brush with fate book 2 kindle edition by. A brush with fate by sila long meet your next favorite book. A brush with fate book 2 volume 2 by sila long mar 31, 2018. Brush with fate compelling mystery and the power of great art are intertwined in brush with fate.
She wished to buy it back, but could not afford it. Brush with fate is a television film debuted on february 2, 2003, on cbs. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by dutch painter johannes vermeer as it passes through the hands of various people. In brush with fate, the woman who lost the bid for the painting when it was up for auction was magdalena, the girl in the painting and daughter of vermeer, but now grown and poor.
In this second installment,our heroine, brook jacobson, has decided to follow her heart and risk it allfor the man she loves, moviestar icon, isaac coles. The story had a bit of everything, danger, intense, action, romance and continually on the edge of my seat throughout. The story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the. A brush with fate was once again written so well by anna argent, that i will be reading every book that she releases in this series.
A brush with fate by anna argent is the second book in her the lost shards series. Book one of this trilogy takes you inside the life of brook jacobson, a successful youngprofessional woman who finally opens herself up to dating after the murder of her husband. A brush with fate is my first erotic romantic suspense novel. I am happy to say i loved a brush with fate, as it was equally as good or even better than the first book. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by dutch painter johannes vermeer as it. Brush with fate follows the life of an imaginary painting by dutch painter vermeer as it passes through the hands of. The imaginary painting girl in hyacinth blue, the principal object in this film, is painted exactly in vermeers painting technique by the american master painter jonathan.
Overall a brush with fate is an excellent, charismatic and compelling novel that is guaranteed to keep readers entertained and excited from beginning to end and so, i have no choice but to award this incredible book five stars. Though this book can be read as a standalone, i suggest you read the first book, to understand everything about the background of the story. Brook jacobson is on a mission to live her life on new terms after. Ellen burstyn, glenn close, thomas gibson, phyllida. A brush with fate is a captivating, stunning and bewitching piece of literature that enthralled, entertained, and enchanted me from the very beginning. Based on the bestselling book by susan vreeland, this is an excellent portrayal of the historical passing of an unknown and unseen painting by a famous artist. The great thing about a brush with fate too book lovers is that it is the first in a.
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